What is your favorite/least favorite Sim age?

[Gonga909]

Just what sim ages you like/don't like. Simple, no?

Obviously Imma make my opinion difficult.

Obviously I like the infant/baby stage. It's just easy. All they do is eat, sleep, and crap. So easy, in fact, that they are easy to forget.

I HATE toddlers. I really do. They are just so damn difficult to increase motives, control, and toddler skill up. Methinks the only real good things that toddlers have going for them is the easy relationship points they bring, and the fact you get to actually see their genetics at work. The worst part for me is potty training. Oh, how I hate potty training. Walking, talking, and nursery rhyme I can do easily. But potty training. I hate it so badly, I often cheat to teach them.

Child stage. It has its benefits. I honestly think this stage is the easiest to get Social Worker'd on, sadly. The child stage is the best thing ever to me when toddler stage is over.

Teen is probably my favorite stage. I dunno why, I guess it's just all the interactions and fun things they do.

Young Adult/Adult. Not much to say here.

Elder. I don't play elder that much, so I don't have much to say about it. I mostly just like it because grandparents are awesome, and elder-on-elder WooHoo is hilarious to me.

So, summary:

Baby: Okay
Toddler: :cry:
Child: Meh.
Teen: Awesome.
YA/Adult: :up:
Elder: Meh.

[rachelelle]

Hmm...
Baby: :help: Babies are probably my least favorite. Sure, they don't have too many needs, but they can't do anything. Also, it is really annoying when the baby is in the crib, and a random sim (or a not so random sim, for that matter) come, pick it up, and put it on the floor, then leave.
Toddler: :( Toddlers... I like them better than babies, because once they're potty trained, at least they can go to the bathroom on their own. But, other than that, they cant do much on their own.
Child: :wtf: When a sim gets to the child stage, it's usually a huge relief to me. But, I usually play single parents, and it annoys me that someone has to watch them. I mean, they can pretty much take care of themselves, why can't they be home alone for a few hours while mom is at work?
Teen: :D I love the teen stage. First off, they can do alot more things, compared to the younger stages. Also, I am a teenager, so I like that I can dress them similar to how I dress in real life. I guess you can do that to adults, too, but most of the clothes I wear would look rather odd on an adult.
Adult/Young Adult: :) Adults and young adults... Yeah... I like them because they can use most of the interactions with people and objects... Not too much more to say.
Elder: :| I think I've played elders 2 times, 3 at the most... So I'm not really sure what to put... They're okay, I guess.

And thats about it :P

[Kenyurie.]

I like toddler, but just because they look so cute. ^^

[supaclova]

Love teens.
HATE toddlers with a PASSION.
Especially if you have a set of twins or something.

[mangaroo]

Favorite: toddler. They're four Sim days of guaranteed cute.
Least favorite: elder. I just can't stand the harsh elder voices.

All stages ranked in order of favorite to least:
Toddler
Adult
Teen
Baby
Child
Young Adult
Elder

[katya_stevens]

Favourite to least:

Adult
Child
Toddler
Teen
Baby
Young Adult
Elder

Elders, in my game, tend to be extensions of adults: having hacks which allows them to sleep until 6AM and let them get adult jobs saves my sanity. Teens are so-so, although they're only teens for seven days in my game anyway (and I like seeing how sim genetics plays out, so by the time they're teen I want them to be adults and start giving me more kids :P). Adults can do most things in the game, and when I get an adult I know babies are soon coming :P

[Croutonian]

The baby stage annoys me cos of the teen and adult sims not leaving them alone, constantly wanting to pick them up and not do anything else, love the toddlers cos they're damn cute, and it's not really that hard to teach them the stuff. Children then annoy me again though...cos all the kids in my game seem intent on grabbing a teen or adult and dancing round on their feet for ages...either that or bouncing on their bed and getting too hot when I think they're still asleep!

All other stages are fine, cos obviously they can do a huge amount more!

[SamanthaSSJ]

Favourite to least:
Elders, in my game, tend to be extensions of adults: having hacks which allows them to sleep until 6AM and let them get adult jobs saves my sanity. Teens are so-so, although they're only teens for seven days in my game anyway (and I like seeing how sim genetics plays out, so by the time they're teen I want them to be adults and start giving me more kids :P). Adults can do most things in the game, and when I get an adult I know babies are soon coming :P

Why are teens only teens for seven days? Part of the problem I have is that the teen years are too darn long. They are fun at first, then they get boring. Same with elders - they shouldn't last too long. :lol:

[katya_stevens]

Why are teens only teens for seven days? Part of the problem I have is that the teen years are too darn long. They are fun at first, then they get boring. Same with elders - they shouldn't last too long. :lol:

I use the Age Group Tweak (http://www.drealm.info/simlogical/sl/Sims2Pages/Sims2_Aging.htm) hack from Simlogical -- I sheared off a day each for babies and toddlers, eight days from teens, and added six days to the adult lifespan. InTeen did require some fiddling around (I wanted the college admissions flavor pack, yet all teens became 'adult' as soon as they turned teen).

[iCad]

I've done the same tweak as katya_stevens. I, too, shaved 8 days off the teen stage because teens are my least favorite. I've got real life teenagers; I don't need 'em in my game for 15 days. Really, no one is a teen for half as long as they're an adult, so...I shaved away. :) I also shaved time off of the elders. Mine are usually platinum, so they used to hang around FOREVER, were in a few cases elder just as long as they had been an adult, and it drove me NUTS. Now, they hang around for a week or 10 days or so. Much better. So, my adults now have 46 days, since I gave them the time I subtracted from the teens and elders. Which kind of meshes well if you think of days as RL years. (Except that babies aren't babies for three years nor are toddlers toddlers for four years, but...Well, whatever.)

ANYWAY, my list from favorite to least favorite:

Adult/Young Adult: These two are basically the same to me. I just wish the YAs didn't have the annoying teen voices. :p

Child/Baby: Babies are so easy that it's difficult to have a real opinion about them, but because they are easy I tend to like them. Toddlers are work, but babies...stick 'em in a crib, give 'em a bottle once a day, and change their diaper. I wish real babies were that easy! :lol: And I like kids a lot. I don't know why, really. Just do.

Toddler: They're cute but so demanding that, when they're around, their parents can't have a life unless you totally neglect them, lock them in a room with a mat they can sleep on, and toss in a bottle once a day. (I confess that I have done this from time-to-time, when I didn't feel like dealing with them.) In that way, it sort of mirrors real life well. But it's still annoying.

Elder: I like 'em well enough, although I'm not fond of their voices, but without tweaks they hang around too long. If they aged platinum, the elder stage is almost as long as adulthood. That's...kinda freaky. Hence, I tweak. :)

Teen: Ugh. Their voices -- the females, especially -- annoy the heck outta me. And, like the elders, the stage is entirely too long. Hence, again, I get out the pruning shears. :) The alternative is to make them independent teens and move them out, but I prefer to just have them age up at a logical time because I still want to have them around and play them when they grow up. I just don't think the growing up should take so darn long. :p

[gazania]

My list:

Adults
Young Adults
Teens
Child
Elder
Toddler
Infants

I admit to cutting a day or two from the last two categories.

[kayleigh83]

I find teens to be fairly boring :/ the phase is just waay too long. I like toddlers though! I don't find them to be too overwhelming since one of the parents is always home with all those vacation days.

[FlyeThemoon]

Todlers Those Monsters PUKEs every day if too much play with them :D

Childs, hmmm its very helpful, if i wanna get dirty dishes he faster get out of my sims face :D

Teens, i like it there very many reasons for example Sakura + naruto = True love :D, yetersday ive download hack who gives adult opctions to teens like Woohoo :D, its kinda werid if Teen Girl goes to date with Adult :D.

Young Adult, :D if you are boring with Adults try this :), i RECOMMAND Complate University.

Adult, very popular age type, i always chose to make new family.

Elders, ok i give him respeckt (RIP Grandpa and Gradma) but dont have nothing special, (Maybe someday Try Date one Elder with Teen :D)

[arathea]

Here is my list:

Toddler
Adults
Teens
Babys
YAs
Elder
Children

I have a question about the tweaking of age groups.
I had a hack for that (not the one from Simlogical) but the EA feature to age up some townies with your sim (can't remember which EP) didn't work with that hack.
Does it work with the Simlogical one?

[iCad]

I've had no issues, arathea. That feature came with FreeTime, and that's the latest EP I have. I always get the "Sims to age up" box thingy and it works fine.

[arathea]

Thanks, I'll try this hack. :D

[Morpher]

Hm, my favorite sim ages would have to be Teen, Young Adult, And Adult. Theres just endless amounts of thing they can do rather the todlers and babies (then again I don't expect much from those age groups XP). Elders? Hm, I really have no opinion on the Elder age of a sim. I'm basicly neutral on them. :P

[stygia2002]

I don't like any of the "kid" ages from infant to child. My favorite age is adult.

[tacoshot]

adult ( but always pretend they are teens) i dont like the teen sims because there is this weird glitch that makes the hair see through when near the body:(

[HaphazardSim]

Fav is Adult and Teen - Both can get jobs, cook for themselves, have relationships and by the time my Sims hit teen they have learnt how to study so homework is a breeze.

Okay is YA and Child, I find playing University boring but I like YA, children are okay but I hate the fact that they can't be home alone for long periods of time and that they can only make muffins.

Boring yet cute is Baby, the only thing I find annoying is that the other sims don't leave babies alone and sometimes aging them can get glitchy so I end up with one sim (usually the one with the lowest energy and hunger need) constantly going to the baby to age them up and just ending up holding him/her...over and over

Annoying is Toddler and elder, tods drive me crazy when they insist on following someone, over and over ggrrr or when they keep going to play with the toilet. Elders, I hate the way they walk...what is up with that slouch! Usually I'll play them for a bit and then kill them off.

[Gonga909]

Wow. Didn't expect as much replies.

Supaclova, twin toddlers are HORRIBLE. I hate the constant following of older people. Especially when they are doing something important.

[Maranatah]

I love toddlers :D but maybe that's because I have all sorts of hacks to prevent those annoying things, like following the parent, ask to be read to and ask for attention (all those hacks can be found at Insimenator.org). I love to listen those little sounds that toddlers make :) Also smart milk is a MUST, I never teach toddlers without it. I used to hate the child-stage, not sure why. But nowdays I like kids quite alot. :) I think that FT and AL brought so many new things for kids to do, that it makes playing more interesting. Earlier I didn't care much for teens either, but now I can handle them. ;) In my game they spend almost all their time building their skills for UNI or going to work after school. For some reason young adults are quite boring to me, and elders are the least favourite of all. But really, all those hacks that I have make the game much more enjoyable! I remember that I was SO annoyed with all those little things in the game before I found the wonders of hacks :D

[zumppe]

Until very recently, I've always played only adults (IRL I'm not a fan of kids, especially babies, and the elders ingame are horrible), but now I've discovered that I absolutely LOVELOVELOVE teens, and the children are also great. :lovestruc I really hate the toddlers (ugly, annoying and wannabe-cute), and the babies are as useless and boring as RL ones.

[Prosthetics]

Normally I hate children, toddlers, babies, etc. But in the Sims 2, those are my favorite life stages. ^_^

I also like teens
Adults are just..meh...take 'em or leave 'em.

Elders aren't my least favorite, but since I'm obsessed with keeping everyone platinum at all times, my elders are usually around for days and days and days, and just generally driving me crazy. Even though I have hacks to make them less...lame...they're still pretty boring most days. :/

[Sims3Lover2]

My list:

1. Teens
2. Children
3. Babies
4. Toddlers
5. YA/Adults
6. Elders


When my sims grow into elder I stop playing them because its really boring. -_-


Oh, and I've never had any of my sims taken away by a social worker! =D
....Just thought I would share that with you....

[musicmad123]

teens is the best (Y)..x

Then Child Coz Youu Go Intoo Teens Soon...xx

Then Adult coz youve just got out of teens

I HATE ELDERLY.. THEY DIE TO EASY

[moldova]

I like young adults or adults. Children bother me and I cannot stand toddlers sometimes.

[Neerie]

I really enjoy the todlers and children, so much that I got a mod here that extends those lifestages by a few days each.

Adult is the staple of playing the Sims, and I like it because I know kids are comming and I always enjoy watching the genetics come into play.

Young adult, I neither like or dislike in particular, I usually like playing college because I like to have my sims find their future mate there.

Teenagers and elders I don't enjoy playing much. Teenagers I usually play to boost their skills for scholarship, and elders make good babysitters to their grandkids, but that's pretty much it.

[wakeupangel]

My favorite sim age is toddler. They're so cute and the little voices melt my heart.

My least favorite sim age is baby since they all look the same and I get impatient waiting for them to become toddlers, heh.

[Raindrops757]

I think my favourite age would be teens or young adults. They're fun to play...:)

I'd agree that baby sims are the worst sim-age, they are pretty boring - you can't do anything with them apart from feed them and change their nappies really...

[MasterDarkNinja]

1. Adults
2. Young Adults
3. Toddler
4. Baby
5. Teenager
6. Elder

I usually just stick to playing adults and young adults.

In my opinion the teenager age just lasts way too long, and ever since university their wants have become way too college related, which is really annoying for me since I rarely send them to college. I mean seriously, over half the wants my teenage sims gets are stuff like "get [name] scholarship", or "go to college". I think the fact that I love playing knowledge sims only makes that annoyance worse for me.

[lethifold]

I love the baby sims! They're so cute, and although there aren't many interactions, I still think that they're absolutely adorable. Oh, and I don't mind them looking the same because they're very cute with that facial template.
My order of favourite to least favourite would probably be:

1. Adults
2. Babies
3. Teens
4. Children
5. Elders
6. Young Adults
7. Toddlers

I really don't like toddlers. They're so whiny and annoying, and the constant following around gets on my nerves, especially when the parents are on a different floor to them and they get all bratty. Oh, and the interaction where they keep asking their parents to read to them bugs me too -.-

[callieishere11]

Baby: Umm Boring.. :rolleyes:
Toddler: Its fun if you download mods for the toddler :lol:
Child: Um :wtf: i guess okay...
Teen: :anime: yeah totally.
Young Adult: Well YEAH! PARTY!!! :Pint:
Adult: :blink: Kind of, i like the whole wild thing heh
Elderly: :!!: Nah they move slowly and they can't do anything half of what the adults do.

[Rectos Dominos]

My fav would be either Toddler cause that is the cutest stage (I am good sim parent and my toddlers are often happy and content) and Adults cause you can do more with them.

Least would be elder because the end is near.

[perihelion]

Favourite: Toddlers. As mangaroo said, four Sims days of guaranteed cute, longer if you turn off aging.
Teens: Mainly because I remember being a teen (I'm only 24) so vividly. School and social activity is the centre of your world, unless you happen to end up with a kid and have to grow up too early. Besides, teen girls are cute. ;)
YAs: Let's face it, who HASN'T had fun at college?
Children: Their limited interactions frustrate me, but I like them for the same reason I like teens: playing a Sim child lets you be a child for a while, in a sense.
Adults: Not much to say really.
Elders: Boring.
Babies: Even more boring and they're not even selectable unless boolpropped.

[gesine]

I have to agree with toddlers. My favorite interaction in the whole game is snuggle. It doesn't get any cuter than that.

Least favorite has to be baby, simply because there are so few interactions with them.

[xxGuyxx]

Baby: Not too crazy about, so boring because I can't do anything with them. Thankfully they grow in about 4 days.

Toddler: A bit better. They're high maintenance but they're pretty cute. Especially when they're playing, or right after they're fed.

Child: Haven't played around with this stage much, but I think it's ok. They can do a lot more for themselves, and plenty of time for skilling.

Teen: Again, I haven't played around with this stage much. Like child, but with more options, and the option of getting a job.

YA: Probably my favorite stage, but the most pressure. Also, Uni townies tend to be more diverse than Adult townies (ranging from the truly fugly to drop dead gorgeous)

Adult: I like this stage because that's where it's easiest to start a home business.

Elder: Don't really like the fact they can only get teen jobs. Nothing else to say about them.

