Post and mod both in development
Little Summary
There are three ways Sim social services can take away a Sim’s children:
- via the game itself triggering neglect (when hunger is death-low)
- via Sims reporting each other
- via a random visit (can happen once per sim)
A sim can also:
- voluntarily surrender a child to the Foster Home
There are two ways a Sim can foster children:
- via applying to foster a child in the Foster Home
- via being selected as foster household by another household losing their children
LOSING CHILDREN TO CPS
— WHEN GAME’S NEGLECT TRIGGERS —
— WHEN GAME’S NEGLECT TRIGGERS —: Details
First thing to note is you have a setting in the mod to decide if children Sims should be able to die from hunger, or if they should be picked up by Social Services upon reaching critical hunger.
Secondly:
When the game triggers neglect rescue (hunger failure), if you did not turn on death from child hunger, instead of the child Sim being taken away somewhere unknown, agents come to address the situation.
Eventually, the player gets to choose:
- Foster in another household (choose which family they go to).
- send to Foster Home (sim is not in sent to a household yet – they can be selected to be fostered when playing other households)
- send far far away (Sim disappears and will never return)
If sim is sent to another household: Relationship statuses are added, and the parents can later apply to get their child back.
— When sim is reported by another —
— When sim is reported by another –: Details
The agent goes to observe and talk to the children.
Then, he goes to check out the furniture and how well the house is equipped.
During this process, your Sim mostly follows the agent around.
Then, When the agent is done visiting, the following notification appears and the agent comes to talk with your sim.
Entirely based on what the agent observed during the visit, he will either:
- dismiss concerns
- give a warning
- Validate the report & Relocate the children for fostering into another household
— When sim Gets a Random Visit —
This is be almost identical to when being reported – the difference being the text of the intro and conclusion notification.
— ReACTION VARIATION —
— ReACTION VARIATION —: Details
Sims’ reactions depend in part on their relationships with each other (parent to child, etc).
- Depending on relationship with parents, children sims taken away can react more sad or more hopeful to both being taken away and being returned to their parents.
- Depending on the relationship between a child and their returning sibling, they can be happy to see them return or angry.
- Parents can share blame or sadness, the response depending on relationship, general context mood and traits.
— Relationships —
— Relationships —: Details
VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERING A CHILD TO THE FOSTER HOME
RECOVERING CHILDREN
— Recovering Children —
Before a Sim is able to apply to get their children back:
- at least three days must have passed
- the Sim must have attended a Parenting Workshop
- the Sim must have attended a Parent Counseling Session
Additionally, if the Sim is hoping for a positive outcome for the second visit, they need to have fixed the problems noted at the first visit.
- For example, if the problem was lack of money, the Sim must now have more money
- if the problem was bad relationships with the child, the relationship must have improved
- etc.
Otherwise, children won’t be returned.
FOSTERING CHILDREN
— THE SIDE OF THE FOSTERING SIMS —
There are two ways for Sims to end up fostering a child:
- they’re selected as foster household when a Sim is taken away from another household, if the player has opted for immediate transfer to another household
- OR they apply to foster a child sent to the Foster Home
- Depending on relationship, foster parents are more supportive in their replies, or less. Here is an example of a foster parent’s answer to a child sim using “Share Sadness about Being Taken From Home”:
