Kids are so Boring

I see what you are looking for and it's not that I'm looking for the same things, because I am. Generation themed packs have always been on the top of my wish list right after horses.

It's just the way you put your post that wasn't clear.

That being said, there are quite some activities to choose from with that list in mind - it's not that they're all just boring. And yes, I do use all of them in my day to day gameplay and do not get bored with my Sim kids.

I also don't think you don't have a proper understanding for what it takes to convert an interaction to be available for children. It's not just EA snipping with their fingers.

@alanmichael1: Exactly.

I truly wonder did the Parenting pack actually make kids worse by this I mean they use to have an idle animation of doing nothing but now all they do is make messes dumping stuff on the floor why is this behavior a default instead of something they do when fun need is low.

Sure children have many activities they can do they can stomp in the pond as someone mentioned or go swimming and do many other things like wear face masks or cross stitch but these are not the type of activates many are asking for when we speak of improving children.

I for one am looking for game play multiple children can do together not always content developed for adults given to children which is usually tied to an object. Let my kids play Marco Polo in the pool or play a game of tag with other children or hide n seek, why can't children ride bikes in the first place I'd love to watch kids ride their bikes around the neighborhood, play in a clubhouse, play super heroes or a game baseball they are mini adults now named children who drop paint on the floor.

The point with actions like hide and seek may be that the game mechanic is not good at doing them. Take the bizarre slow-motion water balloon battle as an example or soccer playing which after 3 years still produces broken tense moodlets.

Id really love it if occult kids could actually do occult things. I was so annoyed when RoM came out and the only thing spellcaster kids could do was summon their familiar. (And dont get me started with their animation in CAS or I will rage forever) Im not saying that occult kids should have full access to their powers, but they're not normal kids! Let spellcaster kids learn a basic spell or have their parents teach them magic! Let vampire kids drink plasma packs or get uncomfortable when they're out on a sunny day! I'd honestly play occult families more often if occult kids were actually interesting to play. I dont want them acting like human kids all the time.

"bixters;d-998280" wrote:
The title says it all!
They are so boring in this game. There is hardly anything for them to do.

All they have is:
1. Activity Table
2. Monkey Bars/ Jungle Gym
3. Toybox
4. Stuffed Animal
5. Violin
6. Computer games

And when they're not doing those things, all they do is CLEAN. Mopping up puddles, washing the dishes, taking out the trash. The kids literally are so bored they're cleaning.


Can we please get some more content for kids?

You should try Sims2! The kids have so much, I was astounded. They play cops and robbers, tag, toss a football, play catch, play Marco Polo in the pool, families can not only hug but give 'kiss (family)', tell stories, be read to, I've seen parents spontaneously go past their sleeping teen and smoothe the covers over them and lean down and kiss their cheek.

I ended up adopting 6 kids because I didn't realize I could use a reward item to change my sim's aspiration so I didn't have to slog through getting 6 kids all the way to married, and I really don't want to play that many kids, lesson learned: but I also learned that Sims2 is so much deeper and better than any other Sims game, it's incredible, you don't even need mods to add anything (except certain ones to correct some built-in game corruption issues that were there from the start).

I saw one of my dads riding one of their sons around on his feet, both of them laughing. The teens noogie each other, start water balloon fights, get into it with the "bubble machine", they can choose to sneak out at night, though I haven't tried that yet.

When they get an A+ report card, they come running into the house yelling with excitement and go get their parents and show them, and the parents whoop with joy too!

And there are SOOOO many TOYS!

Including RC cars and an RC helicopter.

And teens (and adults) can work on fixing up a junker car, doing engine work and body work, sitting there with the grinder working on rust and minor dings (get after it with the body filler when the suction cups aren't an option LOL), throwing sparks, revving the motor...ahhh memories! Good times!

Watching teens and adults around the working pool table or playing poker, shuffling, pushing chips, having a great time, it all feels so real.

And I haven't even played babies or toddlers yet, as I adopted all these kids as school-age kids but I see the enormous amount of stuff for babies and toddlers in build/buy mode, plus an aspiration award is this bottle warmer full of "special toddler milk" to help your toddler gain skills a lot faster.

So while I do not want to be neck-deep in 6 kids ever again, I'm blown away by the depth, and how great the animations are, and how many things kids and teens can do, and how they just take life and run with it, rather than stand around doing nothing unless you make them.

Yeah, I agree with you. Kids and teenagers are so boring. I mean, what's the point of them when all gameplay options are meant for adults

"ignominiusrex;c-18077961" wrote:

"bixters;d-998280" wrote:
The title says it all!
They are so boring in this game. There is hardly anything for them to do.

All they have is:
1. Activity Table
2. Monkey Bars/ Jungle Gym
3. Toybox
4. Stuffed Animal
5. Violin
6. Computer games

And when they're not doing those things, all they do is CLEAN. Mopping up puddles, washing the dishes, taking out the trash. The kids literally are so bored they're cleaning.


Can we please get some more content for kids?

You should try Sims2! The kids have so much, I was astounded. They play cops and robbers, tag, toss a football, play catch, play Marco Polo in the pool, families can not only hug but give 'kiss (family)', tell stories, be read to, I've seen parents spontaneously go past their sleeping teen and smoothe the covers over them and lean down and kiss their cheek.

You can tell stories and read to children and toddlers in Sims 4. Children can perform puppet shows for their families. Children can also be tucked in, read to sleep, etc. I think the game is just worth a bit of exploring because there's quite a bit for kids. We're just lacking the group animations like tag, tossing balls for all ages -- for some reason, these seem not to work well in the Sims 4 (someone already mentioned the odd snowball and water fights). I wish they would work more on activities like these, but I think there's a good amount of stuff for kids to do already.

This isn't about toddlers, but toddlers sometimes use their imaginations when playing with adults. We can only see their thoughts when we have them selected.

I think it would be nice to have a few more child specific activities, but I also think its good that they now have more to do generally like the dancing animations, things are improving for them.

They are boring, indeed. To the point that I always turn them into teens, as soon as possible. Almost with the same speed I am ageing up the babies into toddlers. Anyway, with the children am so tired of the ''make a mess'' interaction; can't stand it anymore. And it seems like the favourite activity of all child Sims.

It's a Sims 4 design flaw, I think, that Sims of any age really lack a variety of autonomous interactions and animations between them and that's what makes the game constantly feel like it needs more. The majority of interactions in the game involve objects and the autonomy is repetitious and samey with all Sims who have a tendency to be drawn to the same objects or have all the same idles. They are consistently drawn away from each other in favor of objects like the computer and when they are drawn to each other it's just the same idle chatting they do day after day and it never seems to change.

So frustrating.