[EmilyJud]

Baby: meh. They're just kind of there...
Toddler: My toddlers pretty much take care of themselves with the hacks i have all i have to do is potty train them and teach them to walk and talk if i want to
child: meh. not much of an opinion on them. I just play them til their teens
teens: i think its a tad bit too long but mine usually end up having kids in their late teens thanks to inteen. The first half if usually spent getting a boyfriend, sometimes a job, getting good grades, and learning to cook. Then they have to take care of kids. It's fun to give them triplets or quads. :)
Adults: they just take care of their kids and make money in my game. It's usually all about the kids
Elder: Ugh! I hate elders. I usually just use boolprop as soon as they age up to set it to their birthday so they die the next day. :P

[perihelion]

I just use the Elixir of Life too keep my adults from turning into elders. :D As long as I keep fulfilling wants and racking up aspiration points, I can keep providing them with a steady stream of elixir.

[GeneralOperationsDirector]

Favorite? Not sure; it has varied somewhat over the just-over-a-year that I`ve been playing Sims 2. Least favorite? Easy: Elder. I do what perihelion does, only I take it one or two steps farther: I use the Green Goo of Life to keep my Adults as young as possible without wasting the stuff. I have very little *other* use for the Aspiration Points, so they tend to accumulate. ;) I`ve also been known to use two seperate "cheats" to convert former-Townie Elders into the oldest-possible non-Elder Adults [one to change from Elder to Adult, the other to set the age to day-of-birthday] then use the green stuff to age them back down to young Adults [not to be confused with Young Adults :D ].

[silly-samus]

baby: na
toddler: ok
child: YAY!
teen: cool
young adult: ok
adult: YAY
elder: ok

[KittyKuba]

Elder is now my least favorite but I've come to like them all. Babies and toddlers are easy and teen lays the ground work for the plans I have for the adults. Child stage lays the ground work for the plans I have for the teens so I find it important, now.

[wthrwthoutyu]

I hate the child stage. They're pure useless, and boring, and spend way too much time dancing on daddy's feet. Plus, they're wiped out and ready for bed by 7:00pm, but if you let them go to bed then, they'll wake up in the dead of night. And the next time some obsessive little neat freak kid (it always seems to be a child who does this) decides to take out the trash at 7:59am and drops it in the front yard when the school bus arrives, leaving a trash pile to stink and attract cockroaches, I'm going to kill something.

In comparison, toddlers are easy. Take out of crib, feed bottle, play tickle, snuggle, drop them on the floor and instruct to play with skilling toy until they're tired again. Put back in crib. Repeat. Toddlers cannot jump on beds, they can't obsessively turn the television on and off, they don't bogart easels, they can't "dance with" adults, they don't have to be chased out of their parent's bed, they don't miss the school bus because they were busy playing pirate in the bathtub, etc.

Teens are okay; almost as bad as kids, but there are benefits--they can get jobs, they can sneak out and maybe get arrested, and they're handy for helping with babies and toddlers. I like Elders because they make good free housekeepers and gardeners. Adult is the most versatile, though and probably my favorite.

[KittyKuba]

Lol, none of the kids in my game do that (except for Randy Raleigh but he had a great family reunion with an end table). It must be the way I play but they're usually up until at least midnight and the neat ones usually never take out the trash. Mine kinda keep to themselves, only a couple jump on beds all the time. I just make them clean the house and build up their skills and relationships.

[Amairani]

Babies and toddlers are most boring, elders are most annoying. As for the rest:

1. Adults
2.Teens
3. Young adults
100. Kids. I have no patience with them, in both real and Sims worlds.

But if YA was available outside the Uni, that would be my most favourite life stage :)

[parrot999]

My order is this:

1. Toddler: They are a lot of work, but I like the challenge, and after all the toddler skills are maxed, I get to watch them do all those silly interactions with objects.

2. Child: I like how they can now really begin to socialize, and have the best interactions ( Drinking bubble soap?!?)

3. YA/Adult/Elder: All three are fun to play with.

4. Teen: They bore me, and have few good default clothings.

5. Baby: The ultimate in boredom! :faceslap: I hate them! They are ugly, and you can't even see what they need (Not that that would help considering how easy it is to manage them.)

[RingzTerritory]

I kinda hate them all except for adult ^^ I just can't manage more than one sim :( lol

[threekaiinine]

Teens are easily my favorite. Babies are my least favorite because they're pretty annoying :/

[Jackathyn]

From favorite to least favorite:

1. Toddlers. They're so cute!
2. Children. <3 They make me smile.
3. Babies. Seeing a theme going here? XD
4. Adult. Meh, but a neccessity.
5. Elder. I like seeing how they mature up
7. Teen. Shaddup and grow up already.
8. YA. They're stuck in one place, and I hate Uni with a passion.

[my4monkeys25]

From favorite to least:

1. Adult (b/c I am one lol)
2. Teens (especially now that I have inTeen!)
3. Baby (easy!)
4. Children (kind of annoying, too much homework, hate their voices)
5. Elders (boooooring)
6. Toddlers (they just drive me insane. I hate the potty training, learn to talk etc... my toddlers never grow up well lol)

[cateyann]

Babies: Eh, they're alright. They're cute though, and easy to take care of them.
Toddlers: Most of the time, they bug me. They're just so... needy. I like them better than children, but the fact that they're always in the way bugs me.
Children: Worst stage for me. It seems so long, they're constantly dancing with their parents, and they can be so annoying.
Teen: My favourite, although long, stage. It's better if you have Uni and you can send them there when they start to bug you. I like the relationships, sneaking out etc.
Young Adult: I don't mind, because I have a hack that makes every semester only 36 hours long, so it's not as boring.
Adults: Pretty good.
Elder: Boring, they're always sleeping.

Soo...

1) Teen
2) Baby
3) Adults
4)YA
5) Toddlers
6) Elders
7) Children.

[ForeverCamp]

Wow. Didn't expect as much replies.

Supaclova, twin toddlers are HORRIBLE. I hate the constant following of older people. Especially when they are doing something important.

I won't make you play my Lothario-Burb household, then: five toddlers at the moment, plus a child. :rofl: Not a moment of peace for Alex and Carolyn.

[Simonut]

My List: Of not likes

I do NOT like the toddlers stage, I do not like when my sims turn elders when they are so attractive as an adult.

My List: Of do likes

My most favorite of all is the child stage ( I sometime find it hard to let go and let them grow into a teen, that really hard for me,real hard ) Maybe that why I have so many children in my neighborhood.

Next is the teenager stage, and last is the adult stage I do not like for them to get old. lol Sometime I forget to turn my aging on hahaha.

[AlexandraSpears]

I think each one has its pros and cons.

Babies--Generally don't cry unless they need a diaper change. At least that's true with my babies, since my Sims feed them when they wake up, and a little later before they go to sleep. But they sleep for a shorter time, and without a cheat or hack, you have no idea what you need. Learning Parenting helps--some--because the baby "tells" you via thought bubble what its lowest Need is. Picture of a toilet--get ready to change a diaper. Picture of a bed--they want to sleep.

Toddlers--Really cute when they're not being a handful. Once you get them walking and potty-trained, though, it's a lot easier. Twin toddlers, though, tend to give me a run for my money...probably because I actually want to get them at least walking. It used to be I was lucky to get their basic needs met. Then I could get both potty-trained. Now I can manage things enough to where they're walking and potty-trained. It would be easier, one or two babies, if toddlers slept a little longer, though!

Children--Used to be a pain with Sims Life Stories, because they can't fix their own meals. Now with Sims 2, they can just get leftovers--just have an adult or teen fix meals ahead of time for them. Probably one of my favorite stages.

Teen--I like this stage because now they're more independent.

Adult--No limits, pretty much. They're not going to die anytime soon (barring any accidents, etc.) and they don't have the limitations Teens have.

Elder--Playing these gets old after a while (pun intended). They have to go to the bathroom more, they sleep more, and they wake up the minute their Energy bar is full, unlike other Sims, who, if their Energy bar is not completely replenished before 12 am, will sleep until 6 am. There are times when I'm tempted to have Adults grow up badly or just with the Aspiration Meter in the green so they'll die sooner!

[Alraris]

I think the worst sim age for me are elders - in fact I haven't any elder playable sim. I'm not really interested in that. I so love my ADULT sims, that I'm constantly changing they're age at SimPe from 29 to 50 "days left" when I create a new family. And then, if I play that family longer and their life time starts count down (passed 25 days...) I prolonge their life in SimPe again. I don't want them die!!!
(If I dislike someone, I just don't play the house). So I can say, that I really like adults.

I really like childrens, they are so cute that sometimes I'm very afraid how they will look like if they grow up. But it's hard for me with their homeworks, they are always tired and have their fun level on 0. They really need help from their parents...

Toddlers look great but they are really troublesome. And when you have more than one toddler at home the same time, it's horror. Babies are really easier, but boring...

Teens are quite OK for me, but sometimes I think they are too limited (no woohoo) and in other hand they have no time to realize all their dreams. If they have to learn and work, or even train theire witchy abilities, and care of their relationships or romances, they really have no time for it all and their lives as a teenagers are too short. I sometimes prolonge them in SimPe too.

Young Adults... Yes, they are fine, I really like university and I sent every single teenager there, when he or she have to grow up. But... I don't like the way they are walking... It's weird for me. And they are too limited. They are not teens, but cannot marry or have children. And semesters are too long sometimes... I don't have so many time to play, to grow up all the YA I have...

That's all :)

[AlexandraSpears]

When I first started playing Sims (Life Stories) I created a family with twin toddlers...and found out real quick they love playing in the toilet and getting into everything!

I didn't know then that you could potty train them.

[SimMegaptera]

Babies annoy me. I wish they could be babies for a shorter length of time. Actually, I just realised that the MultiPainting can make babies grow into toddlers, so I may do that more often.

Toddlers are great and incredibly cute. The annoying thing is the walking/talking/potty training. I try to get into gold/platinum and feed them smartmilk every time, so that they can have a day of stressful learning and then two days of being a cute little kid. ;)

I love kids and teens. For some reason, even though I really don't want kids in real life, I love having a houseful of Sim kids. ;)

Young adults are fun because I'm not tired of the university setting yet.

Adults are fun. Having alien babies, climbing the ladder at work, woo-hoo-ing in the closet (I just discovered that one)...

Elders are neat because they can devote themselves to whatever they want to do with their lives. I haven't yet played a character who started out younger into elderhood, but Ivy and Gabriel are pretty close. They'll be becoming elders right around the time that Gabriel's alien-bun-in-the-oven is becoming a teen, and the two older boys James and Ricky are moving out. I always use cheats to add more days to elders' lives, because they just don't have time to get really good at sewing/music/dog breeding/whatever after they retire and before Grimmy comes for them.

[perihelion]

I won't make you play my Lothario-Burb household, then: five toddlers at the moment, plus a child. :rofl: Not a moment of peace for Alex and Carolyn.

I'm sorry, but... are your Sims OUT OF THEIR SIMULATED MINDS? :wtf: :alarm:

[cdanon]

1:Adults would be the favorite, just because they are the mainstay and the focus of simlife.

2: YA, because i do enjoy university and being a tad bit of a perv like the way the females sway.

3: Children they seem to skill very fast, buying monkey bars insure good body as it kills them to work out as adults and they are rather non offensive when offensive. I had one bother a professor at sues secret kitchen. My kid kept telling stories of fame, arts sports...the old fellow could do nothing but get irritated, what you gonna do slap a kid? A way i get revenge for my adult is to sic his kid on someone.

4: Teens and babies--babies are rather unoffensive and teens are biding their time til college. Both are necessary but they are not that enjoyable for me to play.

5: Elders, and it is not the normal reason one would think. I have gotten to see the old codger from when he/she was a bump in the mesh...lived its life, and when they get that age it becomes hard to part with them...I do get attached. I can have two exact signs with same personality and interest in this game...but each one seems to be so unique. I guess it is all psychological...I usually use ingejones magical cat to transform my old ones to vacation people...they are not with me but not very far away if I ever get to really missing them.

[ForeverCamp]

I'm sorry, but... are your Sims OUT OF THEIR SIMULATED MINDS? :wtf: :alarm:

:lol: LOL, to be fair, Carolyn moved in with Alex thinking she was only having one baby (and he ended up being preggers by aliens for a second time, discovered that soon thereafter), and then she had quads (I don't know why I was so surprised - she was a triplet, and supposedly in RL, multiples have more chances to have multiples themselves).

Even better: John and Jennifer Burb (Carolyn's parents) had Lucy and then TWO sets of TRIPLETS in a row!

I have the Triplets and Quads Random Only mod. It makes for a more interesting game (and I love having lots of kids in my sim families, so... it works). Lots of multiples in Pleasantview...

A total of... *yanks out Big Book of Pleasantview and searches the born-in-game sims (which range in age from infant to adult)*:
32 single births.
14 sets of twins.
3 sets of triplets.
1 set of quads.

:rofl: *snicker* Pleasantview is insanity right now. After I finish this round, I'm moving everybody out, levelling every single building and reconstructing the town, because A: the Pleasantview houses aren't always Seasons-proof (Egads, took me forever to figure out why Angela Pleasant always froze in her bedroom!), B: aren't the most manageable houses to play (I detest the Goth manor with every fiber of my being), C: those stupid Hollywoodish houses in the far corner are practically useless for any more than one, maybe two sims - which is obviously rare in my Pleasantview (I've only got... maybe two households who could comfortably stay in there, one of which is still at uni - right now they're all occupied: Don Lothario's original pad is housing a couple with newborn twins; Dina/Nina's original pad is housing a couple, a newborn, and a teenage brother; the others have a couple, a family of four and two families of three - everybody's crashing into each other trying to get out of the house).

Gah!

[perihelion]

oh mah gawd.

I once had a Sim family with twins (two boys) and that was bad enough! The boys were babies who just couldn't seem to settle down (kind of like real life, heh). Once one got settled down, the other would start squalling. Their poor mother couldn't get a moment's peace and they were too poor to hire a nanny.

[simetra866]

Baby: meh...
Toddler: The worst thing that's ever happened
Child: okay, I guess, but they look fugly and they complain too much.
Teen: I like 'em 'cause they can actually take care of themselves. ;)
Adult: I like adults. They're very comely most of the time.
Elder: Ewww! >.<

[simetra866]

:lol: LOL, to be fair, Carolyn moved in with Alex thinking she was only having one baby (and he ended up being preggers by aliens for a second time, discovered that soon thereafter), and then she had quads (I don't know why I was so surprised - she was a triplet, and supposedly in RL, multiples have more chances to have multiples themselves).

Even better: John and Jennifer Burb (Carolyn's parents) had Lucy and then TWO sets of TRIPLETS in a row!

I have the Triplets and Quads Random Only mod. It makes for a more interesting game (and I love having lots of kids in my sim families, so... it works). Lots of multiples in Pleasantview...

A total of... *yanks out Big Book of Pleasantview and searches the born-in-game sims (which range in age from infant to adult)*:
32 single births.
14 sets of twins.
3 sets of triplets.
1 set of quads.

:rofl: *snicker* Pleasantview is insanity right now. After I finish this round, I'm moving everybody out, levelling every single building and reconstructing the town, because A: the Pleasantview houses aren't always Seasons-proof (Egads, took me forever to figure out why Angela Pleasant always froze in her bedroom!), B: aren't the most manageable houses to play (I detest the Goth manor with every fiber of my being), C: those stupid Hollywoodish houses in the far corner are practically useless for any more than one, maybe two sims - which is obviously rare in my Pleasantview (I've only got... maybe two households who could comfortably stay in there, one of which is still at uni - right now they're all occupied: Don Lothario's original pad is housing a couple with newborn twins; Dina/Nina's original pad is housing a couple, a newborn, and a teenage brother; the others have a couple, a family of four and two families of three - everybody's crashing into each other trying to get out of the house).

Gah!

:blink: Wow... :wtf:

[ForeverCamp]

oh mah gawd.

I once had a Sim family with twins (two boys) and that was bad enough! The boys were babies who just couldn't seem to settle down (kind of like real life, heh). Once one got settled down, the other would start squalling. Their poor mother couldn't get a moment's peace and they were too poor to hire a nanny.

