Anyone else feel relieved once they get to the “teen” life stage?

Toddler I like. Kid stage yea a huge drain. Boring as hell. Teen stage is not much better. I feel more relieved when they get to young adult stage.

"MaggieMarley;c-17525932" wrote:
I feel relieved once they get to the child stage! I like children but toddlers are so needy.

My child sims monkey bars themselves to death, interactions with Pets are cute, but it’s so boring to me. I do all that I can with them tho.

Nope, I actually really enjoy playing with toddlers and kids :) I wouldn't mind more interactions for them though.

Not really. I enjoy the child stage & teens have been a pain since Parenthood added mood swings.

I love playing with toddlers. One of my saves right now I’ve got a mom with 7 toddlers. My rules are that I can’t play the toddlers at all, only the mom and no cheats (except aging is off). The mom has to keep all the toddlers needs in the green as well as max their skills. It’s like one of those time management games only more fun.

I don’t really like the child and teen ages because there seems to be no time to do anything except school and homework. It gets to be a grind.

I had a game where I challenged myself to ONLY play the child - the only times I controlled their parents was to pay the bills.

I went through toddler, child, and teen life stages like this, where the parents were basically roomies. It was a BLAST! Toddler stage was so difficult, but it was a fun challenge to get all of the child's skills up, while also keeping them happy the whole time (often got hangry). Once I got into the child stage it wasn't as difficult, since i have a kids can cook mod on, but my child also joined scouts, after school things, etc. They seem really rounded out because of the time I gave to them to focus on their interests and their friends! Once a teen they joined a group for karaoke and stayed out late into the night, going to school tired but with finished homework, etc.

I think generally I don't play with kids unless it's a challenge, or a legacy, but I find focusing on only the kid to be what makes it fun!

I actually love toddlers. Kids and teens though are both boring and annoying. The endless parenting questions drove me insane. I eventually downloaded a mod to stop it. The lack of unique things to do for both child and teen make them quite boring. Teens are basically just thin young adults with homework and kids have nothing interesting at all.

Toddlers are a chore but they are sooooo adorable I can't live without them lol I split my family up. When I'm tired of the toddler I send to relatives house. When I miss the cuteness I bring them back lol.

I actually love kids. I have some that I never age. I use the children can mod to give them more to do. And the bike mod and seesaw mod. So I send them off on biking adventures to collect bugs and rocks, play on the playground, rebel, etc. Love playing with them. But kids and toddlers are extremely lacking in content. They desperately need more to do and I'm really hoping that changes soon.
Even with cc trying to find a nice variety of clothes for my sim boy is next to impossible. The girls do have a bit more options though not much.

The only lifestate I don't care much about is babies.

I think up my own storylines for kids and teen which makes them interesting enough for me. It's not about having to get all the skills or achieving the aspirations. I also downloaded a mod called Milestones a while ago (don't know if it's compatible with the new patch yet) which gives kids another dimension with the whole childhood clique feature.

"Sharonia;c-17526581" wrote:
I actually love toddlers. Kids and teens though are both boring and annoying. The endless parenting questions drove me insane. I eventually downloaded a mod to stop it. The lack of unique things to do for both child and teen make them quite boring. Teens are basically just thin young adults with homework and kids have nothing interesting at all.

Right and they could have been more creative and unique with the questions...like generated based on child’s personality, I mean the whole advice thing is so annoying