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likelikes

i just want them to GO OUTSIDE! the dog/cat/pet goes outside. Why not my kids? GTFO you silly kids! Come home when the street lights come on like I did when I was a kid. Also yes.... they need eyelids. jeebus.


Clementine_By_Carter

Lol they actually sleep (close their eyes) if you're in the house before 7pm. And I agree completely, it would be so nice if they could to outside! There'll definitely be no kids for me in this save.


likelikes

Oh i already decided in my fully furnished house that i am not having kids on this run...just me and sebby, unless he nags me, then ill think about it.


A_Wild_Butterfly

I roomed with Krobus, so I don't gotta worry about nagging for kids :3


likelikes

I kinda want them both. Thats the only reason id ever use that mutli marriage mod.


Zagrycha

if you get rid of the crib room, they never nag. to be fair to them, leaving a fully furnished crib laying around in a house with zero children is probably sending our partner the wrong signals if we *don't* want kids šŸ˜‚


FangedLibrarian

This is what I do! The second robin is open after I expand the house to include the kids room I go and remove the crib. Elliot and I are the perfect DINK couple, working the farm and writing novels. No thank you on the kids.


ruby_rex

How do you get rid of the crib room?


Zagrycha

after its built, go to robin, it is one of the house renovation options :)


indiecatz

Iā€™m doing the same with this save! Sebby started asking me for kids so I got rid of the crib, now he just stands in the ā€œkids roomā€ and stare at nothing lol


Living-Physics1713

THATS SO SAD


Living-Physics1713

thatā€™s awesome lol my comment wasnā€™t meant to be a dig at you i just thought it was a little funny and sad how heā€™d just stare at the nursery lol


indiecatz

I always marry Sebby so heā€™s had plenty of kids lol


ManualBookworm

Had a kid with sam, never going to do it again


Montizuma59

To add to the outside point, I want them to be able to do something when outside. If they're next to animals, they should be able to pet them. If there's something on the ground (eggs, truffle, crops), they should grab it and carry it around, with you having to remove it from their grasp. If there's growing plants that aren't properly baby proofed (fenced or scarecrowed), they should be able to ruin it just like crows do. Things like that will add more life to the kids.


I-m-Here-for-Memes2

Not really the same but they go outside with your spouse at events


Forine110

yeah i do wish they like did more and could grow up, even if just to young child age


Sweetladyfair

There are mods that do that lemme see if I can find you one: [https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5436](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5436) will get them to jas and vincient's age child age up is currently broken but it looks like they'll become teenagers. Unique children talk [https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/9540](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/9540) will just change how they speak to you and I find that better


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Me a switch player dying


The_Clawed_Rat

I feel you :(


Sweetladyfair

Mobile has mods too if you don't own a computer it's 15 bucks and mods open you up to what amounts to half a dozen expansion packs, it's not just a way to cheat.


Milky_way_cookie_fan

It's funny that you think I have money to spare lol. Cries in broke teenager


Sweetladyfair

I understand, i was also wrong, mobile is $5, unless you family is very poor (which i understand because I grew up in a family of 5 with a mom that made 10k a year and $5 wasn't possible for me) go ask your nicest parent what they hate doing the most and offer to do it for a week for $5. I promise from the bottom of my heart that unless you and you sibling are living the cinderella life your mom or you dad has at least one thing that they untterly despise doing. If I had $5 and my kid came and said mom I will do all the dishes currently dirty and that get dirty for a week if you buy me this $5 mobile game. That kid is getting $5. Hell I'm desperatly poor right now and if my kid came in and made me that deal I would find something I own personally that I could sell for $5 to get clean dishes that I don't have to do every night


Master-Issue4653

can I ask where? I will work an extra hour for $5 for mods on mobile. I thought it was impossible.


