Now that we have infants does anyone else feel like there's a even bigger gap between children and teens? Newborn: pretty much sleeps all dayInfant: more interactions (not sure what they are yet)Toddler: can do most stuff on their own after a while, but still need a lot help from older simsChild: school, dolls, toys, make crafts, grab snacks etc. then all the suddenTeen: pretty much a young adult but still there are limits as to what they can doYoung Adult: college, travel, dating, marriage, career, buy a home, starting a familyAdult: marriage, family, career, prepare for retirementElder: retirement, grandkids, travelI feel we need tweens. Tweens: puberty, first crushes, still plays with toys but has other interestsI guess what I am trying to say is that the child sim immediately turning into a teen with out an in between stage feels like something is missing, especially now that we have infants.I would love to hear your opinions.(I know there's a pre-teen mod)Have a good one!

Teens have crushes and puberty in HSY tho.

I strongly believe it could very much be possible for the game devs to make a new Tween Lifestate in Sims 4. ;)

It seemed impossible before, for all we know the new Littles were a test and they will be able to add another before ts4 is done. We'll see but I am hopeful.

Tweens: puberty, first crushes, still plays with toys but has other interestsSo which part of this couldn't just be part of kid or teen lifestage?also all these are subjective experiences people might have at different ages(for instance some have puberty later or earlier and some might not even have crushes / have their crushes in teens or adulthood ratherand as for toys that could just be childish trait thing)I don't see anything that needs new lifestage in specific

I'm not opposed. I think it would be nice to do for Sims 5.I do think there needs to be more if a distinction between teens and young adults in CAS. Mods that shorten teens a tad help me to distinguish them better.

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Fluteline24
New Spectator
2 years ago
Nope! There is nothing unique about preteens that can't or haven't already been added to kids or teens.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
2 years ago
"lisamwitt;c-18241092" wrote:
I don't think we need another life stage either. As a mother of 4 kids, I can tell you there isn't much distinction and I find the whole tween idea silly. It's a short transition between about 10-12 where they stop playing with "little kid" toys and start doing things that are slightly less "childish". But major changes in activities and interests happen after they hit their teens.

The biggest gap is actually between toddlers and children. The age from about 3-6/7 is missing. But, as I said already, I don't want anymore life stages.

These are my exact thoughts. I always felt like little kids are missing and the kids we have feel closer to what people call "tweens". I always wanted smaller kids but there is no demand for it so I doubt we would ever get it.
Teens with the highschool pack, childish trait,, and parenthood fill all the tween check boxes. We just need shorter preset heights to choose from IMO.
divapixie
2 years ago
I'm another one in the no tweens for me camp. For a lot of the reasons already stated.. and well my 3 were harder during the tween years than any other phase.

I have absolutely no desire to revisit that particular circle of hell :D .
MoonCrossWarrio
2 years ago
I don't think we need more life stages, I always thought children at ages 9-12 were still children, not preteens...
Preteens just seems like another title to make them seem kinda like teens but to me they are not teens till 13.
TheDrunkenSimme
2 years ago
I don’t think it’s a matter if a new lifestage needed but a rework on the current teens. They need to be shorter and younger looking. The teens we currently have now look just like young adults, there really isn’t much difference in them except for things they can/can’t do in gameplay. I don’t know which would be more difficult, new lifestage or overhaul of teens, because I know nothing about that kind of stuff but I just think that’s really why people are unhappy and asking for a preteen because teens are to adult like.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Hotshot
2 years ago
^ That. Teens just look like young adults. But because they wear all the same clothes and do the same actions as adults, I'm sure it would be difficult to make any substantial changes. I know it's been said it before, but it's because of Olympus.
Tcee11
Seasoned Traveler
2 years ago
I would be okay with a teen and child rework.
Chicklet45368
Rising Traveler
2 years ago
I do feel like the jump from "kids" looking like they're 10 to "teens" who look like they're of drinking ages is a bit jarring. But I'm not too fussed with them after almost 9 years (I also use a mod to make my teens automatically be a little shorter).

What kind of game play would they have that would be different? Is it just for the visual immersion? All the 10-12 year olds I know in RL act like teens (with the exception of being able to drive), in the fact they have the same obsession with their phones, youtube, tiktok, snapchat, and video games. The only thing they're not too obsessed with like teens are romance/crushes and fashion/makeup of some sort.
gloomfemme
2 years ago
as others have stated above, i don't think we need another life stage. the problem = teens are way too much like young adults. if the teens were updated it would bridge the gap.
EricasMyTouchQ
2 years ago
There does need to be some age adjustments in this game. There could be the following ages:

Newborn (birth-3 months)
Infants (4 months to 1 year)
Toddler (1-3)
Chilld (4-10)
Young Teen (10-12)
Teens (13-19)
Young Adult (20-40)
Adult (40-65)
Elder (65-death)

This is the closest I could come to making a change to the ages in the game because kids in this game seem to go from looking like toddlers to looking like they are 11-12 in the game with nothing in between. And then make adjustments to the Teens, Young Adults and Adults to make them more distinct.