Young adults can be a parents for teens. It is weird.

I consider young adults at my age at least lol, 18-35. If someone has a kid at 18 when the adult is 35 the kid would be 17 so it is not out of the bounds of possibility.

Yes, it's weird, and Adults can be parents to Young adults, too. It's all about not being on same lifestage.

I think it's fine though. In my game sims turn teen at 15, and YA at 29. I think it's default by the game, not sure why they thought sims at 28 should be teenagers... My young adults are between 29 and 50. So, at max, the teen at 15 can hava a parent at 50. I don't see a problem with that. Anyway, it's a sand box, even if the game allow for many things, it doesn't mean I have to do it. In my game I never create fresh young adults having teens.

"Simmerville;c-17651093" wrote:
Yes, it's weird, and Adults can be parents to Young adults, too.

When this comes to my mind, I usually think back on Friends to make this thought no so bad. Monica and Ross are YA, and their parents who aren’t elders yet, would be Adults. ? This always makes it less weirder for me

Yeah, I always thought that was weird too. Apparently TS4 has the same view of age gaps as it does time management (who takes an hour-long shower?)

I agree. It's super weird for me seeing Bella Goth with a teenage daughter. For me YA age is like 19 to Early 30s. and adult age is 35-65 on Sims. So adults being parents to young adults is no big deal for me. The only way I can see YA Sims being parents to teens if they're a vampire.

It’s possible on the higher end of the young adults age range, but it certainly wouldn’t be common, especially these days.

It is weird. Especially when the teens look the same age as their parents. This is why I wish teens appearance was a bit more unique.

I mean, it would be weird in real life, but not a game. So long as they are younger, it is fine. I would never want them to restrict it. If it feels odd, don't make them just one life stage apart. Also, especially for occult play, I would like parentage to be available on the same age group. Say what you will, but it makes perfect sense for a family of ageless, immortal vampires to all be YAs regardless of parentage.

I'm glad they allow it. I wish adults could be the parents of adults. It wouldn't be that strange for someone 36 years old to have a parent who is 55, for example. And I don't think 55 year olds are considered Elders, but what do I know?

I once tricked the game into allowing my Simself (an adult) to have the human version of my late dog (an elder) as her child. That was interesting!

I don't find it weird at all. But I guess it depends on what actual age range you consider a young adult to be.