Is the sims appropriate for kids?
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I think the best thing to do is for any parent to play it themselves before deciding, if you're not sure. You know your kid best, and as others have said, kids vary a LOT in how sensitive they are, and parents likewise vary a lot in what their own tolerances and taboos are.
You could look at youtube playthroughs if you don't want to try it yourself first. I would have no problem at all letting a 7 or 8 year old play (the vanilla game, no mods) so long as they can handle, say, the violence and innuendo in Disney movies. Disney, even when it's PG or G, can be deeply disturbing depending on the kid! I was traumatized by Bambi when I was little (wasn't everyone?).
Sims don't have revealed nudity if nakedness is taboo in your culture or family, (not universally true and not nearly as true across the world as it is in the US) but check out some Youtube examples of what the "woohoo" looks and sounds like, because that's the most explicit material. Deaths are not generally graphic, like not bloody or gory, but could be emotionally upsetting to a sensitive kid. I would have been upset that young but I was more sensitive emotionally than most kids around me.
You could look at youtube playthroughs if you don't want to try it yourself first. I would have no problem at all letting a 7 or 8 year old play (the vanilla game, no mods) so long as they can handle, say, the violence and innuendo in Disney movies. Disney, even when it's PG or G, can be deeply disturbing depending on the kid! I was traumatized by Bambi when I was little (wasn't everyone?).
Sims don't have revealed nudity if nakedness is taboo in your culture or family, (not universally true and not nearly as true across the world as it is in the US) but check out some Youtube examples of what the "woohoo" looks and sounds like, because that's the most explicit material. Deaths are not generally graphic, like not bloody or gory, but could be emotionally upsetting to a sensitive kid. I would have been upset that young but I was more sensitive emotionally than most kids around me.
