Why can't children learn magic?

I wish child sims had a mermaid tail.

Exactly, you know how cute that would be! @Sigzy05

'cause they weren't in the mood of doing the animations for kids too.

Very true, that's why I'm trying to bring attention to the subject right now. Kids are being ignored because of laziness. @SiliClone

"Sindocat;c-17274338" wrote:
Opening options for children as Supernaturals is a tricky business, as to what to allow and where to stop. They've made that call. It's a design decision. Don't like it? Don't buy the pack.

ikr... first it's like: No mom, I will not do my homework.. pooof!. Then it's like, you want me to eat what?? ha! It's just a bad idea in general to teach children magic. :D

Seriously though, why so abrupt? They are just asking a question.

I actually think it may be to avoid copyright infringement or similar. They probably had to get permission to allow "Harry Potter-like" elements to the game. Children doing magic may have been too similar given the other ways in which the game shows that influence.

The simplest answer- teens through elders have the same body. They wear the same clothes and perform the same actions. Children would require new clothing and animations for a different sized Sim. Any time you wonder why children can't do something, THAT is the answer.
What I can't answer is why they don't want to put the time and effort into the new animations. Although, that is probably answered best by looking at why teens are the same height as adults- it was the easiest thing to do.

"nerdfashion;c-17274392" wrote:
I don't know why people seemed to have expected it- it's never happened before, except for in The Sims 1. Even then, children hardly got anything at all still.

Because it would be fun to open up this avenue. Plus, just because past games didn't do it, doesn't mean Sims 4 can't do it. Especially since Sims 4 is supposed to be the next generation of the franchise - it kind of has to try and do better than what we already had. I'm glad they stepped it up with witches as much as they did, but it would have been more fun and immersive if kids got something beyond getting a glorified drone.

EDIT: Sims 3 had witch toddlers use magic in an idle animation. I think children would also ride brooms, but I don't remember.

Children should be able to learn magic. At the very least they should have got cas items. It’s disgraceful they got nothing. Kids could do magic in Makin Magic. Although we shouldn’t compare, as Makin Magic wipes the floor with Realm of Magic.

"ChampandGirlie;c-17274384" wrote:
I actually think it may be to avoid copyright infringement or similar. They probably had to get permission to allow "Harry Potter-like" elements to the game. Children doing magic may have been too similar given the other ways in which the game shows that influence.

Eh. Not as much as you would think as you really cannot trademark something you did not invent. A lot of Harry Potter is taken from other books, movies, and settings. Even the duelling and spells connecting has been done before. However, if they took Hogwarts or whatever, I could see that.

As for OP, it is because no one plays anything but young adult and making stuff that is diverse (and not in a way to leech onto the LGBT community and use them for quick sales) is too hard and not going to bring in enough profits.