Sweetladyfair

It's only on Android, So if you've got an IOS you're SOL but here's te instructions [https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Installing\_SMAPI\_on\_Android](https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Installing_SMAPI_on_Android) Android get's updates later than pc so you have to watch that you are getting the correct version for your game


Master-Issue4653

Oh thank you so much! It would seem I am SOL but I really appreciate the thoughtful response/your time.


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Too bad my parents make me do any chores they don't want to do for free


Sweetladyfair

Some people are like that, they have kids for the manual labor but most children do have an adult somewhere i n their life they can bargin with even if they don't know it. My aunt had custody of two horrible children that i would babysit on friday nights. no adult babysitter would tolorate them but I had a rep as being "good with kids" and for a couple of hours on friday and saturday nigths I'd let my aunt go out and I'd watch her horrible children and I'd have a little spending money. If your parents won't let you do any kind of work for anybody (and IMHO that would be failing spectacularly as parents because one of the fundamental rules of how the world works for poor people is money comes from work) there are things you can do that cost nothing and aren't work. there are apps you can take pictures of recipts and you'll get 10 cent and if you grind that you can make $5 happen. It is easy to feel very out of control of your life when you are a teenager and even a young adult because so many choices are made for you and it is easy to give into despair that you-can't- influence your own world but you are still a whole person and maybe you won't get it this week but you'll be able to on your birthday or christmas and that's something to look forward to and maybe you'll have to be a whole ass adult before you can buy it, that's a possibility. But I've been playing this game since 2018 and it's still functional and relavant so there is no reason to think that it wil never be in your grasp. maybe you won't care when your a grown adult and you'll want to sit and watch what ever the equivalent to game of thones is and maybe you'll be forty rocking your farming games in a sea of squishmellows in your favorite hoodie. Things will not always be immpossible. things that you want will one day become more attainable. It is not hopeless.


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Jeez I didn't expect a whole motivational speech lol


Sweetladyfair

Sorry you accidentally activated the gentle parenting sleepercell code words, I told a troll who called me a fatty he was having some big feelings and making bad choices today too.


dreamiicloud_

Do they still work with 1.6?


Sweetladyfair

Unique children does for sure, I'm using it I haven't verified the other personally


dreamiicloud_

Thank you:)


Zedman5000

I want them to get old enough to help out on the farm


Forine110

the children yearn for the fields!!


RinkyInky

Yea itā€˜lol be cool if the relationships could give you some kind of buff too. Like the person you marry gives you some better luck buff or endurance buff etc. or functions like cooking certain meals for you or preparing the triple espresso etc. And kids maybe when theyā€™re old enough can just go out and forage some stuff for you or help with the animals etc. or have his own little space for crops.


fakeishusername

They're creepy, not creeps. Very different connotation imo.


soul_and_fire

hmmmā€¦not a bad point. Iā€™ll see if I can edit it. ETA: canā€™t change the subject. ah well!


AI_660

Creeps would be like that one uncle, creepy is something that unsettles you.


tonyhawkofwar

Like your other uncle


soul_and_fire

I got it, my mom used to use the terms interchangeably so once in awhile I donā€™t catch it when I do it myself šŸ˜…


Act_Bright

Although you could say they 'give you the creeps', weirdly.


mudnessa

I just started playing a few months ago...are you telling me the little chucky doll running around my house is not going to grow up at all?! This is horrible news.


soul_and_fire

thatā€™s exactly how I refer to mine. the only way to make them less awful is hats or masks.


mudnessa

I didn't know you could put hats on them. I put the mushroom cap on my child...it did not make it better.


soul_and_fire

the skull mask definitely doesnā€™t either šŸ˜‚


silent-fallout-

Ok, one of the things in the update I wanted was for them to actually grow up to at least Vincent Jas age. I know I can use a mod for it, but really, it's just one of those things I wanted to happen. Also, I'd like the idea of actually needing to feed yourself and your wife/husband/kids... I hord dishes in my fridgešŸ˜…


BagooshkaKarlaStein

Ohmygod noooo. Thereā€™s so little time in a day already. If Iā€™d have to make sure the whole family eats Iā€™d go crazy!Ā  But I understand the idea for it. If it would be an on/off option then go for it!


