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

Yes I want preteens there should be game play in a life simulator that breaches the gap of small child playing with toys to instantly being a fully grown adult sized teenager. I felt exactly the same from going from a bassinet to a small child before toddlers were introduced huge gaps like that are just weird and leave little story telling possibilities. Also, for me it's so weird to have two children both best friends and in an instant one becomes a fully grown adult teen while the other is a small child though the same can be said for siblings it's just too drastic.

I'd love to see preteens patched in and be given their own expansion pack like teens got to make them truly unique and stand out Sims 4 is going to go on for years let's see the game add something brand new instead of remaining stagnate.

I selected I don't Mind, because I feel like it could add a lot to the game in terms of game play, and it would be nice to have a new life stage with new drama and challenges since kids just age abruptly into teens currently. Also I feel like teens look a bit too adult in this game. There was a difference in sims 2 but they just look and feel like young adults that are still in school and under their parents here.

At the same time, I feel like there is more in terms of gameplay that could be added in for kids, and just all around, and I'd also rather see bugs worked out and existing content expanded on before an entire new life stage is added. I wouldn't complain if it were added though.

I think what I'd actually like is just one teen stage, but where they are teens not fully sized adults! They just feel like a prolonged adult life stage really. I'd just like them to be more if a unique life stage, that was noticeable.

I voted yes, because there is a big jump from child Sim to teen Sim. Teen Sims don't look that much different from young adult either.
In older games, like Sims 2, the teens were shorter, and the jump wasn't as jarring. Granted, the young adult stage wasn't released until Sims 2 University was released.
I would want preteen to bridge the gap between child and teen for Sims 4. Honestly, I want more game play for the child and teen stages as well, but maybe a preteen stage may force the team to figure out what they want to do with each stage.
To me, young adults get way too much focus in the game. Teens have the ability to live alone, which I love, because previous versions their parents had to die for that to happen. Children have a tiny bit more stuff, but I would be interested in preteens to get more stuff for other life stages.

I play teens as preteens all the time. Do we need a height slider or short height preset? Yes. Preteens? Unnecessary. Nothing to add to them that teens don't already have and they even added the puberty people wanted. People just want shorter teens because that's the only thing they could possibly bring. I personally don't think they would be adding any more life states at this late in ts4. Though I always add I would love to see younger kids like 5 or 6 year olds. These kids seem closer to preteens to me and toddlers closer to babies. Though it's not a big deal I just want overall content for the younger ages we already have ?

Yes, I would like preteens in my game a lot!
I don't care much about having really different gameplay, available CAS items etc... than current teens, but I really dislike the huge difference between children and teens (they seem to jump from age 8 to 16, it really feels extreme) which makes me wish for at least a preteen stage with intermediate physical features.
I mostly notice it when playing legacies, when following the growth of a little sim into adulthood it really feels like missing some steps to me. In some saves I tried to overcome the issue by using height sliders and presets, but it really takes a lot of time and the result is just okay.

Not intrested myself. but i selected wrong, as I dont really mind if there will be.

I voted no, only because I think there's probably enough life stages for now. If there was more of a difference between how Teens looked compared with Young Adults, that might smooth out the age curve a bit.
I just tend to play with Young Adult -> Adult Sims almost exclusively. I have a few young families with toddlers, children and teens, but the bulk of my attention goes to the parents.

Some of the things that the Sims do, you'd think they were having difficulty suppressing their inner child as it is : )

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.

By all means. Let us get some awkward pre-teens, with some extra struggles added to them. Their first crush, arguing with parents and playing with friends long into the night until either said friend's parents comes to retrieve them (a Sim with child hater trait rarely bothers, and is always angry) or your teenage Sim's own parents finally get a proper usage for that Werewolf dungeon in the basement.

Current teens always feels like they're at the end of their lifestage. College, getting a job, essentially doing everything the young adult does, sans proper jobs and pregnancy. Pre-teens should be about having fun and enjoying life before it's time to become a young young adult older teen. They can improve the older teen while they're at it.