Opinion: having a lot of teens is sometimes stressful

[James3157]

I had a household with two grown ups and five teens with one parent recently being remarried after a divorce because the wife cheated on husband, but when you combine that with normal lifespan, not aging them up early because it is not a 100 baby challenge, and teen aspirations from High School Years combined with Parenthood I noticed that it can be challenging sometimes if cheats are not used or used rarely. Recently two of the teen twins finally aged up to young adult after graduating early from Copperdale where I did not age them up until they had one day left, but the remaining triplets seem like they are a lot of work regardless of whether autonomy is turned on or off. Maybe their are other people who agree with me, but just giving my opinion.

[Phae]

In real life too. Believe me teens are not the easiest. I had more fun with my kids as babies and toddlers. Once they began school my hair started turning grey too fast. I had 4 teen girls at the same time for a while and it was no walk in the park for sure. Why would having them in Sims 4 be easier. However, it is for the parent side just not for the teen side lol

[James3157]

Messaggio originale di Phae:

In real life too. Believe me teens are not the easiest. I had more fun with my kids as babies and toddlers. Once they began school my hair started turning grey too fast. I had 4 teen girls at the same time for a while and it was no walk in the park for sure. Why would having them in Sims 4 be easier. However, it is for the parent side just not for the teen side lol

I also own Life and Death and Lovestruck, but my male sim is only 9 days away from reaching elder lifestage. Part of me wants him to die from old age, become a ghost, and eventually be reborn, but this saved game was made before Life and Death came out. It is extra work trying to get rebirth unlocked for my adult sim plus 7 wild dates challenge from Lovestruck and plus taking care of triplets who are still teens.

So there are in fact other things about this gameplay that make it stressful for me besides only just the teens because the main sim in my gameplay is my simself who is only 9 days away from reaching elder where I want to accomplish as much as possible with my simself before I get a rebirth in the game. Also trying to avoid using potion of youth at the same time if possible where my simself becomes a playable ghost upon death where he stays a ghost at least until burning soul is unlocked. Part of the reason why it is stressful for me right now is because my household currently has seven sims living in it right now, but the biggest part of it has to do with my three remaining teens vs me wanting to accomplish as much as much as possible with my simself before I experience a rebirth.

[Phae]

I see why you are so stressed. I personally would focus on my personal goals and just monitor my teens. They for the most part will do what they should you might have to keep after them about homework and study for test in order to keep them on track. However, I have had a huge family household and some that just are not in a hurry to leave home. I first get them off to college if that is what they were headed to or if not then getting them jobs and moving them to their own homes. There comes a time when you have to let them spread their wings. Surprisingly they do alright once they have things to keep them busy and a job can do just that. Hopefully that would take much stress off you so you could focus more or what you want to accomplish before your next phase.

[Xautos]

When sims age into teenagers and i got them dressed they wany i want in cas, the correct traits, sexual oreintation and jealousy values as well as personal values (likes and dislikes), they enter my world. WW has this powerful tool called "Sims Protocols", it's really good at preventing so many things while the autonomy is active, it effectively blacklists it from doing things i don't want my sims to do.

i restrict and allow them to do other things as well based on their story i give them. I keep tight control over what i do and since NPCC is not being maintained any more by a modder who can't be bothered to spend a few hours over a year to check and fix his mod, i'm switching over to another modders version of NPCC and while i don't have the same level of control i did with NPCC, it does the job well enough in stopping nobody sims from showing up and allows me to advance my sims storylines into NPC jobs and make the community.

At the end of the day teenagers are far easier to manage for me than infants and toddlers.

[James3157]

Messaggio originale di Xautos:

At the end of the day teenagers are far easier to manage for me than infants and toddlers.

True. The only stressful parts about teens is if owning High School Years and wanting to complete teen aspirations and/or owning Parenthood but caring what traits they get when they grow up (irresponsible, responsible, good manners, bad manners, and etc...) in addition to having them all be A students which this part contrary to other two is basegame. Also, having teens graduate early conflicts with teen aspirations as well. I will eventually get to that part later, but at least one of my grown up child sims is going to married as well because of the big happy family aspiration.

[Jo]

I'm not crazy about dealing with teens in the game unless I've made the effort to create a social group for them to all hang out and get up to their teen stuff. Otherwise within a played family you have to tolerate the moods, "phases", constant selfie-taking, etc etc, lol. My favorite stage in the growing up is children to be honest as they are more independent than toddlers (I love the fact they are able to ride horses, for example), less hormonal than teens and start to develop a personality. I have one family of 6 (parents, two teens and two kids) and that's enough for me to handl!e without tearing my hair out :) I find their aspiration achievements suffer a bit because you can't focus for too long on one sim.

I do find teens interesting however in that you can see how they will finally look as adults, which can be a sharp contrast to how they looked as kids, plus you can get creative with makeup choices, hair etc. Some of my plainer looking girls turned out to be quite stunning as teens (and vice versa!).

[James3157]

Messaggio originale di Jo:

I'm not crazy about dealing with teens in the game unless I've made the effort to create a social group for them to all hang out and get up to their teen stuff. Otherwise within a played family you have to tolerate the moods, "phases", constant selfie-taking, etc etc, lol. My favorite stage in the growing up is children to be honest as they are more independent than toddlers (I love the fact they are able to ride horses, for example), less hormonal than teens and start to de develop a personality. I have one family of 6 (parents, two teens and two kids) and that's enough for me to handl!e without tearing my hair out :) I find their aspiration achievements suffer a bit because you can't focus for too long on one sim.