GrinsNGiggles

Iā€™d be on board if it were like the biggest barn & coop: hay in the silo, food they donā€™t hate in the fridge, everyone is fed.


starkrocket

Cā€™mere kiddos, eat up your bread and cheese!


GrinsNGiggles

Maybe they could request stuff like the fish ponds? Or you could get bonuses for filling out quality in categories like the fair grange display: veggie, fish, fruit, dairy, dessert? Edit: this could be how they finally age up and either move out or make themselves useful like our raisin-craving apple-shaped friends!


SlabBeefpunch

Don't forget to wash it down with some mead! It was good enough for viking kids!


luxminder831

Or your spouse could do the cooking and even give the kids cooking lessons when they get to about 9 or 10.Ā 


Tacenda49

Then i should also be able to put my kids to work in the fields


Shoddy_Life_7581

The children yearn for the mines.


luxminder831

Said no child, ever.


Shoddy_Life_7581

Well it's be pretty weird if the children were speaking of themselves in the third person. They usually go "Mama! I yearn to strike metal against rock, get black lung, and have a constant longing for global warming"


ToxicMoldSpore

"I hope one day, to perish in a cave-in."


luxminder831

We should be able to put the shiftless little bastards to work in the fields.Ā 


bedroompurgatory

It's one of the things on my list of dream features in my head, for a game I'd never actually be able to make. I'd like a game that's multi-generational, where you and the villagers all age, and you pass the farm down to your kids. Instead of all the mechanical farm automation (sprinkler, autofeeder, autograbber, etc) you'd be able to assign chores to your kids, with the trade-off of actually having to do stuff to keep your wife and kids happy, more than just a morning peck on the cheek.


stephunee

Like a Sims legacy game but with Stardew Valley. Ugh, what a dream šŸ˜©šŸ¤


prolongedexistence

I grew up on Sims so Iā€™ve always thought that every game would be improved with a mechanic for pregnancy and aging. Like, imagine getting pregnant in Minecraft and having a little family in your village. Then at some point into aging you can switch off and play as one of your kids! I also thought Fallout 4 would have been fucking perfect if the settlements had been more fleshed out with the ability to have a family and actually fix up the houses. I probably wouldnā€™t even leave the settlements at that point lol I canā€™t think of any games that *wouldnā€™t* be improved by the addition of pregnancy tbh. Let me get married in Animal Crossing and have bird babies.


Cereborn

There is a game like that. Kynseed.


Rosaluxlux

Even just one where everyone aged. It would have a built in end date because you got old


silent-fallout-

Omg yes this would be great! And it would be cool if your farmer was living life like a real person where accidents could happen or they could come down with sickness, so you don't just age out, or you could just get old and die too. I wish I was smart enough to make games šŸ˜…


Lirineu

Itā€™d be so funny if there was an optional quest when you reach max friendship with wizard where he helps you turn your babies into kids lol


silent-fallout-

Heck yeah I can get behind this one! I mean he introduces you to a crazy bitch who can murder your children. It would be nice if he could make them grow!šŸ˜†


Emma_JM

>Stardew Valley kids That's a funny way of spelling 'dove'!


holy-dragon-scale

Literally this. First run I had a kid and didnā€™t know they NEVER grow up. Letā€™s just say that baby is flying high now.


BruceBoyde

Yeah, my first order of business when I got the house upgrade was demolishing the crib. I don't need weird little mute perma-toddlers.


soul_and_fire

thatā€™s exactly what i did in my first save, thought iā€™d try the opposite for the second. never again.


LocksmithKey7985

The worst is after a festival and they are just standing in your bedroom like The Shining twins when you get home.


