Love the Sims but...

Im about lvl 40 and really enjoy the game! However it doesn't really feel like a simulated life,  more like a simulated qork/build game with TINY tweaks and turn of life.
As you mainly just work and the few non work stuff goes by 123 and you don't do much. Having health and hygiene and stats would clear that issue up IMO.
Be cool if the characters could be pregnant a bit before birth with the stages and growing progress of kids a lil slower  and send them to school or services takes them and all lol It would make the purpose of having the kids much more fun.
To me the time goes by to fast with them and then poof they're adults in liie 3 days or so
Again I also wish basic needs still went down like hygiene and hunger and what not, so that the objects serve more of a purpose and adds a lil more challenge to **try and fit work while balancing a simulated life.**
Its too easy to just go to work and let the game play it self and every object just gives energy... Which you don't really need that much when you have the (complete on their own) then energy dont really go down when finished so they can just go back to back to back work... Jobs should have hours so when off work the needs go down the Sims can be hungry and bored and all even after complete on own and give you more to do to life then work or visit a  quick123 party . Also waking up to them being hungry bored or tired makes starting the day more fun then still sitting at work.  Also be nice if the Sims could finish the action before the check appears grrr.