Wow, eight generations? I don't think I've ever made it past 6. Some things I did to keep things interesting.
- One story I played was that my teen Sim's parents let him go backpacking through Windenburg for the summer. I turned the Fyers house into a youth hostel and moved in some teens and young adults from the gallery. I didn't move him out of the legacy home, I just got the Always Welcome trait/reward so there were no issues with him showering and sleeping there. I left the rest of my Legacy Sims at home. They did their thing, aged up, went to work, etc. and I just stayed in Windenburg with my teen sim. He met a girl, fell in love, it was so cute. It was fun to sort of take a break from the legacy family - none of the usual homework, school, work, cooking, etc. My Sim stayed there for like two Sims weeks.
Also, something I'm playing right now that I've never done. Created a broken home - My Sim got divorced. Her kids have to spend the weekends with Dad and his new girlfriend. They do not like her. And their real mom is much more interested in getting her groove back then parenting - she's hitting the club, bringing home random guys, throwing parties, drinking, she got fired so money is tight. It is not pretty.
You could have a teen run away. I did that once - I let the teen fend for herself for a few days. She had to sleep in a tent or at this gross homeless shelter I found in the gallery. I put it in a sketchy neighborhood next to a prison. lol. Spoiled brat came back after a few days a brand new kid.
I just tried to think of things in regular families that make things interesting and play that out in my game.