Yeah, most of my sim families live on one income until the kids start school.

[SimMegaptera]

Bah... I've just added some days to Gabriel and Ivy, so that Ivy can finish her career and Gabe can have lots more alien babies.

[ClairAnnetteReed]

I don't like the baby stage. ): < Toddlers are cute but not my favorite. I like young adults. Teens are tied for favorite with adults. Elders are pretty cool too but only if their personality is right.

[Sims2Storywriter]

Babies: :cry: So god-danged annoying. Wakes Sims in the middle of the night. I guess that's like real life though.
Toddlers: :cry: The most annoying stage. I have to lock the bathrooms because they splash so frickin much. They can't even climb up stairs, and they waste everyone's time.
Child: :| Kind of annoying because they can't fix their own food. Their voice is kind of stupid too. But they are okay I guess.
Teen: Meh.
Young Adult: College is BORING, man.
Adult: Meh.
Elder: :cry: I hate!

[amyandmia]

hmmm, well, babies i hate because i dont know what they look like yet, they have no personality, and all babies look the same

Toddlers: i dont mind their needs-much- the skills i do hate, i normally use smartmilk but ive had 3 toddlers that got their skills without it, but i love toddlers because their so cute!

Kids: well, they go to school, come home, sleep, play red hands, do homework, and the clean the whole house, plus theyre cute

Teens: not as cute as kids, but still ok

Aduts: awesome

Elders: most of my elders constantly have their needs in green, and spend most of their time sewing and painting (but theyre kinda ugly)

[ginrouken]

It's not true that babies don't do anything. They throw up! :D My favorite pass-time while the parents are at work is making the nanny selectable, making her feed the baby then toss it in the air. 99.9% of the time the baby will throw up on her, and if I turn off free will and keep cancelling the shower desperation, by the time the parents come home she'll be stinky and miserable, crying/whining/moping/having an aspiration failure fit in a corner and generally just leaving the baby alone. :up:

[AlexandraSpears]

Toddlers teach you time management. It's easy when you have both parents at home (I used a cheat to give one family several million Simoleons) and they trade off who gets to sleep.

[coinneach]

Toddlers. Good gods, when their energy AND hunger AND bladder all get close to zero at the same time... you can't feed them or potty train them because they fall asleep, then they wake up 5 minutes later, you try to hustle them to the potty and they sh*t themselves, so now you have to bathe and change an exhausted and starving little monster, which takes another 30 minutes...

I'm a dad IRL, and I'm so very grateful my kid wasn't this bad.

[theguiltyone]

Babies: Kind of a disappointment, because they don't do anything. But they're kinda cute.
Toddlers: I really like them. I find them very adorable, and they do the cutest things. I love having more than one toddler around. Usually, though, their needs just drive me crazy, so I max all motives... :D
Children: I usually skip this age. They kind of annoy me, and they aren't cute. Even if I make a beautiful adult sim and age them down, the children stage is always the ugliest.
Teens: I like them. They're independent, and also pretty, haha.
Adults: I like them. They give me babies/toddlers. :D
Elders: Honestly, I have never played an elder. I never stuck with a family long enough for anyone to make it to this age.

[AlexandraSpears]

Toddlers. Good gods, when their energy AND hunger AND bladder all get close to zero at the same time... you can't feed them or potty train them because they fall asleep, then they wake up 5 minutes later, you try to hustle them to the potty and they sh*t themselves, so now you have to bathe and change an exhausted and starving little monster, which takes another 30 minutes...

I'm a dad IRL, and I'm so very grateful my kid wasn't this bad.

Been there, done that. It's not so bad once you learn how to balance everything.

When I first started out, my twins grew up badly. Now I'm able to get a set walking, talking, and potty-trained--and that was because I moved in another relative temporarily to help out. Sometimes those nannies are all but useless, and once I had a Sim get demoted because he was worn out from helping take care of his twins.

[KyleTheArtist]

Anywhere from teen to adult is most fave. I don't like children and elders but I deal with it >_> babies are pretty cute but they get annoying after first day.

[clockworkapple]

I like children and teens the most. It's when you see their personalities develop and which features they got from each parent

[fthomas]

I hate young adult, elder and toddler *yawn*, so boring :L.
cateyann; where did you get the hack from? could you give me a link? (:

Adult, Teen and Child are good as there is more to do and their personalities and feature seem more interesting (:

XD.

[sissycat45]

I HATE toddler and child. they are thE most annoying ages, except for the real babies. teenagers are alright, but they have to go to school. and i had a vampire that wouldnt go to school no matter how much i forced her (oh and she flunked alright) and i finally just used the tombstone of l & d to make her an adult again (she was originally an adult but i changed her back to a teen) THEN she wouldnt go to work. so i quit my job.

i like adult the best because you have the most freedom (if you know the money cheat and know how to take care of your sims). then it gets boring after a while, so thats why i kill random sims that i move into my house. (im also obsessed with the grim reaper XD) i made my sim get married then i killed her husband and shes crying now. (i did that today if you look at my post for what did you do today) i <3 doing random things!!

i actually always have aging off so thats why i get bored. yawn...

[Heartofglass500]

Elder 100%. Just please go and die! Babies and toddlers don't bother me because I pretty much always use family aspirations and the house is full of people to help with the babies and toddlers so they are a breeze. Potty training is the pits though. Kids are kinda boring. They are too old to be cute and too young to be any fun. Teens are lots of fun. There is so much for them to discover, first loves, best friends, dates. (And with Inteen and that sort of mod there are babies!) I like young adult and adult a lot more in TS3 than in TS2. University was a boring EP. Then it gets to elders and it's like OMG JUST DIE! Lol, babies and toddlers are my favorite part so when they can no longer breed I'm pretty much done.

[akksgurl]

Toddlers. Definitely. The most annoying and useless life stage. They usually end up just crawling around in their own filth while I focus on everybody else. :lol:

[AlexandraSpears]

Since I started using Smart Milk, I like the Toddler stage more. They're so cute. I like setting twin toddlers at the drawing table, and I love seeing them Huggle.

[Prosthetics]

Now that I've become more familiar with SimPE, I don't hate elders as much. I just edit down the number of days that they have left.

[ThundersLovable]

I only like toddlers when they are easier to handle, have a want to learn, and NOT sneak away from the stupid logicblocks and go splash the toilet! (This has happened far too many times to me to be a simple peeve)

Teens are good, but it feels like school interferes with the story I try to give them, but I am not a hater of the school, I like my Child stage sims to get away from the house.

Adult is probably my favorite. :)

[jodemilo]

I like them all for various reasons (although I don't play elders, only because I dislike the automatic stoop and especially the female voice is fairly grating).

Babies - cos they lie there looking gorgeous and I love it when one sim is holding them while another is talking and the way they respond. Also the bathing in the sink and changing diapers even.

Toddlers - just generally all-round cute. I didn't like the wailing when they wanted to get out the crib until I installed a great mod that allow them to escape on their own.

Children - more independent than the toddlers, they always seem to be positive in my game, but then all the hacks I have installed to reduce certain behaviour certainly helps.

Teens - great fun, first time for dating, sneaking out with friends, even running their own business. I enjoy this age group.

Young adults - still have the teens voices but now look more like how they're going to end up. I usually beef the guys up a bit at this point and start playing around with giving individual looks to both men and women.

Adults - all the career and business stuff, finding life partners and having babies.

[AlexandraSpears]

With Smart Milk my toddlers have learned all their skills way ahead of time. It's a matter of letting them out of their crib to play, and just making sure their Social and Hunger don't drop too low.

That's where twin toddlers can be good--they can annoy each other.

[PalmBeach]

Well, my favourite Sim age is "teen". There are so many things they're able to do - much more than children, for example. But in my opinion, the time as a teen is too short for all those things :(
Toddlers are very sweet, but the parents have to teach them all those things, so the life of the whole family is disordered.
I can't tell something about young adults, I haven't the EP.
Adult is the longest sim age and it's nice, but if you want to get some money and a big family, you have to work hard and you should marry soon.
I rarely play a family until one of the sims is an elder, so I can't tell much about them. But WHEN I have an elder, he's only sitting around and has nothing to do :D

(Sorry for some mistakes, but english isn't my mothertongue)

[Koda_lovemusic.]

Hmm. I think there's something good and something bad for the all the life stages. My LEAST favorite is child though, only because their voices make me wanna reach into the screen and pound them into the ground :|

Babies - ehh...they spend most of their time in the crib anyway. Neeeeext!

Toddlers - absolutely adorable. I love just watching their little interactions. Although I do hate whenever they go to the toilet in the middle of the night and decided that it's fun to play with the toilet, little bastards -__-"

Children - alright, probably my least favorite life stage, as they don't have much independence AND they're annoying as all get out. Most of the time I don't mind them as long as they don't get in the way...

Teen - probably my favorite life stage. I agree with PalmBeach, there's so many interactions you can do for just them, but their time is so criminally short :( Pet peeve, though: the zits they get are atrocious :|

Adult - there really isn't much to dislike about this life stage. It's the longest and you can do the most with this... although, I do wish that there was a 'middle age' life stage; it's so strange to watch this young, spry adult suddenly turn into this shirty pensioner.

Young Adult - fun in some aspects, but the college thing is too long.

Elder - I personally really like the elder stage, it's one of my favorites :) If you put them on pension, then they're still a steady source of income, AND since they wake up earlier than everyone, you can use them to clean around the house then put them back to sleep :P (that sounds so cruel but it IS true :lol:)

[Lavaster]

In order from least favorite to most favorite:
1. Babies/toddlers: Honestly, sure, people think they're cute, but IMHO they're annoying! I HATE when they go mess with the freakin' toilet! Toddlers don't do that in real life... well, at least not the many I know of. I always use maxMotives to take care of them... when I remember. And I hate how my Sims pick them up and put them where ever on the floor, although multiple times I tell them NOT to and to just put them in the crib. Yet I want freeWill on... ugh. So tough.
2. Elders: I never play them, period. Maybe because there's not really any really nice CC for them, and skintones... well, I dunno about skintones/body shapes.
3. Children: Children are okay... I mean, I don't like making them do homework. Tough finding where they put it.
4. Teens: Teens are okay. Same with children, except teens are prettier and can make out! :giggler:
5. Adults: Just normal Sims. Good for story-telling!
6. Only now did I realize that I love young adults; getting to choose their major is fun, for me at least. That reminds me... I wanna play Sims 2!

[Metatwaddle]

Favorite is probably adult, since they've got the best CC and they're so useful for everything. They're the only stage that can have kids and get proper jobs. Next favorites are probably child and teen, since there's so much to do and to accomplish -- learning toddler skills, learning regular skills, getting into private school, getting grades up -- I feel like I'm really working toward something. By the time my sims go to college, they've usually maxed out their skills. (this is partly because I have double autumn: my seasons go summer, autumn, autumn, winter.) If I'm feeling particularly generous with the smart milk, autumn comes at a good time, and I have an education bookcase around, they can max their skills before they turn teen.

Thanks to smart milk and the always-diverting activity table, I don't mind toddler quite so much as I used to, and baby is much better since I downloaded the nobabyharassment hack. Young adulthood is too long -- half that length would be just about perfect -- but I spend it having my sims work on crafting talent badges while keeping their motives high with snapdragons all around. Energy will still go down, as will hygiene if they're doing pottery, but the others will stay maxed.

Elder stage still sucks though. There's very little good CC, especially for elder male. It's better than it used to be, but the selection still isn't that good, and I don't want elder clothing that's just been converted from adult, with EF having perky breasts and stuff. Elders also have those annoying voices, and they take forever to go to the bathroom and seem to get tired and uncomfortable faster. With happy and fulfilled sims, the stage is just about as long as adulthood, which is far too long. Worst of all, though, elders just seem to sit around and not do anything. I have to try very hard to keep them busy (crafting objects is a good bet), and sometimes I don't have them retire from their adult jobs because it keeps them out of my hair a bit. I also have kids fairly late in adulthood, so the elders spend part of their elderhood raising toddlers and children.

[AlexandraSpears]

Elder - I personally really like the elder stage, it's one of my favorites :) If you put them on pension, then they're still a steady source of income, AND since they wake up earlier than everyone, you can use them to clean around the house then put them back to sleep :P (that sounds so cruel but it IS true :lol:)

Gardening. That's what many of my elders do. Have to load up on the pepper punch.

[jodemilo]

I avoided playing elders like the plague until I decided to give some TLC to one particular couple (I'd downloaded them from somewhere as part of a family) because the wife was employed in one of my sim's bakery businesses. I only really was intending to play them in order to get the woman's cooking skills up so she could help out with the bakery, but I actually found them quite enjoyable to play. They were both attractive (or at least you could see they had been attractive when younger), both had regular jobs, had various visitors over without the stress of having kids around, and woohoo'd quite a lot. :lol: I downloaded some more normal clothes for the woman in particular and will probably give her a different hairstyle whenever I get back to playing Sims 2. :(

[Mosomashu]

Adult is my favourite, young adult is boring because I don't like sending them to college, I don't know what to do with them.
Newborn is good, toddlers and children are just so DIFFICULT! Then the toddler's parents refuse to carry it up the porch steps. I had a family like that and I couldn't get the toddler up the stairs without using a cheat, so I just abandoned the family. I abandon most of my families eventually.
And Elder is boring.

[ChappyTamTam]

Least favorite: Baby.

Why?

Because when my sims put the baby outside in the snow I can't find it! -_-

[AlexandraSpears]

Least favorite: Baby.

Why?

Because when my sims put the baby outside in the snow I can't find it! -_-

I have to question your Sims' parenting skills. :P

What you do is go into Buy or Build Mode. The snow will "clear" and you can find lost things, such as homework, old newspapers, babies....

[Garambola]

Heh. If I cannot find a baby, I let a Sim do the finding. Just click on the crib and tell them to put the baby it it.

[ChappyTamTam]

I have to question your Sims' parenting skills. :P

What you do is go into Buy or Build Mode. The snow will "clear" and you can find lost things, such as homework, old newspapers, babies....

Yeah, but my computer is slow and crappy, so Buy/Build Mode takes quite a while to speed up... oh well. :P

As for the crib thing, I did not think of that :lol: Thanks.

[MsScribble]

Toddlers infuriate me because at least one parent has to give up a career to raise it, and when its the mother i get all this repressed anger at gender roles.

But i feel too guilty about handing it over to a nanny. I feel like i'm depriving the child of much-needed parent validation because of aforementioned anger issues.

And yes, i am aware that i take sims too seriously.

[Nightbusiness]

1-Teen
love having storylines,and they can take care of themselves.:]
2-Adult/YA
They can do basicly everything.
3-Child
I admit to making storylines with motivedecayoff :}
4-Elder
they dont need much.
5-baby
Easy to take care of.
5-Toddler
Super annoying to take care of,and taeching to walk/talk/potty is super annoying.

[potatoehead]

Toddlers are actually very easy to take care of, if you know how to do it. I always put some snapdragons in the nursery, and I feed the toddlers smart milk right off the bat. This means I never have to worry about motives (except energy), and learning toddler skills is a piece of cake.

[MsScribble]

snapdragons? *runs off to explore sims wikki.

[Jenny Jenkins]

I would say children. its so hard to keep them happy it seems. Their fun level goes down so quickly!

[beafish123]

When i first got the sims i had no interest in the premades...so i made a cas family and got them pregnant. They had twins

ive hated toddlers ever since.

well, they arent to bad though...im not sure i truely HATE and age really

1. adult-they can have kids!!!!
2.baby-so easy to take care of, and also rather adorable..even if they all look the same...
3.child-their cute, and easyish to care for
4.teen-way too long
5.toddler-cute, but extremely hard to care for
6.elder-they are just kinda...there

[Pegasys2]

I actually sorta like Elder. I put them to work either in the family as the housekeeper/nanny, or if they are living alone, then they start a business.

Coming back to Sims 2 from Sims 3. Elders in Sims 3 annoyed me because I never knew when they were going to die... they'd reach 90 days... and keep on going and going (or NOT) and I never knew when their time was up... sometimes right at 90 days or they'd go on past 100 days... with NO way to shorten life without cheats...

