Children and Teens

[kimdacutie]

Hey everyone. A quick question and notice. I have just recently got into playing Sims 4 so I am less familiar with what is going on. I just have read the townie information from the forum and while helpful I was wondering why there is a lack of children and teens in the game. I realized early on that my sims children were not getting the friends in their relationship panel like sims 3 after using "make friends" at school and I have read that now on the guide as well.

My question is or rather asking for help is - how do I go about getting more children/teens for my sims to interact with? Should I be hunting down these townies and trying to get our children to interact or is there other ways I can get more children and teens in the game and get them to meet at school or something?

Hopefully someone can help me. Always been a fan of children and teens on the game and I am a little disappointed so far on that aspect of sims 4.

Thanks again!

[XxMousiexX]

kimdacutie You have to look for the kids try Willow Creek park if you live there or Oasis Springs park. Sometimes I see kids walking down my street on both either morning or after school. Teens you have to look for too.... Since the update I can just hover over ppl on the street and see if their young adults or teen. Hope This helps

[kimdacutie]

kimdacutie You have to look for the kids try Willow Creek park if you live there or Oasis Springs park. Sometimes I see kids walking down my street on both either morning or after school. Teens you have to look for too.... Since the update I can just hover over ppl on the street and see if their young adults or teen. Hope This helps

Okay I will try that thank you!

[Stormi71]

If you go into Manage World, then Manage Households, and choose Unplayed, you can see all the townies the game has generated (it says Not Currently In World). I also think the game generates townies based on the household you created. My single sim adopted a child, and when I went to look at the townies, there were an awful lot of families with a single parent and a child, whereas other games I have had hardly any children townies. As townies tend to disappear, if I find ones I like, I will move them into a lot so they stay in the game. If there's a lack of children or teens, I often make a household with a few kids so that my sims kids have someone to hang out with.

[stitching_JA]

Every time you go to adopt, the town generate 3 infants and 9 kids for you to choose from.  Once you leave that screen, it puts each into a household, usually with a young adult woman.  That's why you see more kids after an adoption; the families generated aren't due to your family's composition.  I take advantage of this when I need kids in town for my sims to make friends with - I start an adoption and cancel it.  Then I go to manage worlds and merge the new families with kids together, and then stick them into a house to keep them from getting culled.