Should sims go through puberty?
I think it would make the game more interesting than just having stages of life.
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Honestly (and I hope I'm not necroposting! This just seems like a really interesting topic), I wouldn't mind a little puberty sprinkled in. Like people have said, having acne pop up, the chance cards is a cool idea, sort of like how you get them in Parenthood when the kid has a question. It could be like, "during the day, Susie realized that she has gotten her first period! In a panic, she thinks over what to do." and the options can be "go to the school nurse", "ask a friend for help", "just use some toilet paper, and deal with it when you get home". Something like that.
And while I do enjoy SOL added stuff, I agree it can be annoying to deal with, especially with how often you have to change out hygine products, and how my sims never seem to do it automatically. If they did implement something like this, I would hope things would be a bit more automatic.
But I think having kid sims deal with first pimple close to their birthday/aging up (like, within 2 days or whatever for normal ageing) would be a nice little detail! Or a teen boy getting "first chest hair" moodlet (especially if they implemented body hair in the game like they did with TS3). Allowing sims to shave, A PARENT TEACHING THEIR CHILD TO SHAVE?! THAT WOULD BE ADORABLE!!! Have teens get "had a "weird" dream" embarrassed moodlet. "Learn about woohoo" or "learn about the llamas and the bunnies" or something like that (instead of birds and the bees). Just little things, especially closer to aging up would be really cool! Allowing kids to "go to the dentist for braces", and then they get braces. Because while I like having the option for it, I feel like braces should be done in a more realistic way! At least, to an extent. And while they have them, they could get an embarrassed or uncomfortable moodlet ('annoying rubber bands', 'sore cheeks', 'brace face'), and being able to be teased for having them. But they also get a 2 day confident moodlet after they get them taken off! Oh, and on the same strain, letting kids lose their teeth! "lost first tooth" would be a cute moodlet! Ugh, this would be soooo nice.
And while I do enjoy SOL added stuff, I agree it can be annoying to deal with, especially with how often you have to change out hygine products, and how my sims never seem to do it automatically. If they did implement something like this, I would hope things would be a bit more automatic.
But I think having kid sims deal with first pimple close to their birthday/aging up (like, within 2 days or whatever for normal ageing) would be a nice little detail! Or a teen boy getting "first chest hair" moodlet (especially if they implemented body hair in the game like they did with TS3). Allowing sims to shave, A PARENT TEACHING THEIR CHILD TO SHAVE?! THAT WOULD BE ADORABLE!!! Have teens get "had a "weird" dream" embarrassed moodlet. "Learn about woohoo" or "learn about the llamas and the bunnies" or something like that (instead of birds and the bees). Just little things, especially closer to aging up would be really cool! Allowing kids to "go to the dentist for braces", and then they get braces. Because while I like having the option for it, I feel like braces should be done in a more realistic way! At least, to an extent. And while they have them, they could get an embarrassed or uncomfortable moodlet ('annoying rubber bands', 'sore cheeks', 'brace face'), and being able to be teased for having them. But they also get a 2 day confident moodlet after they get them taken off! Oh, and on the same strain, letting kids lose their teeth! "lost first tooth" would be a cute moodlet! Ugh, this would be soooo nice.
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