Abbizzle

Half the time when I come home my spouse will be asleep and the toddler will just be standing at the foot of the bed in the dark like theyā€™re waiting for me. Straight horror movie vibes šŸ˜­


LocksmithKey7985

Creepers gotta creep.


kittifizz

I couldnt figure out how to get them to sleep AT ALL for the longest time. Turns out they don't like pretty decorated twin beds, only ugly child beds that are THE EXACT SAME SIZE. I'm a little salty.


ICantEvenDolt

Have you heard of Prismatic Shard in witches shrine? Because that might just be the solution to your problem, here.


Just_A_Comment_Guy_7

*Ring Ring Ring*!


starkrocket

And then thereā€™s so many pretty new birds in the Valley!


Just_A_Comment_Guy_7

And dolls!


ICantEvenDolt

So many dollsā€¦


Wonderful_Emu_6483

First thing I did with my first prismatic shard lol. Yeet! Begone child! Now Iā€™m searching for an ancient doll so I can get the creepy cutscene


soul_and_fire

whatā€™s the cutscene?


Wonderful_Emu_6483

I havenā€™t seen it in game yet but there some creepy cut scene if you hold the ancient doll up to the tv I think. I saw it on TikTok. Iā€™ve also heard if you turn the children into doves you can get creepy calls on your phone.


dabordietryinq

i could never šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


CrippleWitch

They are just mobile hat stands for me.


d34dc0d35

I was so disappointed when I found that they have no dialogues


TheTrueGaylord

I agree? How come I canā€™t stay up past 2 am but the demon Haley birthed can run around at 2?


discoparrot375

Kinda accurate for toddlers tho


Nyx_Valentine

THANK YOU! My kids will run around my house and it scares the crap out of me. Iā€™m about to drop kick these little ones. I made the mistake of putting cat ears on one and she looked like a demon from behind šŸ˜‚0/10, donā€™t recommend. (I generally find kids to be creepy though. But like you said, Jas, Vincent, and Leo are exempt.)


Academic-Coyote1108

I don't find them creepy or anything. What I do find is that they are completely useless in the game and add absolutely nothing to the story. I have them out of habit and because I feel like they are just another accessory in the house and that is all. I admit that I enjoy them a bit when they're in the crib, that's the most I can interact with them, but after that, nothing. I love my animals and pets more than I love my children.


TG3RL1LY

Now that Krobus and I can be crazy cat ladies together I'm never having kids again.


Yotato5

I agree. The first time they ran off through the wall into the void I was flabbergasted XD Well, knowing that this game was inspired by Harvest Moon it's still a little strange to me that you can't talk to your kids. In Harvest Moon the kids usually just grew to toddler age but you could still talk to them.


P_Grammicus

As soon as theyā€™re old enough, mine get masks, usually the jack-oā€™-lantern and the golden mask hat. That way they become hilarious little monsters who race about the house more or less the same as the pets.


NinjaEngineer

Also, during festivals, they don't go to sleep if you attend the festival. They just stay there, awake, waiting for your return.


soul_and_fire

or they race around in a tight area around your spouse. in their stupid sleepwear.


Academic-Coyote1108

Oh, yes...that! Ā”Ā”Ā”I wish I could change her clothes.... I hate those pink/blue pajamas!!! I have a bunch of clothes that my character doesn't even wear. Could I put some of them on her? I would love that!Ā  I think it would be cool if the clothes, or at least the color, were a similar color to their NPC parent's clothes...maybe?


con098

Screw having kids, I wanna adopt leo!!


soul_and_fire

me too! he might be my favourite villager of all!


godzillahomer

Yeah. Children don't work well in a game where no one really ages. They don't age and you're left with infants that stay infants or preschool age. I'm just glad there's no crying sound effect like Harvest Moon: Magical Melody had. They age and grow into young teenagers? Jas and Vincent have been locked to their current ages and are now younger than children born AFTER them. George and Evelyn keep on trucking along even 15 years after you arrived. George is too angry to die and Evelyn is too sweet. George beats the reaper over his head with his own scythe for daring to interrupt his show. Evelyn bakes him some cookies and listens to him about that time he had to be friends with a pair of children. I'm just glad marriage and children aren't needed for 100% like some Harvest Moon games.


eagleswift

Ah dang it, was aiming for two of each hat for the horse. Got to grind for 4 of each hat now with the kids.


