Only parental oversight on your part can ensure that your kids are playing game content that you approve of. Remember, the developers and publishers of the game, and the player community at large, are not responsible for protecting your children from material that you might prefer they not be exposed to. The main intent of this article is to equip responsible parents with the knowledge and techniques to ascertain whether your children might be using any game mods that you might object to. (21+ content is possible and widely used in The Sims community) Most of these modifications fit the ESRB 'T for Teen' /PEGI-12 rating of the game, but some mods are more 18+. If you are a parent of an underage teen player of The Sims 3, you should be aware that the player community has developed many modifications to the game that are easy to find by anyone who can use Google to search the web.
