Parenting children

[dejadejavu]

Sorry I'm posting again but I had another idea.

Maybe kids and parents could have a seperate bar for how happy they are with the kid at that moment. If they kid finished his homework and did his chores then it would be super easy to get a ride from his parent.

However if they just got into an argument that relationship bar would be rather low so it might be better to ask his other parent. Same situation for going out, or getting allowance (please have allowances EA, its ridiculous that kids have access to the entire savings of the family - they should also be able to save up their money for college/future)

[sims3luva22]

(18-04-2008 05:35 PM)dejadejavu link Wrote:Sorry I'm posting again but I had another idea.

Maybe kids and parents could have a seperate bar for how happy they are with the kid at that moment. If they kid finished his homework and did his chores then it would be super easy to get a ride from his parent.

However if they just got into an argument that relationship bar would be rather low so it might be better to ask his other parent. Same situation for going out, or getting allowance (please have allowances EA, its ridiculous that kids have access to the entire savings of the family - they should also be able to save up their money for college/future)

AGREE! I like the relationship bar idea, not everyone will have the same with dealing with traits. Some kids may hate their parents for being a worrywart. I also think that they should have favortism. I've always thought that the allowance thing should be incorperated. And some sims going to college could have a fund depending on how much their parents make. I want boarding schools and boot camp type schools as well.

[dejadejavu]

I don't know how boarding schools would work, maybe they would just disappear.

Also, if the relationship bar gets too low, and there's a fight, the kid would get grounded.

About the allowance thing, maybe there could be a special buy mode for individual sims. Maybe you would get to it by clicking an icon next to the amount of money that individual sim has in his/her bank and then everything you bought there would be taken from that sims funds. Not the rest of the family.

[Cassie]

I wonder if mummies could brush their little daughters hair in the morning? Or daddies could give their little sons a piggyback! I hope they can tell them bedtime stories and then kiss their heads at night, and some children can be scared of the dark and want the lights left on and doors left open... Just random thoughts.

[sims3luva22]

yeah, nightlight's would be so cute for them.

[2ppanther]

parents should set some rules

[gothika]

(16-04-2008 02:33 PM)Cassie the Green One link Wrote:My mum used to slap me when I was younger, as did my friend's mothers, it was very common to see a child slapped in public, and you still see it to this day, but nowhere near as much as you would when I was little. Which is good, because I think slapping children is a violent act on young children and it's really quite scary for them and unkind, I don't think it should be allowed at all. :-\

haha my mom use to do that,not anymore. She knows i'm very responsible. :.lol.
In my country it's not uncommon to see a mother yell or even slap a child in public.
I live in the USA. But back hope that's what happened. I was never slapped in public.Or yelled at.
I just to whine and complain && even yell at my mom  :......
I agree too realistic. and kind of makes them look like abusive parents.

[FOBluvr987]

I think that if a child is slapped, their new mood meter should shoot down pretty far. Teenagers should get furious at their slaapping parent, and their moods should also lower. If all mood meters on a child lower, a social worker should come to whisk them away. But I'm not all for slapping.

I think children should be taught manners like on TS2 Pets, where you can praise and scold them.
And teach them how to cook, play frisbee, etc.

[geosdsd]

I dont think ts3 will incorporate any traditional discipline methods in the game, simply because there has been an outcry against 'immoral and unethical' treatment on children. Nothing against those people, but I think children to a certain age sometimes do need a good spanking or something.

However, I would not like such disciplinary methods to be included. Although, in the game, they should be scolded and grounded for angering their parents. The sims is an ideal sort of society, so no violence necessary. =)

[BabiiBri]

(16-04-2008 03:13 AM)The Adam Diamond link Wrote:Hitting or slapping kids for discipline is actually illegal in my country now.or is it legal?i can't remember...too many political debates that i don't really care about

Your saying you dont get in trouble if u do something wrong and if ur rude to your parent u dont get at leat one slap?