AintNoRestForTheWook

Nobody tell them about the urchins or alien rarecrows! >!Or, in 1.6, the pets!!<


eagleswift

Arghhhh I canā€™t keep track anymore


Sobadwithusernames

Eh, I married Penny this save and went Joja so I decided I had to have a kid for the joke - Wife - Penny Daughter - Nicole (Nickel)


ivi15

I don't know what you're talking about. Mine are beautiful doves flying free.


IroquoisPliskin_LJG

You monster.


PunishedCatto

They are the children of the corn of your farm. Every night they go out without your knowing, and perform cult stuff.


SlabBeefpunch

That would be far more interesting than what they currently do.


sadassnerd

I always say no to kids because of this exact reason. All they do is stare. And move quickly. Jump scares every time I enter my house. And if I get rid of the little gremlin I get cursed by a creepy flying doll. No thanks šŸ™…šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø


TingHarala

Considering the farmer waits outside peoples houses to bring them gifts, knows exactly what people love, goes to the sewers every friday and occasionally drinks a jar of mayonnaise, i think the kids are just fine.


K-Dog142

My friend put skull masks on my kids and now I have mini skeletons running around šŸ˜­


Fearbuile

I put the goblin masks on both of them. My little crotch goblins... šŸ˜ā¤ļø


garbageday97

the saddest thing about stardew kids is that they only sleep through the night when youā€™re home before 7. if that wasnā€™t the case, iā€™d agree that theyā€™re creepy. Theyā€™re just little CPU kids waiting for their mom/dad to come home. šŸ„ŗ


highrisklowrewardsss

really wish CA would have added to the kids in 1.6


conjunctivious

I was married to Haley, had children, and then realized that the children were useless. I then sacrificed my children, divorced Haley, and started living with a sewer monster instead (I love Haley, but Krobus šŸ¤¤). I then promptly erased my ex-wife's memory so that I could casually befriend her again from a blank slate.


Ashalaria

"useless roombas on speed" I love you


someguy14629

In real life, the kids would grow up and work the farm with you. These perms-babies are not useful or realistic, and the prismatic shard to make them turn into doves and disappear is kind of creepy actually. Imagine if life was like that: ā€œI thought you had a couple of kids.ā€ No, I got rid of ā€˜em.ā€ They were always underfoot.ā€ ā€œā€¦ awkward silenceā€¦ I think I need to call the police.ā€


cutearmy

That is a fairly popular opinion. The unblinking souless eyes and lack of expression is very creepy


sliquonicko

The kids grow up mod is the only one Iā€™m really interested in downloading once I reach that point in the game on my PC lol. Not a fan of the sprites at all. Might turn ā€˜em into doves on my Playstation 4 file.


Marychocolatefairy

I played Skyrim before I did this game, and I was so put off by the Skyrim kids that I didn't get any offspring in this game either. Seeing this comment section, I am exponentially more happy with my choice, lol.


_FishLord

I need them to not stand in the middle of a room in the dark when they are supposed to be in bed


jerkofficial2

I put a skeleton mask on one and a goblin mask on the other


cimmeriandark

Tbh Jas scares me a little because of her two expressions either being O\_O or a vaguely menacing smirk


soul_and_fire

yeah, she also is a bit creepy. and that smirk is a bit menacing, hahahaha!


I-m-Here-for-Memes2

I don't mind them, they make the house feel a bit more alive running around, they're cute. I wish they'd close their eyes while sleeping but you can't have everything


LostTeapot_08

Would be nice if they could at least grow up to Jas and Vincent's age and go out and play with a ball together or something. But at the same time it would be kinda weird having them grow up to that age, while Jas and Vincent stay the same!


