Parenthood Refresh

I want Parenthood to stick to its theme and would rather see stuff like prom be added in a fully fleshed out high school expansion the only real prom like interaction I see worthy of Parenthood is the parents taking a photo before their child heads off to prom. Now bikes for kids would be great as they could add a "ride with or "teach child to ride" interaction so it could become an activity a parent could do with their child. Now the same could be said for cars with teens if cars ever added. What else I'd like to see added in is some type of sibling rivalry feature added with more mischief/bad behaviors less perfect kids and more to parent.

Honestly, Parenthood is among the few packs that feel complete enough to me that I can't think of much to add in a refresh. Two and a half years ago I might have suggested a teaching career, but University has that covered. Of course, children riding bikes would be cool, but that's something that belongs in the base game, now that Cottage Living technically comes with a base game bike for adults.

If anything, I would like the teachable character values to be rebalanced, because as it is now, you get some of them (responsibility) almost automatically while others (conflict resolution) are out of reach for teenagers unless you make drama happen on purpose. Yet even that could probably be addressed in a patch, so I don't know. I'm looking forward to seeing what refresh ideas others may come up with.

Parenthood refresh I'd say it needs to add Preteens like some simmers originally thought Preteens was in the trailers but if we don't get a generation pack with them then a parenthood refresh is good.

- Add the option for parents to ask a relative/friend to babysit, like in the TS2 Apartments.
- Sleepovers/ slumber parties.
- Bikes for children and toddlers would be nice. Would be great if they could go for a bike together. First they have to fix the buggy bikes we have now.

I think that Dine Out would not be a good choice, because while I'd cerntinly be happy if they pulled off a good dining experience for sims, I think most of the problems are baked into the core game, rather than the kit itself.

I love this pack but I have some ideas that would make it even better:

-The ability to choose curfews by age range not just all kids in the household.
-When a parent/caregiver has a disciplinary card come up, I would like the option to see the child's progress bar for the relevant skills because if I've got more than one child in the household and want to give them different parenthood traits, I sometimes forget which trait to prioritise.
-An option to purposely encourage "bad" behaviour. Some families are just wild.
-The option for non-resident parents/caregivers to discipline children when the parent is the played sim and the child is not.
-More child aspirations
-A few teen specific aspirations
-The option to send kids to boarding school
-The ability to make parent (or caregiver) and toddler clubs.
-Pushchairs, little cars and trikes for toddlers, prams for babies
-The ability to create parents, aunts/uncles, step families in CAS without having to create the "missing" family members first.
-The ability to create couples in CAS who are engaged or just dating, not necessarily married
-The ability to create a pregnant sim in CAS

I would like both to be honest. There is so much they could add in a Generations EP, like a new world, new clothes, new hair, new animations, new interactions, new gameplay, new skills, new aspirations, new objects, and most importantly, new babies that are playable. I don't think they would do so much for free in a Parenthood Refresh. In either a refresh or an expansion pack, I would really love some new games or toys, make the kids able to ride bikes, or just adding some little things from earlier games that were fun, like how the teens could get acne and apply cream and wash their face in the sink and mirror. I would like the toddlers to be able to make friends with other toddlers at daycare. Parents could discipline kids by taking their cell phones and computer access away for a time. Parents could take parenting classes. More after school clubs to add to scouts and drama, like science club, nature club, music club. More objects or ways to raise their emotional control, conflict resolution and empathy. I really want babies to be playable and have little toys in their inventory you can click on and social interactions like cry for something, giggle, throw toy etc. and of course I want the babies to be free from the crib and crawl around and play with toys, kittens and puppies.

I wish that Parenthood had an option for "corrupting influence" or something. So an evil, mean, snob, lazy, klepto, or erratic ect sim could encourage negative outcomes for younger Sims......maybe that's too dark I dunno but at the moment the only influence parents have is positive. A Sim could have a "chip off the old block" aspiration and influence their child to follow them into a criminal career or to delight in mean/mischievous/evil behaviour like their parents. Or teens could aspire to be nothing like their parents.

generations please B)
parenting refresh :#

I would love for more content or tweaks in Parenthood, but a Generations pack would have the potential to add so much! (If we can get both, that would be awesome!) ??