Least favorite has to be toddler. Cute but sooooo annoying.

[Orola]

My list, from favorite to least favorite:
1. Teens and adults, I can't choose. :P I only don't really like the voice of the female teen xD
2. Young adults, it's fun to do the university but is also a bit long.
3. Childs
4. Toddlers, like some people already said hard to take care for and they're always playing with the toilet, when my sims have toddlers I have to clean the bathroom all day xD)
5. Elders
6. Babies (lol I don't like them, I always just put them somewhere on the floor and wait until they can grow up, or I use the tombstone of L and D to age them)

[WooHoo31]

Baby - I don't mind babies. They're easy to take care of.

Toddlers - Ugh, I hate toddlers. Sure they're really cute, but I HATE HATE HATE doing the toddler skills. I've never been able to teach any of my toddlers all of them. And potty training takes so long!! They'll only train when they have to go, and once they've gone enough to be fully trained, they're at their child stage already anyways!

Child - It's always such a relief when my toddlers finally grows into children. I like children. Although my sims usually have awkward faces at that stage...

Teen - One of my favourites. I have Teen Style Stuff so I can dress them up in really nice clothes and styles. Same with their bedrooms.

Young Adult - Meh. I don't really care for Young Adults. It just means having to put them through University, and University can get a little boring after a while...

Adults - I suppose this is my favourite stage just because this is the stage where you actually do everything.

Elders - Meh. They're okay.

[vhanster]

Adults. Being the "default" age, it seems to have most Custom Content, which makes it easier to make better looking Sims using this life state

I hardly ever use any other age other than YA and teens, but I don't like any life states where the Sim are incapable of taking care of themselves. I especially dislike babies though, as they look all the same and their appearance can't be modified.

[SimMegaptera]

Favourite: teens and elders, oddly enough. Elders are fun because they're retired and can spend their time on whatever -- studying, gardening, playing with grandkids -- and I love how they talk. I like teens because they're not kids anymore. They're cute but they can do some things that kids can't do.

Least favourite: babies. Babies don't do anything! The only interesting thing I found with babies is that if someone knows Parenting they can talk to babies. Otherwise, I generally get bored after a day and age them up to toddlers.

[karrie85]

Favorite would probably have to be adults. I age sims differently. I usually turn aging off and play adults for long periods of time, aging the children with cheats and just changing the adults appearance over time. That way I can get a real lifetime feel to my game. Adults can do so many things and I just like the fact that you can make an adult look anywhere from 18 to 50. With teenagers, they all look about 15/16 and kids look about 8 so it's hard to really go in depth with that. I also am not the fan of homework and feel that children and teens (unless using inteen) have much to do.

The only time I like using teenagers is when inteen is involved and I can make them have sexual relationships with one another, get pregnant, or even have a teenager with a young adult. It adds a lot of interest to the game that way. More or less adults are the main focus and teenagers are side stories and there for the adults. I love teen mom and daughter relationships as well as child daughter and father relationships. I really think there is a special bond between those two that I love to play out.

Basically, if I am going to play teenagers, I 60 percent of the time will enjoy playing a girl. But, if it's a child, I enjoy playing the boys. All little girls seem the same to me. Doll house, dresses, pink.. blah. With teenage girls it's different. With teenage boys.. for some reason they all seem the same as well. So I may be biased lol.

With toddlers I love them.. babies too. They are the foundation of a good relationship between sims and are so cuddly and cute. Toddlers tend to get on my nerves a bit sometimes more than babies but I still adore them.

My least favorite things in the game would have to me elders and pets. Though you can't play a pet, I find them so annoying for the fact that you can NOT control what they do. In my game right now, I have about ten hoods and out of all the sims in the entire game only ONE has a pet. As for elders.. Male elders are fun to play more than female. I like to have really great grandfathers in my games that can help raise a family.

Overall, here is my list top being the favorite, bottom least favorite.

1- Adults
2- Teens
3- Children
4- Toddlers
5- Babies
6- Elders

7- (though not controllable) Pets

Edit: Well looks like I completely forgot about Young Adult. I must say that they probably fit between Elders and Toddlers. It's not the fact that they are uninteresting, it's just that they are essentially the same as adults only they are stuck in that God awful college. I can make my own young adults by just turning off aging and using my imagination with regular adults. I've only played Uni a few times and I usually give up and never make my sims go all the way through. It's just uninteresting and dreadful. :blink:

[Peni Griffin]

I think if you don't enjoy an age you're probably looking to get the wrong thing from it.

I adore YA because college lets me get so in-depth - all that time to set up relationships positive and negative, get to know the personalities, nudge this person in this or that direction by having them study different things or changing the aspiration in junior year. The only trouble is that, in order to keep them in reasonable synch with the sims outside of University, I have to play them longer; which means I'll get spoiled playing a favorite a lot, and then when s/he moves out, it takes so long to get back to him/her in the rotation.

All the pre-YA ages are challenging for me and I like big families - juggling their needs with those of their parents; finding time to Learn to Study; building relationships; balancing fun time with study time and energy needs; getting the program to let me bring playable kids and teens together without cluttering their lives with townies who will never grow up; figuring out how the hell a teen is supposed to find time and energy to hold down a job; watching the clever little animation treats like the toddler eating mush and pet food with his fingers, the child pelting out the door to hug a returning parent, the big sibling kissing a little one to wake him up; waiting breathlessly to see how the next growth stage will look. Never a dull moment with kids on the lot. I even get a kick out of the zits. One of my teens had her face break out on the same night I'd decided to let her get her First Kiss, and I'm going oh, wow, talk about realism!

The only sims I've been bored with so far are adults who live alone. They have too much time to do everything and there's nothing for me to do while they're doing it. So I'm trying to get as many of them married off as possible; probably everyone but the Romance sims, whose days can be filled up with random meaningless dating in between parties and outings designed to bring other characters together when it's not their turn to be active. When the active sim is safely involved for a little bit I love roaming the community lot or the party visually, looking to see what other characters are doing. It's so satisfying to see a married couple spontaneously canoodling, those teens you've been trying to bring together finally running into each other, old friends whose relationship has been decaying playing darts together.

I didn't think to make any elders when I started - it just seems wrong to create them with no skills or relationships - and no one has aged into it naturally yet, so the only one I have in my neighborhood is Dora Ottomas, and I'm not going to judge the age group by a pre-made! No, wait, I have one in my first Simmigrants family, but I've only played that lot twice and she's spent the entire time babysitting her grandson while her daughter was at work. She mostly plays like an adult so far.

Pets are an additional level of complexity I haven't dealt with properly yet. So far I have three dogs and a cat, one per household; but I have a teen growing up who wants to have a certain number of employed pets, so I aim to get her a breeding pair after she graduates. Pets are good in households with kids because toddlers can nap on their beds and snuggle them when Ma and Pa are exhausted, and kids can get fun without a lot of input from you by taking them for walks (even though they normally can't leave the lot). But fulfilling aspirations for teaching them tricks can be time-consuming and fill up the social motive fast enough that a Sim living alone can let the rest of his friendships lapse, and building a proper relationship with them in a full house with a lot going on is tricky, so I think there's an interesting level of challenge there I'll feel up to addressing before long.

[SimMegaptera]

But, if it's a child, I enjoy playing the boys. All little girls seem the same to me. Doll house, dresses, pink.. blah.

Aww. See, I go out of my way to make sure my children don't always fall into gender stereotypes. There are always some boys who like to dance ballet and some girls who love science and nature. I had one little boy who wore a cargo kilt (because it was the closest thing to a skirt that he could find) and danced ballet and loved classical music.

[Kailacat]

How have I not posted here yet.
1. Young Adult. I actually enjoy University, it's fun and wild. No pregnancy to worry about, no jobs to have, just choose a major, go to class and otherwise do whatever the heck you want.
2. Adult. Completely free, but a bit boring if you don't get them a job.
3. Teen. School is shorter, and your sims can finally start having romantic interactions, and if they don't get a job then that's okay, more time for their social life, but if they do then they can become Overachievers.
4. Children. Hilarious interactions and so cute. :)
5. Elders. They just seem boring. Like they have no life left in them. My favorite sim grew up into an elder and he became boring.
6. Babies. At least they're easy to take care of.
7. Toddlers. Give em a few bottles and a skill building toy and a crib and leave em alone. That's my strategy.

[abrtx]

I don't like any of the "kid" ages from infant to child. My favorite age is adult.
That applies to me as well. In rl it's a maturity expectation- hissyfits and selfish tears aren't cute. In s2 they just aren't cute, they're a pain. Adults can out-cute them, upside- adults know how to clean themselves!

[AlexandraSpears]

I'll tell you what, having the sleep all night hack for babies/toddlers takes a load off my Sims (I just make sure to feed them right before bedtime). So that puts Elder in the top slot for least favorite for me. It wouldn't be so bad if they actually slept until 6 am instead of until their Energy is completely green (unless someone can point me to a hack...?).

I have Leod McGreggor married to Sandra Roth in my Riverblossom Hills 'hood. They have a nice big farm with a big greenhouse and lots of orchard trees, so the old coot keeps busy! LOL

[cheshirekat]

If the elders slept all night, then they would spend a huge amount of their waking hours going to the bathroom. Most of my sims are on different wake/sleep schedules. When one doesn't sleep much, I simply have them do something useful, like making a bunch of meals to keep in inventory, making robots, gardening. Catching fish to keep the refrigerator stocked, etc. Sims never seem to have enough time to do all that stuff.

Some of those outdoor water toys are fun for my sims, but few sims have the time to make them. I try to get my sims to retire by the time they are elders so they can make toys for the kids - they have the time.

[simluver18]

Mine would be...
Teen
Toddler
Adult/YA
Children
I find the elders too boring.

[Peni Griffin]

I like 'em all. Partly this is due to the attitude I take to the game: the game exists to amuse me, but it's up to me to play it in a way that amuses. If I am not amused, it's not the game's fault - it's mine for not seeing the possibilities. Limitations are challenges to be met, and my enjoyment of the game depends on my rising to those challenges.

Babies: yes, all they do is lie there and have needs. Invisible needs. So the challenge at that age is to manage the older sims so that the unknowable needs of the babies are met without compromising the needs of the rest of the family. I love seeing the parents and teens play with the babies (wish the kids could play with them, too!). Plus, this is when their first relationships are established. If a kid is BFF with one parent or sibling and not even friends yet with the others, it establishes a bond that I'll be playing throughout both their lives. It is hard to stand the suspense of waiting to find out how the parents' genes expressed, but I try to relieve this by finding jokes to make about it in the photo captions. Heather Huffington's husband reflects with satisfaction that, despite his frat brothers' doubts about the parentage of the kid, she looks EXACTLY like his own baby pictures; the brown-eyed husband of a brown-eyed wife tells his older daughter that the newborn twins can be told apart because one has the wife's eyes and the other has his. Actually his eyes are small and hers are huge so I need to go back now they're toddlers and make sure he identified them correctly.

When the baby grows up to a toddler I finally get to see what they look like, what their traits are, and begin to see their personalities. Though their aspirations are limited at this stage, they will tend to gravitate toward certain people and activities. The toddler who ignores the equally accessible bunny and blocks to hone in on the xylophone every time is showing a clear preference for the creative life, the one who wants to learn to talk more than he wants to be pottytrained is on the fast track to a popularity aspiration, and so on. Plus - toddlers are nothing but challenge as everyone else in the family structures their needs around them. Different families solve the challenges of the toddler stage in different ways. Many players have established toddler routines that they always follow, but I can't see it. The family with two teens, a pregnant mom, a working dad, and a dog is no way going raise the kid the same way as the two-job one-kid petless knowledge sims or the extended family with two elders, two adults, two teens, a child, and a toddler crammed into a two-bedroom apartment. And there's nothing like toddlers to expose the strengths or weaknesses of your house's design.

Children - suddenly, they have choices, and their personality traits start being important. That first week of school is so hard, especially if there's a toddler in the house and the older sims are too harried to teach them to study right away. Although it's possible to establish extrafamilial relationships during the toddler stage by having guests over, this is when most kids start really plugging in to the community which is the guiding principle behind my gaming strategy. If they bring home townies from school I tend to send them home, but if they bring home a playable I must rise to the opportunity to create a new connection, even if the kid who brought him is exhausted and goes straight to bed (this happens a lot that first week). Keeping that fun bar up enough to get the homework done involves lots of family outings to parks and skating rinks - where the game does not throw enough other kids at us, alas - not to mention the seasonal activities. I also have to keep an eye on their strongest bonds, as one of the things that will affect my choice of aspiration when they hit teen will be which sim has the most influence on them. I have one kid, the child of a financial and a family sim who've had a hard time dealing with the chaos of their lives, who is likely to start off with a romance aspiration in emulation of a co-worker of his dad's with whom he hit it off as a toddler, unless other bonds strengthen a lot between now and then. And what happens if the strongest toddler relationship goes bad, if Dad cheats or Grammy dies?

Teens - good Lord, teens! I still need to learn to manage the school-job-social life trio; so far my teens have either been unemployed, been fired, or have had to quit their jobs due to other demands. I try to treat the first week of teendom as middle school and the second week as high school, which means I have another layer to juggle in my relationships. I try to keep track by Changing Appearance at the transition point, so older teens have hipper hairstyles, don makeup for the first time, or whatever. It would be too icky to let teens date within the wrong age group; though I did let one middle-school girl, when she hit freshman, go out with a graduating senior she'd been crushing on. See, he thought the whole Crowd was going to be there, and he's an easily led pleasure sim while she's from the confident, attractive Hawkins family...now he's rooming with her big brother and she's going steady with somebody else but they keep popping up wants related to each other, so there's the seeds of future drama planted and all I had to do was let Pigeon have her way once. I can even let them make friends with townies, since I'll be able to transfer anybody I like to University with their active classmates, and turn them into real people. High school is all about the drama.

Young Adult - oh, I've gone on and on elsewhere about how much I like sending sims to University. The low demands of class give me maximum freedom for developing my characters, playing out character arcs, and making cross-connections between the different social groups. University is really where the social groups have established themselves. Certain people, when they graduate, are clearly going to become Downtown livers while others are just as clearly going home to Drama Acres. The junior year aspiration change opportunity gives me a convenient assessment point on the character arcs. Those who change their aspirations don't immediately change their habits, so I can get a lot of play out of that. And I have side-challenges independent of daily play, since I want to keep certain households going indefinitely in order to keep the household stories, so the timing of bringing in new teens is crucial and it's easy to lose track and suddenly find myself with a Greek full of graduating seniors.

Adults - I solved a lot of their challenges while playing Sims1, so this age is probably less interesting to me than the others, but the addition of the time limits helps with that. The chief challenge is to balance what's best for them with what's best for me. Adults who live alone are too easy to run, and certain aspirations and levels of sociality make it hard to get sims to take their proper role in my community megagame. Will I breed them? Can I use them as connectors? Go for their LTW or not? How big will their families be? The first week is the time to resolve or escalate the love triangles, rivalries, and other storylines that developed in college. Some of my adults will have rich independent existences, while others are just breeding a new generation of college students.

Elders - oh, now here's the big final challenge. As far as I can tell, most people find elders boring because they've already done everything and there's no goal, beyond perhaps getting hula girls at the time of death. So the challenge is - what is the elder's goal now? I haven't played them much, so I'm still working it out. Their low stamina and increased bathroom needs are the first major change in motive management since toddlers turned into children, so there's juggling that. I'm looking forward to retiring one pleasure sim in time for her to be fulltime gramma to the toddlers her son and his boyfriend are going to adopt and seeing how she deals with them; she should also have time for even more gardening and I'll be able to use the juicer for the first time. The elders in my two trial Simmigrants families have important jobs: mentoring the kids and advancing the assimilation of their families by getting out and making connections to natives. I've also given Abuela Iana a hyperactive Chihuahua to train while the kids are in school - excuse the redundancy, for there are no non-hyperactive Chihuahuas. Since Abuela's a widow it's looking good for getting her into a late-life romance, too.

I couldn't possibly make a hierarchy. If I did YA would be at the top, Adult would be at the bottom, and the rankings would be in increments of .01.

