Forum Discussion
8 years ago
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16448662" wrote:
@Erpe
That is why adults open up the game for my children, as we turn off all the online features. If my 5 or 7 year old wants a new home or new sims for example each either has to access the "my library" tab or must ask an adult to come help access the gallery and we promptly shut off the online features when finished. My teen (she is 15) has access, but really never uses the online services too. I am teaching that offline gaming is the best way to go. Did you know that many games can be opened without origin too? We did not have internet for a couple weeks and were still able to open and play Sims 4.
The account was made before my young children were interested in video games. They gained interest in certain games by watching others play. I personally teach about responsibility of going online. The kid accounts are not fit to teach my kids responsibility in a proper way. We don't even have kid accounts for anything as I do not see that as teaching proper responsibility. EA has "kid accounts" as a cya approach for themselves to avoid legal trouble.
I agree that your way may be acceptable if your kids only are interested in TS4. But if not then consider the following from https://help.ea.com/dk/help/account/give-your-child-access-to-games-on-their-child-account/
”PC or MAC?
For most games, no. Child accounts can’t play online game modes on PC or Mac.
The exceptions to this are SimCity and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 1 and 2. They can play these online, but all social features are disabled for them.”
So if your kids could be interested in the mentioned games too then they could need a kid account. But the choice is of course yours! :)