Disable "woohoo" appropriate for kids and families
Sims 4. My kids love this game. It is creative and fun and teaches them a lot. They enjoy building with it, creating people etc. but I am considering deleting it because there is no way to disable the "woohoo" function. I don't appreciate having this function in my game and I certainly don't appreciate my children having access to it. There are cheats for tons of other things. I looked up a lot of forums on this subject and there are many parents out there who feel the same. I would appreciate a cheat that allows this function to be disabled. This is such a great game with so many cool features, but I will not continue to purchase products from a company that will not give the opportunity to protect family values.
Hi @FamilyFun1689,
I can understand your concern and desire to ensure that the content your children are playing is age appropriate for them. This is why we make sure to assign an age rating to our games. The content in The Sims 4 is age appropriate for Teens (13+) in accordance with the ESRB age rating, including the WooHoo function in-game. 🙂Our game, The Sims 4 received the rating T for Teens as there are suggestive themes among others that would not be suitable for children as an example.
It is unlikely the WooHoo feature will be disabled or cheats added for that as a result but we will let players know if that changes in the future. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and perspective on the Woohoo function as a parent to minors.🙂
On another note, if you - or future readers - have underage children, you can set-up a child account which will have parental controls and restrictions in place to protect children and help them stay safe while they play. For more information on underage players and child accounts please see the spoiler tag.SpoilerPlease read on to learn how to set-up age appropriate accounts:
- Child Accounts: For children under 13 (in most countries, the age for underage changes per country), you can set up a Child account for them by following this link: https://help.ea.com/en-au/help/account/how-do-i-set-up-an-origin-account-for-my-child/which will have restrictions in place for the protection of underage players. There are a few games that allow access to online features for Child accounts. Here’s everything Child accounts can do online.
- Aging up an account: Once a Child account is no longer underage, you can update a Child account to an Adult account and this EA help article will provide the steps on how: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/account/aging-up-an-origin-account-to-an-adult-account/ . Please note that the minimum age is usually 13 years of age although it depends on where you live as each country has their own age requirements for what is considered an "adult account".
