How would you improve Teens?

I also agree that TS4 could have done with shorter teens, purely from the standpoint of more gradual aging. The skip from small child to full on adult-size AND behaviors is just too much for me.

There are things that I would love to see for teens:

• Arcades, not simply one machine.
  

• The ability to also play Voidcritters and to trade. (That is still a very teen thing to do.)
  

• Skateboarding and bike-riding, including popping wheelies or jumping the curbs.
  

• Teaching each other how to dance.
  

• LAN parties.
  

• Attempts to spike the punch bowl.
  

• Practical jokes.
  

• Party games -- charades, for example. Or, perhaps, Seven Minutes in Heaven, using the closet. (That game is certainly no worse than the "mess around in bed".)
  

• A teen rep system -- cool kids, mean kids, jocks, geeks, nerds. Totally different from clubs, please -- more like temporary traits that are earned as a result of overarching behavior. A teen can be happy, embarrassed, angry, or sad about the trait that they've earned among the teen crowd. They can seek to change the trait or to embrace it with pride, depending on the teen's preexisting, permanent traits.
  

• Cheerleading, sports, and sports clubs, including fundraising activities, events/contests, and away games on the weekends.
  

• Class trips to destination worlds.
  

• Be camp counselors for the younger kids during the summer. (Another good use for Granite Falls.)
  

• Makeup and nail parties (I'm dying for fingernails/manicures to officially make their appearance in the series.)
  

• Real movie theaters where teens can meet up with friends, buy junk food, and actually sit to watch the movie. Stay until the movie is over, whispering, giggling, and throwing popcorn.
  

• Bring back pillow fights
  

• Allow teens to loll across the bed to use their cellphones.
  

• Allow teens to sit cross-legged or lay on the floor to do certain activities such as playing video games, watching television, speaking to friends, speaking on the phone. Parents can encourage them to get up or move out of the way. :D
  

• Sneaking out to meet friends or a boyfriend/girlfriend
  

• Places in the world where only the teens hang out. Such as: Lover's Lane, a particular beach, or even the area under the bridge in BB. If teens break curfew, that's the first place the police will check. (Give the police something real-world to do. It would be nice to see them working.)