I'm making a preteen sim for a story...

[FreezerBunny]

Hello! So I have a sim in my legacy who is in twelve years old (yes, I give sims in my story ages). I haven't made her yet, because I haven't decided if I should make her a child who dresses older, or a teen who dresses younger.

Opinions?

[DigitalSympathies]

Teen who dresses younger, when I was twelve, I made my selfsim as a teenager cos I was closer appearance-wise.

[omglo]

Go with the teen. She'll be able to do things 12 year olds can do like make their own meal or go somewhere or stay at home without an adult.

[joandsarah77]

I think it totally depends on your character. Is she mature or childish for her age mentally/physically? These things are not always the same. Has she just turned 12 or closer to 13? I think you need to know your character before you can make her. With simpe you can make a child sim act like a teen or a teen act like a child. Depending what you want her to do there may be some discrepancy with her height. You can also use the stretch skeleton cheat to make her taller or shorter.

[lauratje86]

I'd definitely say go with the teen. I kind of see teen sims as being aged about 11-19 anyway (though obviously they can do some things I wouldn't let an 11 year old do!) because I see High School as being similar to England's Secondary school, which children start at when they're 11.

[FreezerBunny]

Thanks! I'll go with making a teen sim, and making her a little shorter with strechskeleton to make her a little shorter.