When do your sims children usually move out of their parents house?In my case, it's usually as a teenager, because I am unable to properly focus on the storylines of more than 1-2 sims at the time. I have no problem raising litters of toddlers and kids, as they don't really interest me and it's mostly just raising skills, completing aspirations and ensuring that no one dies, it's the teenager stage when the fun begins. So as soon as they age up, I'll move them out with enough money for at least some kind of housing and add them to my rotation. The only exception are teenage vampires, who will get to stay untill their powers have evolved to the stage where they are able to go outside without burning to death.

Awesome! When my sims do have children, my play style is more geared toward single and lovin it, lol. But when I do have sim kids, they usually have a shortened lifespan...ie they get to be teens quickly, because of that very reason, I can't focus on 3 or 4 storylines in a household. I'm old and I'm sticking to that story. :DForgot to say, most of my kids stay with their parents, even during young adulthood. I get attached.

I like to play one family meaning all my households have an relation to each other, it really depends on the story I'm doing, I tend to make my teens as teeny as I can go in the sims 4 they still stay with mum and dad at that point and have a curfew at 11pm, when I want them to move out it's normally when they reach young adult, some go to university I either have them live in a dorm or still stay with mum and dad at that point, I once done a story of an young adult sim still staying with mum and dad without a job etc lol in that story I made the mum and dad very frustrated with them that they always party and sponge off them, I done a bustin out story ( got the idea from the sims bustin out)

For my PC game, I wanted one family to have more than one teen, so I moved out their other teens, and edited more teens into the family. The moved out teens are neighbors to each other in the same area, and still visit their parents and siblings.Further plans for my PC and PS4 Sim teens is to keep them with their families until they are young adults, unless I have teens I want to marry later on. I have two teens I moved out to live with a young adult Sim, and I am building up their relationship, so I can marry them as young adults and marry them to each other.With some other teens, and young adults, I will let them explore the world(s), and move the heirs back into their childhood home, and let non-heirs live elsewhere. Heir teens/young adults will "inherit" their childhood homes, and will have the most kids, while the other teens/young adults where they are more free to move around and explore, with kids being an option for them.

I completely agree about finding it hard to follow too many ongoing storylines. I tend to have one overall household storyline that the different members dip and and out of and when they’re not centre stage I tend to leave them on auto or skill building.I don’t usually play teen sims, but for the ones I do have stories in mind for, their parents are kind of background characters so they don’t have anything exciting going on other than surviving and going to work.But to actually answer the question I usually wait for the young adult stage to move out children, with the exception of one teen who I had run away and live in a tent in a residential park lot.

I agree with you, I usually switch my focus over to the teens once they become teens. I don't move them out though, unless there was some reason why they needed to. Instead I let the parents autopilot a bit more until the empty-nest stage after the teens grow up to YA and move out.

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bshag4lv
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
Awesome! When my sims do have children, my play style is more geared toward single and lovin it, lol. But when I do have sim kids, they usually have a shortened lifespan...ie they get to be teens quickly, because of that very reason, I can't focus on 3 or 4 storylines in a household. I'm old and I'm sticking to that story. :D

Forgot to say, most of my kids stay with their parents, even during young adulthood. I get attached.
nikkiheathcote95
New Spectator
3 years ago
I like to play one family meaning all my households have an relation to each other, it really depends on the story I'm doing, I tend to make my teens as teeny as I can go in the sims 4 they still stay with mum and dad at that point and have a curfew at 11pm, when I want them to move out it's normally when they reach young adult, some go to university I either have them live in a dorm or still stay with mum and dad at that point, I once done a story of an young adult sim still staying with mum and dad without a job etc lol in that story I made the mum and dad very frustrated with them that they always party and sponge off them, I done a bustin out story ( got the idea from the sims bustin out)
Gamer_Cat24
New Traveler
3 years ago
For my PC game, I wanted one family to have more than one teen, so I moved out their other teens, and edited more teens into the family. The moved out teens are neighbors to each other in the same area, and still visit their parents and siblings.
Further plans for my PC and PS4 Sim teens is to keep them with their families until they are young adults, unless I have teens I want to marry later on. I have two teens I moved out to live with a young adult Sim, and I am building up their relationship, so I can marry them as young adults and marry them to each other.
With some other teens, and young adults, I will let them explore the world(s), and move the heirs back into their childhood home, and let non-heirs live elsewhere.
Heir teens/young adults will "inherit" their childhood homes, and will have the most kids, while the other teens/young adults where they are more free to move around and explore, with kids being an option for them.
RySBI
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
I completely agree about finding it hard to follow too many ongoing storylines. I tend to have one overall household storyline that the different members dip and and out of and when they’re not centre stage I tend to leave them on auto or skill building.

I don’t usually play teen sims, but for the ones I do have stories in mind for, their parents are kind of background characters so they don’t have anything exciting going on other than surviving and going to work.

But to actually answer the question I usually wait for the young adult stage to move out children, with the exception of one teen who I had run away and live in a tent in a residential park lot.
mightyspritesims
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
I agree with you, I usually switch my focus over to the teens once they become teens. I don't move them out though, unless there was some reason why they needed to. Instead I let the parents autopilot a bit more until the empty-nest stage after the teens grow up to YA and move out.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
My Cantrell kids moved out when three of them were Teens, Early Graduates of HS and the eldest was a YA. They all went to uni together. All but the sister now live with their Rock Star brother and his young family. (That's okay, he's got a bit of mansion "cottage" in HoB.) When I'm totally ready to let the eldest and the General Practioner live on their own, I'll simply have them move out. I may or may not build their homes for them. I already use the Jessica Fletcher house for the doctor, at least I did in the Main save prior to this one. I'll just have to wait and see.

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PERAL01
3 years ago
I have a twin problem, Penny and Cleo who always been best friends and of course share the same bed and spend all their free time together. Now Penny has developed a romantic relationship with my main Sim Rien Remi's irresponsible brother. The problem is if he moves in with Penny, should he take Cleo's place in the twin bed?! Aww these Sims problem!
Brd709
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
All of my sim self's kids stayed in the house until they aged into young adults then went off to university and began their own lives once they graduated. They sometimes come back home depending on the situation/storyline.
Simmingal
Hero
3 years ago
Usually when I start losing space in the parents house or its getting too chaotic to play in which i either have to move someone out or scheme for death

recently though I have quite often used either going to university or getting married as the reason for moving out

or maybe just want to explore different world than where they were born in would do

+ maybe if i ever get hsy I might use that as excuse to send them to copperdale as exchange students n such to make it earlier for some

but yeah idk I mean as long as theres space in house and its not great trouble to play all of them i think its all fine to live with the parents
AgnesXX92
New Spectator
3 years ago
"KittyCandy;c-18197880" wrote:
My Sim parents are very nice, they build a cosy little dungeon if the kids don't want to leave home and let them live there ^^

How generous of them ?