At what age do you find you Sims hardest to handle?

[gerrr00]

For me personally, I always put myself in an awful position.  Once I have a baby, I think they are so darn cute, I have more.  And more. And more.  lol  I am not so good at taking care of more than 2, maybe 3, if the other parent is an astronaut.   Baby/toddler stage is by far the hardest to handle for me because once I have one I must have another!  I have quit so many games because I can not stop having babies once I start.  I personally have never played an elder so I don't know how that works out.  I think I would want the run around bug for them though.  I could not deal with slow.     

[Saltypaws]

I have a couple of games like that.  I have been playing my first Baby Boomer challenge family and have two original kids left, which of course are elder.  One is 95 and the other is 91.  Now the grandkids are having babies and I can't stop on this one now.  I had 8 in the house just until the last one died, so I know what you mean, once I start, I can't stop having the little ones, lol.

[Alexandria_]

I had 8 in the house just until the last one died, so I know what you mean, once I start, I can't stop having the little ones, lol.

Sounds like my average game! I just love having the house filled to it's limits!

[Sophie4563]

I don't think any of the stages are more difficult than the others, but Elder is my least favorite.  I don't like when they get hunched over and wrinkly.  I change their hair color back to it's normal color, so the gray isn't a problem.  I don't like the clothes for Elders, either.

I completely agree with you Pam. Sometimes I don't mind having my sim turn into a crotchety old person but its upsetting when it happens to my superstar athlete.

[samoht04]

The thing I hat most about Grandparents is that they hog the Grandkids!  They never help out with the needs they just hold them and watch TV. So I sometimes lock the Grandparents out of the Nursery, works just fine, but then they never get friends or know each other and then Bam the Grandparent dies. I think Twin of anything is hard, the Character girls have just aged up into Teens and I made the mistake of giving them the same hair style and now I can't tell which one is which, now I have the Boyfriends to deal with on top of child needs. But I always think of the Brightside, they can use the Moodlet Manager now!   

[Sordos]

I completely agree with you Pam. Sometimes I don't mind having my sim turn into a crotchety old person but its upsetting when it happens to my superstar athlete.

I seriously wish they would make it so that even elders can be somewhat muscular and fit, maybe there's mod for it somewhere that makes it so that even when sims grow elders their bodies remain the way they are while they were adults expect for their face. (well I don't know is there any mod like that but maybe for once I should stop being lazy and search for it  )

And for the topic, I find babies most hardest to handle, or well they aren't that hard but its really annoying sometimes. I usually change sim lifespan to short when I have babies just to make them grow fast to kids, or I could cheat and grow them even faster but cheats makes game boring. ;___;

[sydney511]

I really don't find any of them that hard, but my sister finds sims hard entirely. I once checked on her and the baby was wailing, and she was trying to get her sim to get married. I told her you have to manage a sim's time; find a bed time for them. I found that sending sims to bed at 8 has them up and running at 5, giving them some time if they have morning jobs.

[Pam]

I seriously wish they would make it so that even elders can be somewhat muscular and fit, maybe there's mod for it somewhere that makes it so that even when sims grow elders their bodies remain the way they are while they were adults expect for their face. (well I don't know is there any mod like that but maybe for once I should stop being lazy and search for it  )

If there's a mod for it, there won't be any discussions or information on this Forum.  It's expressly forbidden here.

[Snuzisuzi]

Interestingly enough, it would appear that I am the only person who struggles once Sims become Teens.  Babies and Toddlers are a piece of cake and are simply a case of lather, rinse and repeat.    It seems an unnecessary expenditure of my energy to even try and keep my Children from maintaining an A+ grade at school and my Young Adults are usually being promoted once every couple of days.  My Teens are usually faced with the challenge of juggling school and work, homework versus socialization, skills, motives with maybe a few Opportunities thrown in.  

I am a complete control freak however and insist upon dictating their every single move.  The stories I create within families are too important for me to waste on an opportunistic feisty adolescent.  They need my help!  

[Sybilla]

I find that Babies and Children are my least favourite stages. For some reason, I quite like Toddlers.
I think it's because Babies are just completely helpless, and I tend to think that Children can do more than they are actually able to, so I get frustrated when they can't do something.
With Toddlers, I know that they are fairly limited, so it's easier. And they're pretty easy to take care of (once they're toilet trained ).

[revolution724]

I never have trouble with children - have them meet or talk to friends at school means never any social problems, homework right when they get home and a little toy time/tv takes care of warding off stress.  Teens are easy enough for me too, same general principles as kids, unless they have part-time jobs, in which case the stress can add up. 

I have much more trouble with babies, who need constant monitoring since their social bars drop so fast now, and toddlers, who yowl all the time for no reason.  Seriously, keeping up their needs is fine, but I wish they would just shut up and not sit in the middle of the floor and cry even though all of their bars are full.  This is why I'd never make it as a parent IRL. 

I also have the trouble with elders that I run out of things for them to do.  They usually end up spending some quality time stomping their feet and complaining that they can't get to the sprinkler.

[Pam]

I have much more trouble with babies, who need constant monitoring since their social bars drop so fast now, and toddlers, who yowl all the time for no reason.  Seriously, keeping up their needs is fine, but I wish they would just shut up and not sit in the middle of the floor and cry even though all of their bars are full.  This is why I'd never make it as a parent IRL. 

That made me laugh.  Toddlers are my favorite.  When they yowl, they just need to be directed to do something.  It helps, too, if they have plenty of toys. 

I used to have a little trouble with teenagers, but it's gotten better.  I don't let them have part time jobs. 

[sydney511]

I just wish that children would qualify as baby sitters as they can play with them and feed them.

[TollingBells]

Y'know, I have to honestly say that it's the most common starting point for a Sim family-The Young Adult phase. They've got so much to do, before I want them to settle down with a family, but they don't quite have the same...Er...Ambitions as I do, at first. Sure, they want a job, I'll get them a job...But throwing a party when you've got a level 2 in cooking, a sparsely decorated tiny house, and 50 simolians(simoleans?) in the free cash area, that's not too easy. I guess the next hardest would be childhood, if I'm trying to skillhbuild them. I feel awful when they get done their homework, and I gotta get them a quick meal and off to bed. Changing the sim lifespan to long helps, but it's still sad for me when I can't do what my sims want, in light of the goal I've set out for them.

[Leto85]

I almost immediatly would say that babies and todlers would be the most difficult to handle but my butler-babysitter combo turns out to work pretty well. Also did I filled the babyroom with the three candles from French, China and Egypt so the little one is ensured for a easy +30 moodlet. And because they don't care much about a decorated room I decided to scientificually upgrade the gradle so the baby will get another free +10 moodlet. A few science gnomes makes the job done and voila: my once so pain-in-the-you-know-where live stage is not so pain-in-the-you-know-where anymore.
I actually don't find another difficult stage actually.
Well maybe teens, if you're willing to let them study, work and skilling. But why should they work already?