[AlexandraSpears]

What's really bad is if your Elders have maximized all skills and studied every self-help book there is! All they can do is sit there in front of the idiot box....

[dieKristina]

I'll tell you what, having the sleep all night hack for babies/toddlers takes a load off my Sims (I just make sure to feed them right before bedtime). So that puts Elder in the top slot for least favorite for me. It wouldn't be so bad if they actually slept until 6 am instead of until their Energy is completely green (unless someone can point me to a hack...?).

Regarding Elder I use a hack from this page: http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php/topic,15.0.html

[lg135]

I could've sworn I replied to this ^^; Maybe it was a similar topic way back when. Oh well, I think my preferences has changed slightly, anyway. From most favorite to least is:


1. Child -- I looove the childhood stage, and frequently extend their days. I like for them to experience all the seasons (and maybe more than once!) and to develop their personalities and interests before hitting teenhood. And because I usually have school out for the summer and a few days in the fall/winter, they have enough time to really do that.
My teens usually get a job and are working on scholarships, so the child-stage is my sims time to sit back and just be kids. Work a little, play a little. The child stage covers roughly ages 4/5 to 11 so I tend to dress them differently to reflect that :3


2. Adult -- I like this stage because it's similar to the childhood stage, but with more possibilities. My adult sims go down a lot of different paths of life, so it never feels too repetitive and boring. It's the stage that covers the most years (ages 18/22 to about 60) so it's fun trying to make them look older so it feels like time has passed too.


3. Young Adult/Teen -- It's not a bad stage, but for some reason, the fun slows down just a little in the teen stage for me. Unless I have a really engaging storyline, the days just go by. I never immediately send them off to college though - it just wouldn't 'feel' right ^^; They've gotta be in the middle/end of their age range, just so it feels like they've grown up a bit -- the exception being is if I've had them around for a long time, but never play them. When that happens & I am about to grow up their peers, I might age up them as well.)

In general YA is slightly higher up than Teen, but they have the potential to be just as uninteresting, so I tied them.

YAs are fun to me because they're adults, but not quite grown-up yet. They've got some teenage tendencies and a lot of free time, like children. I find if I let them do their own thing, they can easily create their own interesting storylines.
Some will be at the top of their class, a lot will be in the middle of the pack, and a few might not see senior year (I recently played a sim who realized halfway college wasn't for her. She constantly stayed in her room, rolled wants for her old friends and family, and struggled through her coursework. She dropped out 2 years in and jumped into a career and is now happier than ever).

I'm in college right now, so I like seeing them do the same things my peers and I do/did - making friends and frenemies, saving for apartments and trips, working part time, pulling all nighters and sometimes just saying 'screw class, gimme sleep x___x'

I really like the dorms too. They're like apartments, but with more opportunities to meet sims.


4. Elders - They're okay. I haven't played as many because my sims age really slowly (it's the double childhood :P). They're just like adults, but with less drama and duties. I suppose the real problem is that they have too much free time ^_^; They have potential, though. I think I'll have a higher opinion of them when my favorite group finally ages up. They'll still have their good jobs, established friends, quirks, and hobbies, plus maybe even some drama :P

5. Toddlers - Alright. I like that they're a heck of a lot more independent than babies, but not as interesting as children. Can be easy to forget about. I don't find them difficult at all.

6. Babies - They're stage is just the right length, because by the time I'm sick of them, they're ready to age up. Least customizable, hardly do anything. Next please! :)

[Aserette]

Heaps of people always say that toddlers are the worst to play cause they're annoying etc... But I love them :D They're so cute and fun to look after, I prefer toddlers and kids over Adults and Elders. :D I'm like to myself.. "God fricken damn it! L2 play the game >.<" when they complain about them lol. And I also find it funny that people complain about sims doing other stuff when they try and make them do something.. i'm just like to myself... FRICKEN HELL TURN OFF FREE WILL!!

Anyways :D Yeah sorry for the rant but yeah, I love toddlers and kids and I get adults to the top of their careers pretty early that they get boring and I just make them focus on hobbies and stuff :P
Elder's would have to be the most boring to play cause they don't do any interesting things and I pretty much make them focus on hobbies aswell... lol

[MilkyChoco52]

My favourite are the teens. I don't know why, maybe it's because I am one myself. I also like adults/ya.

The reason I hate elders is because you don't really need to take care of them, all they ever need is to use the bathroom and go to sleep. My elders never get hungry and it seems weird to me :\

[mr_insane]

Still in Mom's Belly : :rofl: :here: Like the way my Sims throw up
Baby : yikes.
Toddler : :king: Must treated like a king. So difficult, but fun.
Child : OK, search for some BFF to have love.
Teen : the most exciting part. First Kiss, Sneak Out, Break the Curfew, so much fun!
YA : Nothing interesting, except that 24 extra days. Heeheehee
Adult : Hmmm...
Elder : Great, so I can end his/her life, and continue the next generation...

[Aworldruledbymuffins]

My favorite age is probably teen or the early adult years.
Teenage, because it's basically just a simpler version of adult, and I do like the adult stage! Early adult mainly, because I love looking for a spouse, job, and let them explore their opportunities~
Children are okay, though I can't wait for them to grow up to teens! Maybe once I get some more kids in my neighborhood so they can all be friends, so they don't take home butt-ugly maxis children.
Elders are okay. I love elderly couples in real-life and in sims! They are just adorable. It's a pretty simple time.
Babies, I can't really complain about. They are just there.
I HATE toddlers. I teach em what they need to know with smartmilk and grow them up as fast as I can!

[ViviSims2]

I hate toddlers. :( :(
They sleep for like 5 seconds before waking up the whole by screaming. I like leaving them in their crib outside in a levitating prison :rofl: how I hate the evil zapping powers of the social worker.

Babys are a bit pathetic :rolleyes: , they just lie there, I like to put them in the prison with the toddlers.

Children are okay :|

Teens are awesome :D I like making romance sims and making them love everyone in the neighbourhood.

Adults are okay :up:

Elders are evil nanny relatives! :wtf: we must destroy them!

[aqua.writer.rain]

Babies- kind of annoying, but at least it's short.
Toddlers- I actually love the toddler stage, mostly because there's a lot to do. Plus, they're so cute!
Child- probably my favorite stage. They're still cute, they can skill more, and there's just so much to do!
Teen- fun because they can date, boring because it takes so long.
Adult-they can have kids, jobs, and everything in between. I think this is pretty much the perfect amount of time.
Elder-pretty boring, I'd like it to be a little bit shorter. It's just so much of the same for so long.

[Clashfan]

I like all of them for different reasons with the exception of elder. I have a hack so they sleep through the night and the weak bladders don't bother me that much primarily it is their voices.

I hate the way they sound when they talk, especially the males who seem to be hard of hearing. The stooped shoulder shuffle they do is annoying and unless you've got CC for them their clothes are hideous. I have a tendency to mute the voices when I play them at least then I can make it through their rotation without contemplating killing them off immediately.

As for the sounds they make during woohoo...totally skeeved out by that. Pretty much guaranteed that if an elderly couple is invited over to someone's house and they have a hottub they make a beeline for it so they can woohoo (thanks ACR). Makes for some interesting kids parties.

It kills me that Sims that I have loved become elders and then skeeve me out. I don't usually play multi-generational houses for this reason but I'm thinking about starting that. At least then I would have something else to focus on other than just the elders.

[cheshirekat]

Yeah, the elders making out is very yucky for me as well. I haven't let my elder sims woohoo since the time I let Denise Jacquet seduce Matthew Smith from the Garden Club. I couldn't even look at Denise or Matthew without feeling physically sick for quite a while afterward. And Matthew Smith was actually one of my favorite pre-made sims before that. Now I just avoid him. Denise Jacquet has been in the sim bin for a long long time because I didn't even like her before she hooked up with Matthew. Now it is a strain to resist killing her off each time I even see her in the sim bin, or show up on community lots.

Denise Jacquet is supposed to go to the retirement home I made for the elders. If only I could stand to see her again, which I can't at the moment. Especially if she gets attracted to one of the other elders in the retirement home. I barely made it when the Oldies were still living there together. And I was happy when the Grim Reaper came.

[Owfin]

Babies: Hate hate hate. My least favorite stage, even though it's short. They can't be posed, can't be controlled, and always look the same. Then again, that's pretty close to real babies.

Toddlers: This one is fun, and it's my favorite stage. You can actually do stuff with them, and they look different from each other. Also, they have adorable animations.

Children: Eh, all right. It's annoying how their time is taken up fufilling needs and doing homework if they aren't in private school. School is too easy, yet at the same time it is too hard to maintain a grade below A+ without going too low. They have nice interactions, though.

Teen: It's okay for some time, but after a while you ship them off to college because you've exhausted what you can do with them. Getting to use pose boxes for real is incredibly useful, though.

Young Adult: You really have to find them something special to do after the first semester and a half. I'm starting to only send some sims to college.

Adult: It's the main, basic life stage. Not much else to say about it.

Elder: They can be really boring, and it's my second least favorite stage. After the adult stage, you've exhausted everything that they can actually do. Options if you are an elder in my game:

Lucky Elders: Have not gotten to do everything in adult stage, so get to do adult stage stuff. Very rare, and usually limited to Xtreme legacy founders and the like.
Working Elders: Work at a full time job. When they get home, they work on a painting, a quilt, the computer, whatever makes money.
Nanny Elders: Stay home and take care of the kids. Only exist if both of the kids' parents work.

[my4monkeys25]

Well, after playing all ages for a while I can say, my order from fav to least is:

Adult: The most possibilities in gameplay. Main stage, IMO.

Teen: I love that they develop their looks the most in this stage. I always anticipate the growth from child to teen for this reason. I also like that they can work, fall in love, date, etc. You can find out more of who they are as a person. Also, decide aspiration. The only downfall is that the teen stage seems to take forrreeevvveeerrr. I usually shorten it by several years or so.

Toddler: Toddlers are adorable. This used to be my least favorite stage but I've learned to love helping them develop. Smart milk is a lifesaver. Their cute little interactions are so precious. I love dressing them up in custom clothes also.

Baby: Babies are so cute but also so easy. And the stage is very short, I like that. I love finding out what genetics they're born with.

Elder: Another stage I used to hate but have grown fond of. They can retire and spend time with grand kids, garden, paint, write novels, etc. Sometimes the stage can be a bit long with only so much to do.

Child: This is really tied with young adult for least favorite. Stage is way too long for the amount of things you can do. School, homework, private school, friends, wanting to play, yadi ya... boring. They are cute, but that's about it. I like that you can take them on vacation but then that extends the stage even longer.

Young Adult: College is WAY too long and drug out. I just hate sending them to university. I even have a hack to make it shorter and it's still long. I can see how it would be fun for some but I just can't stand it. The only time I ever send anyone to University is if I have a special sim that I want to graduate.

[Mew1210]

Toddler: So flipping adorable! :anime: Although they can be annoying, especially when they stand up in their cribs and scream for someone to let them out.
I made a single mother with twins, and DANG were they annoying. >.< Thank God they're teens now...

Child: Eh, they're okay. They're cute. :3 Although I hate the clothing...

Teen: One of my favorite stages. :D A lot of my Sims are Teens. I think they appeal to me more, considering the fact that I'm a teenager...

Adult: I've been making more adults now. I like their interactions and the fact that they actually have some freedom, as opposed to the teens.

Elder: I've never played as an Elder. :P I always age my adult Sims down (Elixir of Life) because I don't want them to be old. :(

[devmars]

My list from fave to hate:

1 Teens (Especially when they have a teen pregnancy...)
2 Adults (They're free!!)
3 Young Adults ( I don't have Uni installed, but I own it.)
4 Kids (Meh. Okay, but they never do what I tell them to.)
5 Elders (To tell the truth, I never made an elder sim in CAS. I get too attached to my sims, so I'd be upset when they die.)
6 Toddlers (Oh God not the damn cry again!!!! They cry too much.)

[CoOlStUfF125]

Baby- Not that difficult to look after so pretty good!
Toddler- SO ANNOYING! Too high maintenance!
Child- Ok except for the homework and the social workers
Teen- One of my faves because they are able to do more than children. Bad because they have to do homework
Young Adult- Probs the best because they don't have to work and they have a lot more options. Have to be wary of college work which can be annoying
Adult- quite easy to look after and I enjoy ruining their lives :)
Seniors- Don't play them much

[elledoubleyou]

I always skip over my toddlers, and i have yet to ever let one of my sims actually reach old age and pass.... Im too impatient i guess...

[DrowningFishy]

My most hated stage, baby. You can't age it up or down your at the mercy of the game. With babies you have yet to grasp on what possibly the little spawn will look like. Never mind good luck if you have multiple births. Sim babies look all the same. When your baby goes to grow up your sims needs can go to red and the baby may take a day or two to finally age. Speaking of red, some sims it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to get them to put down the kid and take care of themselves. I hate babies so much, I wish there was a way to go from birth strait to toddler.

[cheshirekat]

I use Sim Blender for most of my aging, including aging the babies.

[iRinSekine]

Newborns- I don't mind newborns. They are just kinda there. You don't really have to worry about them except feeding and washing.
Toddlers- I hate having to deal with toddlers. They are just so.. uncontrollable but I guess that's expected from a game about humans since in real life they're like that too, haha. It just irritates me having to teach them the potty training and walking and talking. I will admit- I use a lot of cheats when dealing with them.
Children- I love playing a child because I always make them have fun like a child should and go to the park instead of just wasting away on a computer( which I admit- I do ). I just enjoy playing a child even though I don't too often actually.
Teen- The teen is my favourite. Probably because I'm a teen myself and I don't get that much freedom(sadly) so I like to have a sim just like me and as a teenager who gets a lot of freedom.
Adult- I like playing adults. I honestly don't know why. I just do.
Elders- I don't really play as elders that often. So.. Not much to say about this one.

[dtfan]

Baby: Babies are probably my least favorite. As a matter of fact, I almost always grow them up as soon as they're born. I just like being able to see my Sim's stats and not guess as to when they're gonna wake my Adult Sims up.

Toddler: I like Toddlers. I actually made a couple characters just to see how many skills I could max. Needless to say, there weren't many, but I'll never get tired of seeing Toddlers walk, and I'll certainly never get tired of seeing two Toddlers huggle.

Child: Children are all right, but let their hunger bar go to yellow, you get a warning, keep them home for fifteen minutes alone, you get a warning, and if you're bored and feel like starving children, they don't die. They just get taken away by the Social Worker. My, how I hate that Social Worker.

Teenager: Probably my favorite age. This is the age where Sims can finally be on their own. You can get an occupation, impress Headmasters on your very own, and actually manage a business if you want to. I think I especially like Teenagers because of all the cool stuff packs that came with them, and because, if you kill off their parents, they aren't getting pulled into a shoddy blue van the very next second.

Young Adult: I like college years, but they always feel like the shortest. Shorter than teenagers, and most certainly shorter than adults. I just remember not being able to help how disappointed I was with them when I first bought University.

"What?! I seriously bought this, and I can't watch them go to school?! What a joke!"

Fortunately, I looked past that eventually and now look forward to the college years. :'D

Adult: I really don't have an opinion on adults. I make them almost everyday, but usually don't play them more than once. Basically, no comment.

Elder: I've made a few single elders in my day, but these always the die the fastest. I don't like being retired, I don't like having part-time jobs, and I don't like having a few Sim weeks to complete my Lifetime Aspiration. That's why I seldom create Elders. More often than not, they die pleading with the Grim Reaper to turn his hourglass upside down, not wearing a lei and carrying suitcases.

[crazyluv4mcr]

Adult stage is my favorite followed by young adult.

None of my sims have become an elder, and i use cheats to get through baby stage to teenager. Noone should be young for long and noone should ever grow old or die! (unless you need a ghost, then I kill them quick) :O

[Sandy40]

My favorite sim stage is the adult and least favorite is infant.