I would agree the child lifestage is overall less stressful than it is for teens, but the teen lifestage is also less stressful if you have only one or two teens in the house instead of three or five. I am aware that Growing Together adds more aspirations for child sims in a way that is similar to High School Years adding more aspirations for teens, but the game does seem to get more repetitive if trying to complete the same aspirations over and over again for younger than young adult lifestage. Part of the reason why I have a tendency to let young adult sims age up to adult lifestage if they have children rather than use potion of youth is because I do not want the parents to be the same age as their children unless if doing a 100 baby challenge and playing on short lifespan at the same time.

Also combined with the fact as well that normal lifespan seems long to me if not aging up sims younger than young adult earlier than 1 or 2 days before birthday. You might be surprised but ironically my second favorite lifestage after young adult and adult is teen instead of elder or child, but the biggest con is that it seems to be more stressful if having more than one or two teens in a household at the same time. Elder is my third favorite lifestage because it is near the end of someone's life (although Life and Death and Growing Together add a little more gameplay to them), young adult and adult are a tie as my favorite lifestage because they share many similarities besides midlife crises from Growing Together with adult lifestage, my least favorite lifestage is infant because I am betting it is less enjoyable on The SIms 4 than it is in real life, my second least favorite lifestage is toddler because I prefer older lifestages that are more independent, child lifestage is my 4th favorite lifestage because they are less independent than older sims, and teens are my second favorite lifestage but seems to be less enjoyable if I have more than one or two of them in a household at the same time because of hormonal changes, teen aspirations, and more limitations in what they are allowed to do before young adult.

[FaZe Richard]

Why are you writing this as if it was written by an AI posting on reddit to get the most point possible, OPINION : the situation with my opinion is crazyyyyyyyyy

[James3157]

So I completed 7 wild dates challenge and various teen aspirations from High School Years. The gameplay seems to be less stressful now that number one my adult father sim's lifespan was extended up from 8 days to 17 days until elder from Life and Death expansion pack without needing to use potion of youth, number 2 he has rebirth unlocked meaning that I can allow him to become a ghost anytime I want with hopes that he eventually gets burning soul trait before rebirth, number 3 my three triplet teens are closer now towards reaching young adult with only 5 days left, and number 4 once they reach all maximum level for after school activities I am going to make them drop out where one of them already reached level 3 for after school activities and recently completed the goal oriented aspiration.

Drama Lama is also worth mentioning, but it is an annoying one because a rival sim may not always be available for every teen and Live Fast is also annoying because college parties do not seem to be frequent enough combined with the fact I have to cheat for the getting in trouble part because you only get detention but that part of aspiration does not complete for some strange reason. I want to enjoy playing High School Years, but sometimes this expansion pack seems to make gameplay more stressful instead of fun depending on how many teens are currently living in a household.

[CZBGR Icepick]

I'm playing a single mom who has 6 babies. If I have to stop by the house, it's resentful because I can't have things done in it (and that's with a run without mods).

Teens are much easier.

[James3157]

Messaggio originale di CZBGR Icepick:

I'm playing a single mom who has 6 babies. If I have to stop by the house, it's resentful because I can't have things done in it (and that's with a run without mods).

Teens are much easier.

I agree it is easier and especially for people who do not own HSY. I did not play The Sims 4 until 2022, but it was before HSY officially came out. However, contrary to basegame teens can drop out or graduate early. Parenthood also needs to be factored in as well for the teen lifestage. Stressful as in having so many teens in the household at the same time instead of only one or two teens in the household, but a lot less stressful than toddlers and especially infants with the latter of which is my 2nd least favorite lifestage after newborn. Like I mentioned earlier teen is my second favorite lifestage after adult and young adult (because it is a tie with those lifestages that have very little difference between them besides midlife crises for adult lifestage).

[CZBGR Icepick]

Messaggio originale di James3157:

Messaggio originale di CZBGR Icepick:

I'm playing a single mom who has 6 babies. If I have to stop by the house, it's resentful because I can't have things done in it (and that's with a run without mods).

Teens are much easier.

I agree it is easier and especially for people who do not own HSY. I did not play The Sims 4 until 2022, but it was before HSY officially came out. However, contrary to basegame teens can drop out or graduate early. Parenthood also needs to be factored in as well for the teen lifestage. Stressful as in having so many teens in the household at the same time instead of only one or two teens in the household, but a lot less stressful than toddlers and especially infants with the latter of which is my 2nd least favorite lifestage after newborn. Like I mentioned earlier teen is my second favorite lifestage after adult and young adult (because it is a tie with those lifestages that have very little difference between them besides midlife crises for adult lifestage).

I wasn't talking about playing them. I was referring to caring for them.

[James3157]

Messaggio originale di CZBGR Icepick:

I wasn't talking about playing them. I was referring to caring for them.

Child lifestage and older autonomously know how to take care of themselves. So I do get your point. The only stressful part of teens is the playing part of it due to conflict of interest in spending more time playing with teens with teen aspirations and character values from parenthood before they age up if having more than 1 or 2 teens living in a household at the same time vs spending more time playing with the parents. However, this is only in reference towards normal lifespan with a normal family instead of short lifespan when doing the 100 baby challenge. Infants and toddlers definitely are more stressful on 100 baby challenge than normal gameplay.