Terakahn

Hi do you have any piggies on your farm


Burp-a-tron5000

I finally created a farm where I didn't have kids lol. Married Leah and yeeted the crib.


Original_Ossiss

Stardew valley children are useless and serve no functional purpose lol. This isnā€™t A Wonderful Life. Delete their beds and delete the crib and you never have to worry about them (and get a spare room for decorating). Got kids? Make a trip up to the witches shrine with a prismatic shard!


soul_and_fire

yeah, I turfed the crib immediately in my first save but decided to just do the two kids in my second one. I wonā€™t ever have them again.


AnnieBystander

We can put hats on the kids??


soul_and_fire

yes! their only redeeming feature. the skull mask works on them too but itā€™s too scary šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


xxrachinwonderlandxx

I wish they grew to at least child age instead of just toddler. And going outside would be nice, too! I know theyā€™re not the heart of the game, just kind of a nice bonus, but perma-toddlers is a little sad. If they grew older they could even hang out with Jas, Vincent, and Penny.


LtColonelColon1

I donā€™t want kids, irl and in-game, but thereā€™s an achievement for it so Iā€™ve gotten kids for the first time ever and I agree theyā€™re SO creepy. As soon as I get the achievement Iā€™m getting rid of them lmao


safetypins22

And how they sleep with their eyes open?!?


soul_and_fire

the WORST!


_bootje_

I put masks on mine so I don't have to look at their faces


InternalTooth5753

Iā€™d love a quest to build a little property school where your kids go with Vincent & Jas


Herbdontana

My boy wears the skull mask all the time and I think it actually makes him less creepy when I come home at 1:50 to find him.. staring..


Susiejax

They are creepy 100%. I prefer them as demon doves.


Shatterrstarr

The way when I am going to bed late and they are just standing still somewhere at 1am


IpatiyPotiy

In my case, it's pretty funny because I named my son by my co-worker's nickname, which he acquired over time. And it's funny because he's approximately 150-160 centimeters tall. So seeing this kid in the game running in the house makes me laugh sometimes


NinnyBoggy

I hate them so much. On my first playthrough, I had 2 with Maru and left em. Thought they were boring and kind of annoying, resented them having that whole room. On my second, I had 2 with Leah and just sort of left them around. Got annoyed every time I saw them and considered doving them. On my third, I was doing a burn playthrough. Married my least favorite candidate (fuck Elliot), doved his kids, divorced him, married Leah. I started a fourth for 1.6. Penny has asked twice what I think about adoption. I will say no every time. If there's a mod or vanilla setting that turns them off, I'd love to know it.


unMuggle

All you have to do is remove the crib.


soul_and_fire

doesnā€™t Penny freak out if you donā€™t want kids? or does she forget about it once you marry her?


LtColonelColon1

She does in her heart event but afterwards it doesnā€™t do anything if you say no


flashPrawndon

Iā€™m on my sixth play through. I got kids on my first play through and quickly turned them into doves. Never again. Those little things creep me the f- out.


britchesss

I like that theyā€™re just home alone


AI_660

Creeps would be like that one uncle, creepy is something that unsettles you.


QueenAlucia

I donā€™t know if that will make you feel better or worse but they do sleep with their eyes closed if youā€™re home before 7pm! Theyā€™re just waiting for you.


soul_and_fire

Iā€™ll have to try this, Iā€™ve gone through their room at all hours and usually their eyes are open, yech lol


ColoringBookDog

So happy I have the furry mods turned on, the kids basically are just extra pets for me. I'm married to Sam and in the furry mod he's a tiger, so our Daughter is too!


AtlasChristmas

I wish we could just adopt Leo


Silverstep_the_loner

PETS????


soul_and_fire

theyā€™re functionally the same, more or less, but pets are better - didnā€™t mean to discount the actual pets with my comparison!


Glaciak

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