Which cheats and why?

I've become a 'wanton woman'. I use cheats a lot. I play larger households and use full autonomy, which helps. But, I'm finding that the child on up Sims are almost always run down. I have the MCCC mod, so I can readily click on Make Happy to fill all needs when necessary. I rarely ever use such a cheat on my toddlers, however. They have to be in really bad shape before I'll fix their situation. That is only occasionally, happily.

I also use testhingcheats true/ freerealestate on when I move my Sims to a new location. I find I have little to no aversion to using said mod to skill my Sims up, since I have a tendency to start an entire family in CAS. Makes no sense that parents of teens, and/or child Sims would have no skills whatsoever. Would that EA would make this an option in CAS. That way people could choose to have unskilled adults in their game, if desired, or to give said adult Sims a nice leg-up. I also confess, I use money cheats when the need arises.