[Peni Griffin]

Now that I finally have some CAS adults turned elder who've been playing for awhile, I have to say - they're adorable. If they were in love before, they're still all over each other. (Why, why, why won't the game let them classic dance?) I get a rush of empowerment every time my aging Romance rock star Mary swoops in and snags a young man out from under the Diva's powdered nose. She just made almost $50,000 off a chance card, opting to body surf the crowd, and I have no idea what to do with it - her house is already about as big and tacky as she can manage by herself, and it'll be a long time before one of the grandsons can move in with her. Maybe she needs to start making expensive presents. Hilary Aerius is much more fun now that she's an elder with a full house, a cat and a grandson to spoil rotten, and her own car to woohoo in than she was when she was an adult pleasure sim living on her own. Madge Estic has her own little soap opera going on as the Diva tries to steal her much-younger husband. Mary and Nathan Gavigan get a little lost in their house full of extended family, but they were pretty inept as adults, too - never got over being premades.

They're all interesting if you give them something to do. Don't feel you have to retire a sim just because she's an elder now. How many doctors and lawyers do you see IRL who don't have gray hair, after all? Some of them improve their job performance after reaching elderhood, because they need less sleep.

And if you're worried about seeing the Rock Goddess outfit on an elder, don't - so far the only elders who don't go to work in their everyday clothes are the medical personnel. You may have to hunt for elder outfits you find acceptable (you probably will, in fact), but you don't have to see one in the bra and torn jeans, anyway.

[xCoCo]

Love adults, because they can do everything what they want! Babys, getting married.. everything ;)

[kratos]

young adults / adults:D

[Rarr]

i"ll list the ages and then rate them:
Baby- meh, its easy, they just poop and eat and you occasionaly have to bathe them
Toddler: HATE they are soo annoying and they are never happy
Child- okay- they are kinda boring because they cant date yet or do many useful things, but they are cute. and they have cute toys too :)
teen- LOVE i guess its because im a teen, but they can finally do a lot of things: useful things as in taking care of annoying toddlers who wont shut their mouths.
Adult- my main CAS age so i guess it cold be called one of my favorites
Elder- honestly ive only played them in challenges, maybe once. i cant stand looking at them their middle are too chubby, and at the hips... thats not normaly where chub is

[Jstrong]

Babies- drive me crazy. You can't do anything with them and my sims constantly want to pick them up when they are suposed to be doing something else. I usually age the babies shortly after they are born.

Toddlers- Slightly better than the babies but not much. I generally teach them what they need to be taught and age them up.

Children- I'm netural on children. I like it that they can halfway take care of themselves and it is easy to make them happy but it irritates me that they need someone in the house to watch them. (I have a tendency to not look at my parents career schedule and the kid comes home to an empty house)

Teens- I love the teens.. Mainly because they can do a hell of a lot more and I start geting an idea of their overall personality.

Young Adults- I like the Young Adults but Uni gets boring after awhile. I mainly use the universities for my sims to make friends and find their future spouse. The greek houses are fun though.

Adult- The adults are on par with the teens in terms of favorites. Maninly because they can do anything I need them too. Also they can have kids of heir own.

Elders- Elders bore me. I find that once the kids move out and the elders reach the top of their career there isn't much for them to do.

[eldavis]

I love toddlers. I hate the children. I don't understand why it's so damn hard for them to sit the fuck down and do there homework! It drives me insane. It's one of the few things I miss from TS3. The only elder I played was Pollination #9 and he was funny at first, but then he got annoying. It's like he has dementia. (Not trying to be rude or inconsiderate to people who have dementia. If it comes across that way, I apologize.) Adults are tied with toddlers as my favorite age group, mainly because they have the most to do. One thing that bugs me to no end is their bitch fits about routing errors. The house I'm playing has a bay window-ish shaped area on the front of the house and for some reason, my Sims can't seem to navigate around it to the other side of the house without going all the way to the very edge of the lot before eventually going where I intended for them to go. (That sentence made more sense in my head.) Baby's are cute, especially with the little CC outfit that I put in my game. I'm glad the stage isn't super long because they get boring after a while. I actually haven't played any teens yet.

TL;DR
1. Toddlers or Adults (Tie)
2.Babies
3.Elders
4.Children

[RowenaLupin]

1 - Children: I absolutely adore the children, and I have a hack that makes the Social Worker non-existent except if I'm going to adopt, which I never do. I like the children's personality, and if they're hungry, I always have one of my adult Sims make many single plates of food so that all they have to do is get it out. Children are really self-sufficient. I left free will on, and they took care of themselves better than teens.

2 - Toddlers: I love toddlers, I like having a house full of them. They're a lot of fun for me because they're so innocent, and I LOVE it when they follow the parent around. The Potty training is annoying without Smart Milk, but it's doable because I have an extended life span.

3- Teens: I love Teens because you can get away with dressing them anyway you want. I also like the fact that teens can learn stuff before they go to college, and all I have to do is put it on Ultra Speed, and max their motives every now and then. (I only ever use maxmotives in uni because I hate taking forever)

4 - Adult/YA: They are the same to me. I am kind of neutral about them. I love all my CC for them so it helps, but they aren't all that exciting because they're predictable to me.

5- Elder: They're very tedious to play. I usually put it on ultra speed, and wait for them to die - if not, I use the Death cheat to kill them naturally.


(I purposely left the babies out. I think they're cute, but I have nowhere to stick them.)

[Orilon]

I absolutely hate toddlers. Following the parents around and whining about nothing generally annoying me. I don't mind babies unless the stupid parents are playing musical cribs (I finally found a mod to stop that)

I like children and teens. Children are mostly self suffient and teens more so. I love adults. I don't mind elders, especially when they retire to take care of the babies/toddlers and I can avoid the dreaded nanny.

[annoainthere]

I must say, I'm no longer enamored with the life stages of a Sim, some are much more fun to play then others and some have just lost my interest (too much monotone for my colourful imagination). Here are my thoughts about the life stages of a Sim.

Babies: Unless its the "OMG she/he is giving birth what am I gonna name it" part, they don't excite me anymore. Although I don't mind this stage its too simple for me now. Babies get fed twice a day, changed diaper once a day, bath on the second day and play/cuddle a few times a day. I used to be very concerned about them redlining but nowadays keeping them green is easy, so all the excitement has gone.

Toddlers: Can be a pain, but make up for it with the cuteness. Having moved on from my *SQUEEE OM! U R SO CUTE!!!!!!" stage with toddlers I find myself in a habit of raising multiple toddlers at a time for a challenge, having pinned down a schedule to keep them mostly in the green. Once skilled I let the toddler's free will take over.

Children: They're OK, I usually change their clothes and hair (if ugly or they don't suit), teach them to do homework and direct them to fulfill needs. Free will does the rest, and it makes it fun to watch.

Teens: Once again I'll give them a makeover. They are quite fun to play (they are pretty much miniature adults) with their options to make game play more interactive. I enjoy playing teens, the length of days as a teen are bit long for my tastes. It also doesn't hurt to have inteen and ACR installed.

Young Adults: There has got to be a better way to be a young adult! Oh great creators, why couldn't you have taken some days off the teen and adult to put this in as a normal life stage? *sigh* Anyway I look at it, I dislike this stage, generally avoiding University and Young Adults. Sure they can be fun to play and have a range of great bonuses when they finish Uni, but I just dislike the idea of it not being "normal" for all Sims. Many of my Sims are currently in Limbo awaiting their boyfriend/girlfriend to finish Uni. If I could play out this life stage as Young Adult for both Uni and Non-Uni Sims I would play it much more.

Adults: Are the most enjoyable Sim life stage to play to me. It's the flexibility and options that I like best. They are by far the easiest life stage to play and it's all in how you play them. Of course I enjoy playing adults that have been raised since baby/toddler more then CAS created Sims. More personality and life experiences in my opinion.

Elders: I used to hate elders, but since I instigated a live with family, or in nursing home or retirement village ruling. My hatred has died off and I'm more positive (although not eccentrically happy) about playing them to death. Mostly I leave them to their own decisions and only swoop in if they are about to kill themselves (by their own stupidity). Unless the death is a challenge I like them to die in gold or platinum aspiration, makes for prettier gravestones/urns.

So all in all Adults are my number 1, followed by Teens, Elders, Young Adults, Toddlers and Babies.

While I make a fuss about Young Adults above I do like playing the University style of game play, I just wish it could also apply to Sims who do not attend Uni.

Yes Toddlers and Babies are at the end, they are just too monotonous at the moment.

In the end though, no matter how much any life stage irks me, I do try to allow my Sims to have a decent if not great lives. So if I have to suffer through some dullness so a baby can grow up, then so be it. Most of the time I'm busy with a house full of Sim's at various life stages anyway. So some dullness is a good thing, keeps game play balanced. Not too much fun that I'm overdoing the fun and just fun enough to want to keep playing.

[simrae92to7]

I hate toddlers!!! UGH, they are always cranky and need tons of attention! My favorite is teen, they're fun, especially when they can sneak out at night. :anime:

[Sunflowergal22]

i like young adults and teens.
i don't like toddlers that much, but i can manage

[omglo]

I don't like babies because they don't do anything. Next is elders, because their time is coming to an end, but it is fun that they finally have the free time and lack of responsibility to pursue all their wants. All the others are fun. College got better when my Sims stopped going to class and just studied and did homework from home. It's sort of like they're young retirees. Toddlers and children are so cute. I like to give them all the toys and see which ones they gravitate toward. Kids became more interesting when I built a rec center for them. I let them do their own thing and it's interesting to see who they become friends with and see which kids play instruments all day or which ones prefer using the little stove, or playing sports.

[elementalorigin]

In order of favourite to least favourite:

Adult/YA (they are so similar I just lumped them together hehe)
Child (I like dressing my kids in cutesy outfits like little blue sailor suits and oh so many ringlet hairstyles for the little girls :D)
Teen (Ha they are no longer at risk from the social worker, woo!)
Elder (Old grandparent couples are cute, and I love decorating their homes in kitschy styles, but usually at this stage I'm a bit sick of the damn Sim already haha)
Toddler (I don't have time to read you a story, leave me alone, I'm trying to work on my skills! Teach yourself to walk! :P)
Baby (WHERE IS YOUR MUTE BUTTON?)

[Hulibert]

My most favorite would be toddlers, they're so adorable at that age! I wish there's more interaction for them, like between toddlers ( I don't have Free Time and Apt Life, so I don't know if there's anything new added for them)

The rest are okay in my book :)

[ModClod]

Here is a list of my favorite ages:

Baby: :|

Toddler: :help:

Child: :rolleyes:

Teen: :king:

Young Adult (The Sims 2 University): :up:

Adult: :D

Elder: :|

[Sugar Luffs U]

I like'em all. Because, obviously, I cheat to get by :3 But before then, I really hated the toddler stage... Join da crowd, bud.

[Vladora]

Okay, here it goes...

Babies: Easy. Not much trouble with them. I let the caregivers autonomously feed them. Change diapers when they need to and cuddle/play with them.

Toddlers: These used to be the bane of my existence, but I think I've figured out how to handle them now. I can easily get one toddler to learn all its skills before growing up. Even without aspiration rewards. Not making any promises with twins, though.

Children: A relief since even though I have toddlers more under control, having them around still stresses me out. Not much trouble as long as you have leftovers in the fridge.

Teens: I do think this stage goes on a bit too long. A plus is that they have aspirations now and you can get more of a feel for their personality. Also a good time to skill (I never skill adults unless they need it for their job or it's one of their wants, but anything younger than that I'll skill evenly).

Adults: My favorite since they're free to do anything they please. The default, though, so there's not much to say about them.

Elders: I like them. Never minded their slowness much. Great for taking care of the children while the parents are at work so you don't have to deal with the nanny. If there's nothing for them to do, I just leave free will on and let them do as they please.

[Dreamstar]

Okay, here it goes...

Babies: Easy. Not much trouble with them. I let the caregivers autonomously feed them. Change diapers when they need to and cuddle/play with them.

Toddlers: These used to be the bane of my existence, but I think I've figured out how to handle them now. I can easily get one toddler to learn all its skills before growing up. Even without aspiration rewards. Not making any promises with twins, though.

Children: A relief since even though I have toddlers more under control, having them around still stresses me out. Not much trouble as long as you have leftovers in the fridge.

Teens: I do think this stage goes on a bit too long. A plus is that they have aspirations now and you can get more of a feel for their personality. Also a good time to skill (I never skill adults unless they need it for their job or it's one of their wants, but anything younger than that I'll skill evenly).

Adults: My favorite since they're free to do anything they please. The default, though, so there's not much to say about them.

Elders: I like them. Never minded their slowness much. Great for taking care of the children while the parents are at work so you don't have to deal with the nanny. If there's nothing for them to do, I just leave free will on and let them do as they please.
I agree, the teens stage seems to go on forever, its like omg hurry up and grow please! :lol:

[Julieryc]

One advantage to using the Uni/YA lifestage is that you can cut the teen lifestage short if you think that it's dragging. I tend to make it a rule to send all teens in a given generation to college after X days, instead of waiting out the full lifestage. Since all my Sims go to Uni, this works well.

I tend to agree with everyone else: YA/adult is best, followed by teen and child, then elder and toddler, then baby. Babies don't do anything; I would've been fine if a baby aged up at 6 pm the day after its birth. Toddlers are work-intensive, but they're cute. I wish EA had made a toddler pen with all the skilling toys and a bottle in it so you could just plonk the toddler in it and go about your business without worrying that the kid's playing in the toilet.

I like using the child's lifestage to see what wants they roll: I let them skill autonomously or when they have a want. It's a good time to figure out if they like spending time with family, or roll a lot of wants to befriend people (a future Popularity or Romance sim?) or want to do a lot of autonomous skilling. I used to use the time to skill them all up, but got bored with playing Sims who'd maxed their skills by YA, so I'm playing a more sim-directed style now and liking it.

I don't like elders - I have a dearth of wardrobe choices for them and not all my custom hairs are elder-enabled - so I play with a mod that lengthens adult lifespan while shortening elder. I mostly move them in with their extended family and use them for child care.

[M.M.A.A.]

One advantage to using the Uni/YA lifestage is that you can cut the teen lifestage short if you think that it's dragging. I tend to make it a rule to send all teens in a given generation to college after X days, instead of waiting out the full lifestage. Since all my Sims go to Uni, this works well.

Same here, as i leave them up to three days from bcoming an adult, then send them to college. thats seems more accurate to me.

[Peni Griffin]

I send my teens to university with one day left, but I divide the teen stage in two mentally and play them age-appropriately. The first half is middle school, the second half is high school. About at the midway point the teen will do a (sometimes radical) makeover to represent finally getting the freedom to dress themselves and choose their style, middle schoolers can't borrow the family car, and if a high schooler and a middle schooler date it's a scandal. Middle schoolers go, and take their younger friends and siblings, to parks, stores, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and Red's Diner; but venues with bars and poker are off-limits without an adult - which doesn't mean middle schoolers never go to venues with bars, but that they don't go casually. Kestrel Hawkins takes refuge from a hailstorm in a venue with a clothing store on the bottom floor and a night club on the third; she feels delightfully wicked sneaking up to the night club and trying to pass as older (and the bartender serves her a Shirley Temple). Dominic Moiselle goes to Midnight Flows in a bunch with his college age relatives, but when he takes (slightly younger) Honey Beare there a bunch of fights break out and the date is cut short because he realizes he should never have taken her. Ashleigh Pitts-Upsnott takes her first date to Rodney's Hideout because she doesn't have enough supervision and its familiarity (right across from the apartment she grew up in) makes it seem innocuous, and her date ditches her to play cards. And so on.

I really do like 'em all.

[Lance]

Babies. This does not seem to be a proper lifestage at all, baby is just a screaming object. You poke it with feeding bottle sometimes.
Toddlers. You need to keep an eye out for their bladder whilethey sit with a skilling toy for hours on end. Not very fascinating.
Childs. Ew. Childs do chores. The most opressed lifestage in my game.
Teens. Teens are either in school, at work or sleeping. I actually get surprised every time I see a teen on the lot. As I decide that this particular teen surprises me this way too often, I send him to college.
YA. Here's your homework. *fast forwarding to the exams*
Adults. Um, what should I do with you now? All your skills are maxed out, you have finished lifetime wish in the first two days, you're at the top of your career... Yeah, now we go straight into kidsmaking.
Elders. It would be fun to play with you, dear elder, but, you see, you're gonna die anyway. Why would I care for someone who's not going to last?... Go do something fun before death takes you.

