Fanphoria
7 years agoSeasoned Ace
Kids and Teens should get something out of caring for their younger sibs
Personally, I think teens should be able to gain the parenting skill--they get asked advice, but can't ever progress to higher options, which is frustrating. But it also just doesn't make sense that a sim that spent so much time giving their younger sibs baths or reading to them or putting them to bed should then only "gain" the parenting skill later and start from scratch. Obviously, they'd only gain it if they actually do things, so you still have teens that just ignore their younger siblings and never get it. I'd be fine with them gaining it slower, I just think they should have it if they're actively babysitting (and then maybe parenting skill could be a requirement for advancement in the babysitting career? Like, that'd make sense, right?)
But anyway, actually what this post is about is, if we can't have the parenting skill, can we at least gain some values from it? Responsibility maybe? It's already easy to get responsibility through school, but maybe the sim I'm playing isn't that studious, and instead focuses on taking care of a younger sibling and gets to learn responsibility through that. I mean, you get responsibility from feeding a pet, but not a baby? Come on!
I dunno, maybe they're some other ideas. I just wish there was something, y'know?
But anyway, actually what this post is about is, if we can't have the parenting skill, can we at least gain some values from it? Responsibility maybe? It's already easy to get responsibility through school, but maybe the sim I'm playing isn't that studious, and instead focuses on taking care of a younger sibling and gets to learn responsibility through that. I mean, you get responsibility from feeding a pet, but not a baby? Come on!
I dunno, maybe they're some other ideas. I just wish there was something, y'know?