Completely agree with you Batgrl2u, I was about to post separately to say how much more interesting this game is because once you get someone to Master in a skill, you can move them on and make them start to gain more skills in the hope of getting the '3' Masters. I'm forever checking on their skills and moving them on now, there again I have all the time in the world because I am off work sick!
What I have done with my kids is start them healing as soon as possible, then by the time they get to 'working age' they already have a fair bit of skill as a doctor to work with, I have several Master doctors now this way, I am however at Max population with all puzzles solved and only one collectible to find an elusive butterfly!
Have fun
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