[Darby]

One wonders why you play at all, Lance. ;)

[Lance]

...but I love the game ^^

It's like - one or two sims I care for, and all others are just their parents/spouse/heirs/cousins/etc that need to be kept alive for the idyllic picture.

[Darby]

... but what do you DO in the game? From what you say about each age group, I imagine you grumbling a lot. :lol:

[Lance]

I... manage my own little world.

[Rouge Carmin]

I can't stand toddlers, they are so annoying. I could never manage to make them learn those skills without some hack or cheat and the nanny never helps, like I said annoying!
On the other hand I find YA and Adults so much fun and the children are so cute. :)

[littleliar990]

I personally like YA/adults mostly, because they can do everything on their own. My least favorite are toddlers, because they are pretty boring. It's not the needs, potty training or stuff like that (I play with cheats, please don't kill me), I don't even know what it is that makes them so boring, the only thing I know is that I hate playing with toddlers! :blink:

[Briana2425]

My least to favorite age stages
1. Toddlers- don't get me wrong their cute and all with their little outfits but at night when your sims try to go to sleep they wake up screaming shaking the crib and all I mean at first it was cute than it got annoying teaching them how to walk, talk, and sing a nursery rhyme is cute but the potty training wow that takes forever.
2. Elder- Their just a boring stage but I play them anyways.
3. Young Adult- I like the stage but the University is too long.
4. Child- Because I love their kid voices and their just cute.
5. Baby- All they do is sleep poop and eat
6. Teen- They can't get taken away by social worker.
7. Adult- They get married have a baby etc.

[andre8]

From least favorite to favorite:

1. Toddlers - I hate having to do the potty training/learning to walk/learning to talk. They're pretty boring.
2. Babies - They're also boring.
3. Teens - Also pretty boring.
4. Elders - They're pretty much like adults, but when they grow up they die.
5. Children - They're cute, and can do stuff that teens and up can't and what toddlers and babies can't.
6. Young Adult - Just like adults, but with the added college bonus, which I love.
7. Adults - They can WooHoo, have babies, and have an actual career. CAREER REWARDS!!!

[Legendary-Taco]

Favorite to least favorite~

1 - Adults. They can breed, and my sims live to breed.
2 - Children don't bother me, so they're okay.
3 - Teens are alright, but it irks me that they are so close to growing up. I rush things. I just want them to give me more babies
4 - Toddlers. They used to be my favorite, but it was enough after I had two sets of tuplets' and had to teach them toddler things.
5 - BABIES ARE USELESS TO ME.
6 - Elders. I wouldn't really know about them. My sims never die :|

[Princess_Star]

I don't really have a favorite or least favorite.. I can make the Sims good or bad depending on my mood..

[Havisham]

Ha ha, what a silly little thread! I like it. :D

My favorite age (of course) is Adult. There's so many things you can do with them! I feel like ideas and stories really branch out at this stage and there's so many options, while other stages are more narrow in storytelling (Teens = drama, drama, teen pregnancy, drama, love triangle, drama)

Next comes Teen. While most of the stories I see on Youtube are pretty stereotypical with the Teens, I think it's fun to play them because this is where my characters and plans for them start to really form and are put into action. Also love getting caught by the cops for some reason!

Third favorite would be Child. Children I find can be pretty boring, and I hate the somewhat limited interactions they have with Adults (same with Teens) But it's fun to have them finally up and moving around, and doing all the cleaning (Teens have gardening).

Then I have Elder. I like playing as Elders because that's when I like to send them vacationing for the most part. The downside to it is that you don't age on vacations, and their days at home usually consist of hobbies, keeping relationships up, playing with pets, and having weird sleeping hours and plummeting bladder meters. But it can also be pretty fun if you get a wild one!

Next comes Babies. Not much to them, my process is generally change diaper, check, bathe, play, feed, cuddle, put in crib, and repeat process.

After Babies comes Toddlers. I don't like them too much because they always ask for crap, have weird sleeping schedules, and wake up in the middle of the night screaming when no needs are low while my poor parent sims are exhausted! And I scramble to teach them all their skills on time.

Finally comes Young Adult. GOD, I HATE University for some reason, but love the objects and so cannot part with it! I also can't ignore the Teens' practically permanent wish to go to college, and I think this suits some Sims better. So the "college experience" in my game is ignoring all your dorm buddies (No polluting the relationship panel, you!) writing a term paper and going to class once, and then sleeping (or better, meditating) until the next exam.

[Jennbob]

I like Adults best for all the reasons mentioned. Marriage, pregnancy, creating and raising families, careers etc; all the stuff that comes with being full grown!

Then I like Young Adults because it's a chance for my sims to be wild and free while they still can, before the responsibilities of adulthood get them. True, I have some irresponsible adults still and some YAs that are wise beyond their years, but mostly my uni students spend their time romancing, partying, going on dates, generally having a good time. I do agree that this stage does tend to drag a bit sometimes, and for that reason I sometimes use the College Adjuster to fast-forward to my sims final exams if I feel they've already gotten all they can out of the semester and are just waiting for those last few hours to trickle by.

I have recently rediscovered my love of teens. I'm playing them for longer (before I used to just ship them off to college as soon as possible) and playing with the teen functions more, such as having them Sneak Out and go on dates and I use this time to really discover their personality. Usually after about five days of teenager-hood I decorate their room according to their personality.

I like children well enough. They're cute, and I like the kid actions like Show Off, hugging their parents when they come home from work, dancing on the feet. I try to make sure my kids have at least a couple of cooking skill points before aging to teen just so they don't burn the house down the first time they cook a meal for themselves, and most of my sim kids love jump rope so they earn a few body skill points too. At this point in their life I try to introduce them to their extended family and build friendships with other kids.

Elders I don't mind. Their walk doesn't annoy me (I don't even notice it) and most of mine keep their adult jobs and only retire when they roll a want for it, which isn't that often actually. Usually Family Elders retire sooner and are quite happy to look after their grandchildren.

I used to love Toddlers, but as I now have loads their appeal is sort of wearing thin. Don't get me wrong, they're still cute and I like to try to build up their skills as much as possible and never tire of seeing them Huggle each other, but after playing five houses in a row of them, it is quite nice to get to a household that is toddler-free. :)

[Kierne]

Favorite to least favorite stages:

1. Adult. So many possibilities, so much to get done, especially if the family is a goal family in my hood - ie, they have old money and the next generation is tasked with adding more to the simolean pile, or at least not mucking it up. I have assigned goals to approximately half of my playables in the main hood. The rest are "works in progress".
2. Young Adult. Although, after playing through every playable in all three Uni's, I'm looking forward to getting the last eight out of the dorms and letting the University shut down for a while. In Meadowbrook, state funding cuts mean there are only two choices - Sim State University, which I play pretty much the way the game is meant to be played, or Academie Le Tour, which is the Ivy League, and costs Mom and Dad an extra $2500 per semester. SSU was originally going to get the axe, too, but I decided at the last minute while brainstorming that I liked the initials - which are the same for the college I attended IRL - so the State scraped together just enough to keep it running.
3. Teen - I love playing teens - date, worry about homework, get a job at the last minute to get the scholarship - it's a constant juggle, and a very vibrant time in the Sim's life.
4. Child - some of their behaviors are annoying, but they're usually cute enough to get away with it, and I love the AL playground stuff.
5. Elders - I haven't played any of my Meadowbrook hood sims to this age yet, but I generally just let them do whatever they want until Grim comes for them - unless I need them to encourage a child to not be so darn lazy, mean, or sloppy. Annoying that they spend eighty percent of their waking hours in, on their way to, or just leaving the bathroom.
6. Toddlers -argh, but this age frustrates me! I have got to have cheats to get everything done in time for age transition, unless there are five to seven stay-at-home Sims. Potty training makes me want to cry, it's so time consuming. I had the perfect situation occur ONCE - toddlers had just drunk smart milk, all need bars green except bladder, which was almost to failure, and they potty-trained in one try. I've tried to recreate the scenario on purpose many, many times. No such luck.
7. Babies. Ugh! Five pound sack of rice that occasionally screams bloody murder, usually when Mom and Dad are JUST getting to lay down for the night. I think I had maybe three babies that spent the full time as babies, and that was because I was too busy with Dad and his five business LTW.

[Darby]

6. Toddlers -argh, but this age frustrates me! I have got to have cheats to get everything done in time for age transition, unless there are five to seven stay-at-home Sims. Potty training makes me want to cry, it's so time consuming. I had the perfect situation occur ONCE - toddlers had just drunk smart milk, all need bars green except bladder, which was almost to failure, and they potty-trained in one try. I've tried to recreate the scenario on purpose many, many times. No such luck.

You might have more fun with toddlers if you relax about the toddler skills. The only potential downside to them never learning them is that they don't get the FT lifetime aspiration meter boost. In my opinion, that meter fills too quickly anyway, so I don't mind the "lack".

I do rather like to have them potty trained, simply because then that's one need they can meet themselves afterward. So that one I do tend to do for each toddler. It's really pretty easy to get them trained in one go. For one thing, be aware that it's not necessary for them to still be glowing from the smart milk in order for it to work. I'm sure it was supposed to work that way, originally, but it doesn't. Instead, the effect gets "stuck", and barring a sim reset, is likely to remain stuck up through age transition to child, and sometimes even teen. Also, toddlers don't have to be hungry to be fed smart milk. If I'm going to use smart milk at all, I tend to feed it pretty much as soon as they transition to toddler. (One bottle is all it takes, by the way. In fact, it's possible for a second bottle to "unstick" a stuck smart milk effect.)

So, a toddler on smart milk with bladder need well into the red. Add to this a "teacher" wearing a thinking cap, and you'll likely get the potty training done in one. If it's fall, the fall skilling boost virtually guarantees it. :)

[Peni Griffin]

Also, the toddler stage is timed so that, without smart milk, if you monitor the toddler's needs and take care to have someone controllable on the lot potty train them regularly about as often as the bladder bar goes yellow (I like yellow because if you push the limit on the red zone, the toddler gets stubborn, wiggles off the pot, and wets himself - loses all round), the skill will be learned before the transition time. If you don't want to monitor that closely, a regular routine of taking them to the potty right after they eat, which is what real parents do anyway, works fine. I generally have them potty-trained about the same time the "grow up" option becomes available, though I usually take the last day in full to keep ages more or less consistent. In a family with nannies instead of stay-at-home or vacation-taking parents, the potty training may not finish till right before transition, but if you've locked the want you can then transition at platinum, so - not a problem.

[em-em]

Baby - I don't mind it, they don't do much and are easy to cope with, although I can't stand my sims and even random sims who have been invited over constantly getting them out of cribs and feeding them endless amounts of milk, they don't even think to reuse the bottle they put on the floor, dumb sims.

Toddler - Annoying, depending on how much willpower I have to learn them each of their 3 toddler skills and still put up with them. My main priority with these is keeping them away from a toilet, they just make a complete mess of a bathroom and make all my teen+ sims needs drop because of a swarm of puddles.

Child - Meh, I don't mind. They're pretty much capable to look after themselves at this point, so, no big deal.

Teen - Possibly my favourite, I guess they're just more fun. Only thing I dislike is when you have Uni EP installed, even when they don't have 'Go To College' in their wants AT ALL through their teen lifetime, when they don't go & age into an adult they pretty much cry about it for the rest of their lives. Hmph, annoying as ever. I do not need depressed sims over something like that, you can still become a Doctor without a degree for gosh sake, if only it was like that in the real world. Be happy about it :P

Young Adult - Hm, I see these as a mix of teens with adult opportunities, although they so damn slow. Really.............really.........s.......l.......o........w

Adults - I like adults. I don't have a choice, really. But yeah, adults seem to have the most going for them (obviously)

Elders - Haha, I never play elders! Mortimer Goth was probably an exception, I play with the Oldies sometimes since they live with the Pleasants, but nah, I don't really like Elders.

[Peni Griffin]

I don't know what y'all do to your sims, but I have only two people with the chance to go to University who didn't get to go, and neither of them has ever cried about it. Ginger's cried about damn near everything else, but not that as far as I can tell, and she's usually in a good mood these days. Cooper pretty much cries when someone dies.

I also don't have a problem with toddlers and the toilet since my experimental days. They do it sometimes, but mine are generally too busy playing with family members and skilling toys, and only go into the bathroom to use the potty. Are you sure there isn't a patch that took care of that?

[omashu9]

I like adults, because they can live by themselves and chill on motherlode without having to go to work. Toddlers are a pain.

[Darby]

I haven't seen a toddler dabble in the toilet for for awhile. Rather surprising, when I think about it, because lately I've been playing the ISBI (I'm Surrounded By Idiots) Challenge and am not allowed to control the toddlers in the household at all.

I don't have any mods to stop it, either. As heavily modded as my game is, I have relatively few that squash sim behaviors. Too many of those, and my sims wouldn't be able to surprise me as much, and that would be sad.

Anyway, if toddlers and toilets are a problem, one creative solution I've heard is to put the toilet on the indoor stage thingy.

[Kierne]

Darby - I think my problem stems more from being away from the game for so long - I lost the rythym, so to speak. After playing about half-a-dozen households, I usually get at least potty-training and talking done - walking too if I have a stay-at-home Mom. My other problem I solved quite simply - only double family aspirations get to have more than one child - and they're limited, very carefully, to four max. :)

[DasRabennest]

Hi there,

I seem to be the exception that loves all ages. For a long time I hated the elder and young adult stages due to their limitations but I realized that I'll be an elder sometime myself and will have to find ways to make life worthwhile then. So why not try to do that in the Sims too?

I've had the gaming fun of my life making old criminal mastermind Harold Easton retire and try to find a hobby. He spent some days painting, then realized that wasn't quite it...then he bought a piano and played his scales up and down, then realized the sound of another C would make him murder his neighbours...after that he tried almost everything and never liked anything so he had his eldest son Miron move back in and spent his remaining days instructing junior on the Easton's 'business'. *coughs*

You should've seen him! :D He threw tantrums like a three-year-old and was never satisfied but as soon as junior moved back in he grabbed him by the collar and they chatted and threw ball all day long and he had the best days of his little sim life ever. ;)

Baby time I spend bonding with the family, Toddler days are the days the whole family is strained and spent but also happy about every achievement of their little ones, children hang out at the neighbourhood playground and come to know all the other kids around, teenage days are the days of dating and trying out everything, young adult times means party, adult life is hard but productive and the elder stage is harvesting the crops. It's great and I love every stage now. ;)

DasRabennest

[Peni Griffin]

I love 'em all, and I think the things people gripe about are the things they prefer to dislike rather than making the effort of finding the fun in them, but I've noticed people get bent out of shape when say things like that. People like complaining. It's a basic fact of human behavior.

[Firelira78]

I don't hate any sim age. Though, I'll admit, the 'Baby' and 'Toddler' stages are sort of stressful. Especially, since I'm obsessed with letting my toddlers be 100% platinum always.

I just love the 'Teen' stage though. I find it the most interesting and fun. That's another minority opinion I know, as most people I read about want to shorten it. Also, I play without the very popular 'Inteen' hack.

[em-em]

Hm, my teens always tend to do it. After a while, it wears off though, like when they have a platnium want fufilled that takes their mind off of negative things and more on the positive (promotion, child, etc).

As for the toddler thing, it usually happens if there are no toys on a certain floor of the house, they get bored & since the adults are usually doing something else they go to 'Play With The Toilet'. I probably should consider putting toys downstairs but I always keep them in their rooms upstairs usually, so thats probably why. I've noticed upstairs they tend not to trash bathrooms with splurges of puddles, haha. Maybe I should consider putting a few toys downstairs, but they just look so random & misplaced, I don't really want too. I suppose I could always make an add on nursery, hm. We'll see. :p

[Peni Griffin]

Um - em-em, have you not been in any homes with toddlers lately? They're full of random and misplaced toys! Personally I love how older sims have to walk around them, running the toddler-toy gauntlet just like in real life. If you like, put a toy box down there, using CC to make sure you get one that fits your decor, and then you can have even more realistic scatters of random toys, and neat grownups coming along and putting them away periodically.

