More skills should be unlockable for kids
It's very frustrating and disappointing how few skills can be worked on in the child stage once the 4 child skills are maxed, and logically and storywise I feel like it doesn't make sense to exclude t...
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Honestly, I'm still disappointed that the base game doesn't have child-sized guitars so Children can learn the Guitar skill and that Toddlers can't fram noisily on the piano. So many missed opportunities here. And, yeah, I would like to have Children learn the programing skill if they max out mental. Basic programing concepts like if-statements and introductory HTML aren't above the grasp of your average 10-13-year-old (for goodness sakes, Neopets had a whole basic tutorial section on HTML...and that site, at its height, was aimed mainly at 7-12-year-olds!). Children could gain programing skill through activities like "customize virtual pet's profile page" and "Make a Game in RPG Builder." As a compromise for the people who don't think it's "realistic" for a preteen to learn programing, Children who don't have the Genius trait could gain Programing skill at a 25% slower pace than Teens and Adults...even though, honestly, if a kid is interested in something they can learn things that adults would usually see as above their grade level quite easily with the right resources and support. Just sayin'.
There should also be a lego-like building toy and a kids' tool kit for Children to start learning Handiness. Maybe even have toys that are breakable so that a Child can learn Handiness by trying to fix their broken toy. I used to fix my own broken toys all the time as a little girl. Sure, some of my solutions (like bending a paperclip into a new lower-leg for a toy horse and securing it with spent chewing gum) were kind of crude, but for a young kid those sorts of solutions work wonders. Oh, and have them also learn Handiness by cobbling together irreparably broken toys into entirely new ones or turning shoeboxes and large cardboard boxes into things like guitars, space ships, forts, etc. So many missed opportunities...
There should also be a lego-like building toy and a kids' tool kit for Children to start learning Handiness. Maybe even have toys that are breakable so that a Child can learn Handiness by trying to fix their broken toy. I used to fix my own broken toys all the time as a little girl. Sure, some of my solutions (like bending a paperclip into a new lower-leg for a toy horse and securing it with spent chewing gum) were kind of crude, but for a young kid those sorts of solutions work wonders. Oh, and have them also learn Handiness by cobbling together irreparably broken toys into entirely new ones or turning shoeboxes and large cardboard boxes into things like guitars, space ships, forts, etc. So many missed opportunities...
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