Make Teenagers Great Again!

"pinedasgal;898432" wrote:
Today my teen sims were discussing neighborhood property values because they didn't have much else to do. Yawn, TS4 teens are essentially the same as adults, but with homework. So I started jotting down concepts of what could make them more youthful, lively and enjoyable. These are just a few of my silly whims-- I'm here because I would love to hear your opinions and fun ideas for teens too!

New Activities:

• Cheerleading
  
• Rock band
  
• Skateboarding
  
• A sport team (Soccer? Or maybe a new sport made by Sims)
  
• Simblr social network. Post thoughts/photo/recent event/relationship/achieved whims to Simblr
  
• Video game console
  

New Events:

• Prom
  
• Sleepover party
  
• Science fair project
  
• Standardized tests (for chance of scholarship)
  

New Interactions:

• Learn to cook with parents
  
• Learn to drive with parents (yes in a car, no snark intended)
  
• "Tell-off parents" to blow off steam when tense
  
• Ask parents for permission to stay out late (answer depends on parent's mood and if teen has completed homework)
  
• Sneak out (with a random chance of getting caught)
  
• Receive random "Where are you?/Who are you with texts?" from parents with option to lie
  
• Hook-up (a more intense make-out, TS2 snog style ;) )
  

New Popularity System:
A subtle 3-tier ranking (nothing over-the-top like TS3's celebrity system or social groups). Some sims want popularity through whims.

• +2 Popular (Popularity gains a positive moodlet and an increase in invitations to hang out.)
  
• +1 Semi-popular (there has to be a better name for this lol)
  
• 0 No ranking (base, hidden)
  
• -1 Invisible (negative popularity from no friends, may have negative moodlet depending on sim's traits/aspirations)
  

Sims become more popular by

• having popular friends, or A LOT of friends
  
• being in a popular GT club
  
• being involved in cheerleading/a sport/ a band
  
• maxing a skill
  
• Simblr posts earning a lot of likes
  
• by some random, obscure event
  
• attending more parties
  

New Relationships:

• Have crushes. Sims should get nervous, blush, etc around crush
  
• Have role model (an adult sim whom the teen admires, teens has chance of receiving the role-model's traits)
  

Hormones:

• Acne
  
• Mood swings
  
• Random whims to do rebellious activities
  
• Braces
  

Tweaks:

• Teens (and child sims) go to school wearing a backpack
  
• "Make friends" at school increases relationships, not just meeting new sims
  
• "Make friends" will not meet child sims at school
  
• Remove discuss property values chat
  
• Rename first Mess Around to "Experiment"
  
• Remove climax-like animation at the end of Mess Around to make it a tad more PG (this probably doesn't bother anyone else, but the thought that my 13-year-old sis's selfsim could be shaking the bed gives me a headache lol)
  
• Return of the curfew ((with a random chance of getting caught, chance starts low and increases throughout night)
  

Ideally, if we had pre-teens some of these would go into this but I don't want to ask for too much considering toddlers=shooting for the moon.

I wanna hear from you though! help me add to the list :D :D :D