I found it to be more interesting if it is put on fast speed and leave it and when you come back to it there might be 60 or more children with all the adults died of old age. then when say 2 or 3 of the kids reached 14 and get event that takes all the food and then you got to stay with them to get the food up and making sure that the GC not make parties. That happened to me.

Now I don't have time to play it that way any more as I got my other villager 2, 3 and of course VF to look after now.