[scalpearl]

Baby: It's exciting to see what gender it is, and then having to think up a name. After that they're kind of annoying until they age transition as the adults and teens, even visitors, are constantly wanting to feed them and leave bottles all over the floor.

Toddlers: So cute! Well, as long as they're not twins. I try to get them potty trained quickly (I miss the old potty-training cheat where you would click on the stretching adult) but usually don't bother with walk and talk. Just lots of charisma bunny and making friends for the family - every visitor will be required to "play with" until they are friends with the toddler. When I finally release the visitors they often wet themselves, complain of hunger and exhaustion, and leave!

Children: I'm liking them more as I'm using the "make all happy" boolprop cheat these days so that the kids aren't out of fun and tired when they get home from school. That had always been a big problem - kids had to play computer games for hours, then go to bed, usually when the family was about to have dinner, then they'd wake up in the middle of the night wanting help with homework when everyone was asleep argh!

Teens: Stage is far too long but I try to look at it as a time to get started in their career and build relationships for marrying them off. Also they are useful in looking after the toddlers and doing their siblings' homework ;)

Young Adult: I've hardly ever played this stage, not keen on leaving the neighbourhood for University.

Adult: The best as they can do everything.

Elder: I don't like letting my sims become elders as they are so unattractive and annoying (in the game, in the game!) that it becomes a quick race to death. "Market day, Lenny!"

[em-em]

My homes are never full of random misplaced toys! I keep them all in one room and they never leave that room, ofcourse, that room does wind up being a bit of a messy place. Usually that room is their bedroom upstairs, like I said, I never put toys downstairs so thats why. I've never had an adult bring a toy from a toy box downstairs either, hm. Thats a good idea actually! I never thought of there being any CC toys/toy boxes to fit the interior of downstairs rooms. Haha, I'll check some out now. Thanks :D

[Kat128]

-Babies: They are boring. Period. It seriously annoys me, when the baby it's fine and then some sim comes to hold the baby and then puts the baby on the floor! I always have to check up on the baby and make sure he/she it's not on the floor :rolleyes:

-Toddlers: They're kinda funny to play with, difficult yes, but funny nonetheless. I love to play them because of all the unique interactions that other sims don't have. I specially love it, when I buy them a Dollhouse and the I make them smash it, it's so funny! :lol:

-Children: I like playing them, but don't do it often because of a bad experience back in my newbie days (aka social worker came and took my kid away :cry:)

-Teenagers: Love making them, don't play them that much.

-Young Adults/Adults: I mostly play adults, I love all the crazy stuff they can do. :D

-Elders: Don't play them. Never.

[DamascaRamza]

Babies: They're boring to me, plus I hate how all both parents just pester the baby all the time, the sooner the baby grows up, the better.

Toddler: They can be cute, plus I find their throwing a tantrum because they're stuck in their crib hilarious. The interactions between toddlers and their siblings are cute as hell.

Child: They're adorable in so many ways, plus their interactions are funny, I just hate that kids leave after 5:30pm if they aren't involved in something that stops them or 8:30pm when their parents show up, it's annoying. Major downside is that I can't bring myself to let them grow into teenagers, they're too adorable.

Teenagers: I like them, but I haven't found very few ways to tell stories with them that I like.

Young Adult: Only used once, they were a little boring, to be honest, I'll try them again at some point.

Adult: I like them, they can do so many wacky things, plus with mods, they're even better.

Elder: I've never played as one, I probably won't anytime soon.

[BeckyBoo8]

Least Favorite to Favorite:
Young Adult- I wouldn't know. I have all the expansions except University and Free Time.
Elder- Soooo ugly and slow, I like grandparents and stuff, but I just don't like them. They disgust me.
Baby- Not many interactions. Toddlers can't interact with them, children can only talk to them if an older sim is holding it, and THEY NEVER LEAVE IT ALONE!
Child- Fun. I love child and parent bonding, so cute! I use this life stage for my children to become best friends with the ones they'll marry, get good grades, build relationships, get skills, and get into private school.
Toddler- Sooo cute! They're a little difficult to take care of, where as their energy falls and replenishes quickly. But download a toddler bed, get some smart milk, and yay! I love the huggle interaction between toddlers!!!
Adult- Can do anything. I love going on dates and taking care of children. Family Aspiration is my favorite!
Teen- So fun! They don't need jobs, so they have no responsibilities and they can do the same stuff as adults except engagement/marriage and pregnancy.

[SiliconAI]

I hate babies for many of the same reasons many people in this thread hate them. Not many interactions and they can be quite obtrusive to day to day family operations. (kinda like real life I guess, Lol!)

My favorite is the toddler stage. They're funny and adorable and its fun to have the parents or sibling try to teach them new things. I especially love the fact that after they know how to walk they can "escape" from their crib.

[joandsarah77]

Babies: I like babies more then most people I think. I like seeing what gender, hair and eye colour they get. I love changing my gender linked baby clothes around and seeing what a new set looks like. I also change around default baby hair. I love the actions in the dangle master. I also have a breast feeding hack. They are usually only babies for two days and mine sleep through most of the night and don't cry much.

Toddlers: I love toddlers. I love seeing them age up and they are just so cute. I have a double aging hack, so mine are toddlers for 8 days. I like to have them spin up training wants as those give lots of aspiration points. Most of mine have all three skills plus the nursery rhyme down after a couple of days. Smart milk and a training cap doesn't tale long. Give them a sleep mat and they only need a cuddle and a bottle and a couple of baths. Even in challenge households such as my ISBI, I hardly ever find them playing in the toilet. Following parents seem to be the big draw card there. Once trained they pretty much take care of themselves. I like skilling up charisma and mechanical at this age as it's fun to learn then. I've played the toddler mania challenge a few times, so even twins seems rather easy now.

Children: I like. I have a school mod so some go to prep school or home-school. I also have a summer holiday mod to give the kids who go to regular or privet school a break from the homework. Homework is what I dislike most with this age as well as some of the silly things, such as kids can't make themselves a sandwich. I do have a hack that lets them get toddlers a bottle even though they drop it on the floor.

Teens: This is the most boring stage for me. It's just too long unless I send them to uni. My aging mod means they won't age up for 30 days. But even 15 seems to drag on.

Young Adult: I like these sometimes. Other times I think Uni will never end and use the college adjuster. I also have in a career link to uni hack, so jobs like being a Dr do require uni. I have recently put in uni in the main hood, so I will let some do uni from home now for a change.

Adult: Great life stage, especially now mine have 60 days and I don't have to worry about elixcer. After 60 days i usually feel they are ready to age up.

Elders: Mine are all from families with grandchildren, so they are handy as mid night baby sitters and are great for making sewn clothes or other work bench items. I do make them over to look closer to 50 as the jump from looking 25 to 80 is just awful. Some of my elders look hardly older once made over.

[FatCaterpillar]

I hate infants and toddlers, honestly. They're boring and messy, their motives go low; everyone's motives go low. I usually boolProp them up to a different age, although I know that can cause a BFBVFS if done too often...

Children & teenagers are o.k I guess. I just hate the huge red craters that form on the teens' faces sometimes. It annoys me to no end on how unrealistic and creepy those zits are... lol. But children complain a little too much and NEVER. GET. OFF. THE. PIANO. And they're, like, impossible to keep their hunger up in the green, so I always get those messages asking what kind of parent am I and why is my kid skin and bones and I should feed them fast. Grrr.

Adults & Elders are pretty good, too. The thing I hate about elders though is that they insist on walking around in grannie panties, even to parties and whatnot, and that's pretty annoying. An elder actually did that at her granddaughters wedding once. :B

So yeah. The youngest life stages are usually the hardest for me, but, luckily, babydom and toddlerdom is fairly short... too short to learn all their skills, it feels like. lol

[StrangeTownChick]

Fave to least fave:

1. Child
2. Toddler
3. Teen
4. Adult
5. YA
6. Baby
7. Elder

It's not that I HATE babies and elders, I just find them boring. The babies are incredibly cute but can do literally NOTHING! I adore children and toddlers for the cuteness, oh, the CUTENESS!

[dieKristina]

1) Adult - No limitations at all, they can do anything. The adult lifestage is like the "goal" in my game.
2) Teen - A very interesting part of a sim´s life where lots of things happens. They start to develope their identity and can do almost everything older sims can.
3) Young Adult - So much time to do whatever you want to do with the sim.
4) Toddler - Extremly cute and you are finally able to see what they will look like. Sometimes annoying, but since they are so cute and fun that doesn´t bother me at all.
5) Child - Way too childish, but as children they can start to build their own lives with friends and skills. They can also pretty much take care of themselves (or at least I can tell them do take care of themselves :lol: ).
6) Elder - Cute and lovely, but you now Grimmy will soon be there and take them away from you :(.
7) Baby - Cute, but there is not much you can do with them and to just leave them in the crib seems cruel. But it´s always interesting to see which gender the new sim will have as well as what genetics it will have.

I really like all the lifestages nowadays, but of course I prefer some over other.

[Laserai]

1) Adult
2) Teen
3) Young Adult
4) Toddler
5) Child
6) Elder
7) Baby

Based strictly off limitations of what they can do and content. Elders and babies are a treasure always but in game they have severe limitations in what they do. Elders in particular due to the limited mortality before ole reaper will be taking them away and babies in that they are completely dependent. Wouldn't change anything about any of them as this is how it should be. Alas life is cruel.

[SusannaG]

Babies are fine, unless I have three or more at once, where juggling gets interesting.

Toddlers I watch like a hawk. Love the mod that keeps happy toddlers from wanting to play with the toilet, though.

Love playing children.

Teens are dead useful, especially with younger children in the house.

Have not played many YAs. The mod that makes their walk less annoying is great.

Elders are also very useful - resident baby-sitters! (Although my most fun one currently is a Romance sim, with the LTW to have 20 lovers, and I'm letting her try.)

[devilsis12]

Babies: I love the experience in the beginning but then after a while i get kind of bored with them. it annoys me how people will pick them up, use bottles and then leave them on the floors to rot, and then leave the baby on the floor. its annoying because you cant know what they want and you always have to keep an eye on them.

Toddlers: i think they are adorable! i love to read to them! the only thing i dont like is that since they sleep in the cribs, they are done sleeping a lot faster. i have to make my sims have shifts with them.

Children: i think they are pretty chill because they can take care of themselves for the most part, but i dislike how they cant cook or do things teens can. Ex. drink the age reducing potion. its hard to keep them kids. normally i have to wait until they turn into teens and then use a cheat to turn them back into kids.

Teenagers: they are probably my favorite. probably because i can relate to the age more. i think they are pretty fun since they really CAN take care of themselves and drink the age reducing potion.

Young Adults: they're alright. i only play them sometimes when im playing the colleges. they walk really slow though and its annoying.

Adults: they're fun too. i think they're probably the most stupid sims though. at least in my experiences.

Elders: i played elders once. not really my fav.

[Gcgb53191]

Devilsis12, there's a mod that makes toddlers stay asleep until 6am :)

I love all life stages so I guess my least favorite would be the baby stage since you cant do much with them but in a way thats good since after that stage you have to deal with them constantly :D

[SusannaG]

Yes, the babies and toddlers sleep all night mod is very useful.

[Peni Griffin]

You need to play an elder more than once to get the experience and know how they play, oh devilish one. Someday your favorite adult will age to elder, and then you'll see.

If you have Freetime, you can have someone in the family study Parenting, which allows you to check on the baby and detect which motive is lowest. Unfortunately, it's usually bladder and you can't do anything about it.

There's a mod to speed up the YA walk. I don't use it because, in all seriousness, I can't detect this slowness that bothers the life out of everybody else.

As I believe I've said upthread, I like all the lifestages. The things that bug other people I either don't notice, regard as a normal game challenge that it's on me to master, or actively like.

[Fivey]

There's a mod to speed up the YA walk. I don't use it because, in all seriousness, I can't detect this slowness that bothers the life out of everybody else.



I understand what they are getting that, in that the YA walk is more slothier...but they're college kids. They're teenagers trying to be adults, while juggling final exams and schoolwork. Give them a break.

[lbsgirl24]

I detest caring for toddler and babies m. I actually gauge my affection for my older sims with how annoying they are around children. I like teens before I get to the stage where i want them to grow up and have their own annoying children. I kind of like elders to be honest their helpful around the house and theirs no chance I'll forget how much babies irritate me and get them pregnant, I've also had them around for a while or created them with a story in mind so I'm generally attached. College annoys me but the opportunities it presents are fun. I like adults too and children.

[BeckyBoo8]

I honestly like all the life stages. They all bring something new to play with which is why it's fun :)
Least Favorite to Favorite:
-Baby: Sure they're cute and so easy to take care of. But there are few interactions which in my case, are boring. And plus, children can't even hold them! I always used to hold my baby cousins when I was little. But whatever, they're cute and easy to build relationships.
-Elder: In real life I think old people are in a way, "cute" The male elders are fine. But the female's hips... Oh God, don't get me started there. Your sexiest adult female Sim just turned into some thing you want to kill off. Lol xD But I do love them interacting with grand children!
-Child: My children sims always make best friends with their future spouse at this age. And it's so cute! I use this life stage to build relationships with their future spouse and build skills.
-Adult: No complains. They can do everything :P
-Toddler: I like teaching them and giving them attention. They're adorable. And who doesn't love that huggle?!
-Teen: They get almost all the same interactions as adults except marriage, engagement, WooHoo, and pregnancy. They're so fun! And, they have less responsibilities and don't need to hire a nanny when mom and dad go out.

[MattShizzle]

Favorite to least

1. Adult
2. Teen
3. Child
4. Elder
5. Toddler/baby (tie)

I don't have any EPs. Baby's literally can't do anything and toddlers barely anything and they are too much. I just use hacks to age babies instantly to toddler then age them instantly to child. Elders I don't like because the stage lasts WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too long and the waddlig, having to use the bathroom all the time and waking up in the middle of the night (unless you get the hack) is also a pain.

[Caroline3299]

I don't like babies, I can't see if they're hungry or tired and parents must know what to do because I don't have any clew to know what they want
And I prefer adults : no homeworks, job and promotions, kids, beautiful body (unlike elters and some toddlers because you can't choose hairs and my baby boys are all the same hairs : uggly one.

[Keikari86]

Least Favorite: Babies
These things are annoying. You can't really interact with them that much and all they do is just eat, excrete and sleep.

Favorite: Tie Between Teen and Adult
The teens I like because they seem to have the most personality out of all the age groups as demonstrated by their mannerisms in Create-A-Sim and their cool clothing for both genders. However, adults can do the most out of any age group, such as reach the top of a career, have babies and they also don't go to school, which I have never been fond of dealing with that annoying homework.

[a_az13_a]

Favourite to least favourite:
1. Teenagers (I just love all their quirks and how they're kind of at the stage of discovering things about themselves, plus rebellious teens are fun to play)
2. Adults
3. Toddlers (because they're really cute despite being such a pain to look after)
4. Children (again, they're cute, but kinda boring sometimes and they annoy me a lot of the time too)
5. Elders
6. Babies

[MattShizzle]

Now that I do have all EPs I'd put YA about where Teen is - it would be between Adult and Teen if college wasn't so long in game. Seriously, it's almost as many days as the entire adult stage!

[simmer22]

Favorite to least favorite:
1. Babies (yes, I know it's weird, but I just love making stuff for babies! Plus, they're so cute!)
2. Toddlers (I find them easy to take care of, and if properly taken care of they've built up half their skillpoints by the time they're children. Plus, they're adorable! I sometimes even keep them toddlers for a little while longer)
3. Children
4. Adults
5. Teens
6. Young adults (I don't play them much now, but when I did, I spent a lot of time in the uni neighborhood).
7. Elders (I very rarely play them. If I need elders for a story, I sometimes use adults with greyish hair).

[MattShizzle]

BTW I hate young children/toddlers in real life, too. IRL I prefer to be around adults or elders.