Decisions...help, please?

"Cement;c-17288230" wrote:
It's pretty so-so, really. With children and nothing else to supplement their gameplay, it gets boring fast. They only have 4 aspirations, and take twice the amount of time to skill up for adult skills (dependent on the skill anyway, since some skills like photography don't need you to max creativity first). It gets repetitive and kind of draining. At least with Parenthood, it feels like you're doing something else than getting them to wake up, do homework, go to school and come back annoyed, rinse and repeat lol
School projects are fun, and as a ridiculous sim parent, I hoard all of my kids' school projects. Teenage mood swings and phases give both kids and teenagers something more to differentiate themselves from young adults aside from building character values.
I recommended Kids Room since it introduces Voidcritters, a pseudo-pokemon like card game where children can collect said characters with two versions of each card. They can battle them and trade them with others, plus the furniture and CAS options give them more of a pre-teen feel; So if you're the kind that likes to sort of dress the kids as they 'age,' Kids room is pretty great. I added in the Toddlers stuff pack as well since base game toddlers are definitely lacking in so many things. They have absolutely nothing lmao. That stuff pack has a toddler jungle gym as well as the laughable ball pit they can play in, so it gives them something to do really--As well as clothing options, of course.
GF and Seasons add a couple of extracurricular activities, those two being Scouting and Drama Club respectively, so picking those up without parenthood should give you some more gameplay with the younger stages if you wait on Parenthood. :)