Enough with Mean Streak!

I don't mind the mean streak so much - I play with autonomy off, so I can stop the kid doing anything 'mean'. It's the loud and obnoxious phase I hate, hate, hate, and nearly all my kids and teens go through that phase, sometimes twice. (I love the bear phase. And most of the other phases are interesting, if nothing else - I wish some of them had a bit more impact. Mostly, they're just moodlets, like the picky eater phase. The 'clingy' phase doesn't seem to do anything at all.)

Some of the teen mood swings are rather cute - I think it's entirely realistic for a teen to come home 'mortified' or sad after something happens at school. It makes the game a bit more interesting, without interfering too much with my plans for my Sims.