If the Sims team ever decides to add preteens in the mix what do you think they would look like. Of course they will probably add toddlers first, but preteens may be a possibility. Would they go to middle school and maybe have little crushes, but of course not full blown romances. Would they be in between a height of a child and teen. What else does everyone else think they would be like? :)

"crazycat_135;834330" wrote:If the Sims team ever decides to add preteens in the mix what do you think they would look like. Of course they will probably add toddlers first, but preteens may be a possibility. Would they go to middle school and maybe have little crushes, but of course not full blown romances. Would they be in between a height of a child and teen. What else does everyone else think they would be like? :) A pre-teen is a child and we already have them.

What I'd like to see is sort of a cross between child and teen -- they'd give more time to finish childhood aspirations rather than jumping right into the teen/adult ones, they could still play on the playground equipment and with toys/dollhouse but would get embarrassed if one of their peers caught them doing it. Maybe they'd be a bit rebellious at restrictions -- talk back more to their parents, tease their younger siblings. They could have crushes and maybe do things like the kiss on the cheek, also more mischievous things like hair pulling, but nothing beyond that (no embrace/make out sort of thing). Some simple makeup styles for the girls -- nothing too outrageous, just a little bit of eye shadow/light lipstick sort of thing.

Well I really mean is like a age group in middle school.

Shorter than teens, taller than children is my guess.

Maybe if we get toddlers we could even have preschool.

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catmando830
10 years ago
"crazycat_135;834330" wrote:
If the Sims team ever decides to add preteens in the mix what do you think they would look like. Of course they will probably add toddlers first, but preteens may be a possibility. Would they go to middle school and maybe have little crushes, but of course not full blown romances. Would they be in between a height of a child and teen. What else does everyone else think they would be like? :)

A pre-teen is a child and we already have them.
justme22
10 years ago
What I'd like to see is sort of a cross between child and teen -- they'd give more time to finish childhood aspirations rather than jumping right into the teen/adult ones, they could still play on the playground equipment and with toys/dollhouse but would get embarrassed if one of their peers caught them doing it. Maybe they'd be a bit rebellious at restrictions -- talk back more to their parents, tease their younger siblings. They could have crushes and maybe do things like the kiss on the cheek, also more mischievous things like hair pulling, but nothing beyond that (no embrace/make out sort of thing). Some simple makeup styles for the girls -- nothing too outrageous, just a little bit of eye shadow/light lipstick sort of thing.
SproutLee
New Spectator
10 years ago
Well I really mean is like a age group in middle school.
Colton141414
Seasoned Novice
10 years ago
Shorter than teens, taller than children is my guess.
SproutLee
New Spectator
10 years ago
Maybe if we get toddlers we could even have preschool.
geoffreypa
10 years ago
9 to 12 so in Australia they would still be in primary school and maybe starting high school at 12 depending on birthday. yep so finishing of aspirations and grades up or playing hooky and messen around at the skateboard park. new clothes some where between the clothes there mom chooses and what they may want to ware :). defiantly the beginnings of independence showing
ck213
Seasoned Scout
10 years ago
"crazycat_135;834330" wrote:
If the Sims team ever decides to add preteens in the mix what do you think they would look like. Of course they will probably add toddlers first, but preteens may be a possibility. Would they go to middle school and maybe have little crushes, but of course not full blown romances. Would they be in between a height of a child and teen. What else does everyone else think they would be like? :)
ChadSims2
Seasoned Novice
10 years ago
Would be so nice if they added pre-teens the jump from child to adult-teen is crazy.
Writin_Reg
10 years ago
BUt that makes no sense as the child that jumps from the infant is 10. When I heard that I sort of freaked about YA's having babies because the YA age starts at 18/19 and if they had a baby that poofed into a child it would look like the YA was actually 10 when she had the baby. I thought that was just plain weird and complained about it in the Chat. I told the Devs they need to make YA's unable to have babies like the YA's in Sims 2 - other wise it looked bad. Believe me I have been complaining about how this all looked - plus the fact the infant technically jumps out to be a pre-teen if the child is 10 (as pre-teen is 10-12 and teens are 13-17/18) like the Devs said - so if anything they still actually need to make a toddler age and a child age if you are going to be technical about it.
justme22
10 years ago
"Writin_Reg;13642898" wrote:
BUt that makes no sense as the child that jumps from the infant is 10. When I heard that I sort of freaked about YA's having babies because the YA age starts at 18/19 and if they had a baby that poofed into a child it would look like the YA was actually 10 when she had the baby. I thought that was just plain weird and complained about it in the Chat. I told the Devs they need to make YA's unable to have babies like the YA's in Sims 2 - other wise it looked bad. Believe me I have been complaining about how this all looked - plus the fact the infant technically jumps out to be a pre-teen if the child is 10 (as pre-teen is 10-12 and teens are 13-17/18) like the Devs said - so if anything they still actually need to make a toddler age and a child age if you are going to be technical about it.

Plenty of 18 and 19 year olds have babies these days -- some even bother to get married first. B)

I've given up thinking of an age equivalent for the various stages and just go with the flow. Actually, I'd like programming that would make it harder for Adult Sims to get pregnant, because as people age it's often harder for them to conceive. Only reason YAs couldn't get pregnant in Sims 2 is because you were only a YA while you were at University -- if you chose not to go to University or right after you graduated you'd age right up to an Adult. In Sims 3 they made YA a full time age stage which really never made sense, but they also opened University to more than just YAs so at least you had another chance to go if you chose not to go right away.