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9 years ago
"simfriend1968;14649389" wrote:
There are some wonderful ideas for both babies and toddlers in this thread. I really do hope the SimGurus are reading it. Concerning toddlers, I wonder if they could be made to work with existing traits somehow. First of all, I think that there should be a new parenting skill which sims could master with babies, toddlers, children and teens. There could be parenting books for them to read, as well as skilling which would happen while interacting with (reading to, interacting with or just playing with babies, toddlers and children). Once they reached level 10 of the parenting skill, Sims would have some new socials open up, and they would also be much more effective at everything to do with babies and toddlers.
Existing traits could also play a major role: for instance, those sims who are family-oriented could be really good, much better than normal sims, at teaching toddlers their skills, playing with them and raising their fun and social bars, bonding with them much more quickly, calming them down, making better baby food, and generally just having superior interactions with them. Family-oriented sims would love reading parenting books and children's books, as well as be better at helping with homework etc.
Ordinary sims, without that trait, could do all these things too, but it would take longer and not give quite as much of a relationship boost. Then there could be sims that would have particular gifts depending on their traits: creative sims could boost their toddlers' creative skills much faster than normal sims when they interacted with them using a musical toy or colouring table, read to them or taught them a nursery rhyme, while active sims might be better at boosting their motor skills, and outgoing sims would be superior at teaching social skills. Childish sims would get a lot of fun from playing with baby and toddler toys with their kids, and might be most effective at raising their fun levels. But none of these sims would be anywhere as effective as those with the family-oriented trait. Those with full parenting skills could perhaps be almost as good, but not quite.
Finally, Sims with the "Dislikes Children" trait ought to really have difficulty parenting their toddlers and children. They should frequently get the bored moodlet when talking to them or interacting with them. Their fun levels should drop quickly when playing with them. Meanwhile, on thei skills front, their toddlers would take much longer to learn everything, be more prone to tantrums, potty accidents, whining, and be much more likely to get into mischief and less likely to have fun with their unwilling parents etc. These sims would also take much longer to bond with their children (at whatever age) and to move up the parenting skill levels, and would always get a bored moodlet when reading a parenting book.
Of course I know none of these fantasies about Sim parenting would really happen; they would no doubt be far too complicated to implement. But using the traits and creating a parenting skill would be a great way to take advantage of existing gameplay and incorporate it fully into family play, making the game much more fun for those of us who like that sort of thing.
I love your ideas about a parenting skill, and the side effects of traits especially the Dislikes Children sims having a harder time teaching skills to toddlers and even getting bored moodlets from interacting with them! That's fantastic and I hope the gurus are paying attention!
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