"nerdfashion;c-17061965" wrote:
I don't really mind it. I think it's rather cute, actually.
I mean, sure, it's cute, and I don't mind them reading together, but like I said I just wish it
did something. There should be kids books adults can read to their children that actually builds the mental skill, or makes them focused at least, and isn't just a complete waste of time. No other child aspirations have requirements tat do nothing to progress the overall goal, and it seems particularly strange that it would be the case for the studious, focused child of all things.
Plus, books are entirely associated with creativity in the sims--reading books builds imagination in toddlers, not thinking, and writing books is a creative task that benefits from feeling creative and not focused. I could almost forgive the flavor of it if it was a task for the creative aspiration, since that would at least make sense thematically, but based on the world of the game as it is now (unlike our world) having a mentally focused child be read to by a parent doesn't really make any sense. Which is why, as I said originally, I wouldn't mind if books were tweaked in the game OR a different milsetone. I would honestly prefer the former, since as a book lover irl, I find books in the sims rather anemic and limiting.
