Do you want preteens or not *Note* (I do respect everyone opinion)

I'd rather add more to kid and teen lifestages repectively

because I never really feel like theres tween lifestage irl either like to me theres kids and then theres teens and i don't see what tweens would have that kids or teens can't have in terms of gameplay

and i really don't want another lifestage with nothing much to do in particular

if its just about looks thats mostly just result of teens looking too young adult
but we know that probably won't change and I've made my peace with it

I have always felt like the jump between kid and teen is a big change. All of the sudden, they were tiny as a kid and now as a teen, they are just as tall as an adult. While I would prefer a new life stage, it doesn't have to be an actual new life stage for me. But I would like the teens to be at least a bit smaller than they are now.

With a preteen, the added extra days in the lifespan. Their height would be halfway between the child and teen/young adult. When I say preteen my thought would cover the ages from around 11 to 14 years of age. They would be able to learn a few more of the skills that teens can learn, but not all of them. At this age, they would be able to start their "adult" skills, such as musical skills, singing, painting, and so on, but it would still be fewer skills to learn than what teens can learn. They would have the option to still play with children's toys and playground equipment.

Something I would love to see would be when the children attend school that they would actually learn some skills in the process.

The main concern I'm having with them is that the new height requires a lot of new animations, especially when there are a lot of things to do from the previous packs. We could again have the situation where previous packs aren't thought of (Can play basketball -> can't play basketball -> can play basketball).
So, I would rather have them in the next game.

I wouldn't be against it, but I'd rather them add more for the life stages we already have like children.

I wouldn't use them in my game (and I play with aging off), but it would be cool if others had the option

0-20 years old

baby
toddler
child
teen



20-35 years old

young adult



35-60 years old

adult



60-death

elder


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If it were a free update I wouldn't mind, but I wouldn't buy the pack/kit for it

I say maybe because we still need so many things for children, they can’t ride bikes, Ive heard they can’t have pillow fights or use the ping pong table, probably other things as well. There are so many things they cannot do, and we rarely get new clothes for children in packs, and when we do it is so few.

If they make a new age imagine how little clothing they are going to have ,
and how few things they will be able to do…..

I would personally rather have them update babies first…..

This. All teens in the game look the same age, and there's a huge gap between kids and teens.

"CarpeNocheSims;c-18169837" wrote:
Funny, I was just talking about this the other day. I want a preteen stage. I see TS4 teens as being older than 16. It's how in my mind I justify them being adult-like. My son was shaving at 15 and adult sized at 14. He's 6'4" at 19. Some teens are just taller, more adult looking than others.

It drives me a little crazy how childish TS4 teens act because again, I see them as being on the older side of teens. The massive leap from an 8 year old child to a 16 year teen can be jarring, especially for those who play legacies.

It would balance things out more if there was a stage in between child and these older teens.

I voted Yes because of the jarring transition from Child to Teen in the game when I was able to play it before. I wish there was something in between so it wouldn't be so much of an age gap. There are a lot of gameplay and other features that could be added in a GamePack for them. I realize this could take a lot of work to add in animations, etc. but the game would benefit from it.