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[9] Age Groups
New in the Sims 2 is age groups. This is how you tell how do a Sim is. As they
grow older, the age groups changes slowly till they reach Elder and pass on.
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[9.01] Baby
To get a baby, you must have a female and male adult. They must have a
lifetime relationship of at least 70 (lower bar) and a current relationship
(higher bar) of about 90+. Now to make a baby. Have your two sims relax
together in the bed or in the hot tub. Use one sim and click on the other.
Now you click on the option of "Try for Baby" and they will do a WooHoo. I
will warn you that having a "Try For Baby" in the hot tub is a lot less
successful than in the bed. If it is successful, you will hear part of the
song "Rock a Bye Baby." If not, try again.
Your female Sim is now pregnant. It takes 3 days for your Sims to give birth.
On the first day, she will have "Morning Sickness." From then on, every day
for 3 days, your Sim's belly will grow bigger and bigger. Once the 3 days are
up, your Sim will give birth. Every other Sim around the house will come and
watch your Sim give birth. The Sim will have their green arrow broken into
two, with the smaller one being given to the baby.
There is another rarer way to get a baby. Have any Sim (adult) stargaze at
night between 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. using the telescope. Aliens will abduct
your Sim and their needs will be randomized throughout the situation. Once
they come back, they will be pregnant, this INCLUDES males. When they give
birth however, it will be an alien sort of child, green skin and black eyes.
Like the Sims 1, you do not have control of the baby, so you must guess what
it wants. You can play with it, feed it (bottle from the fridge), cuddle it
and bathe it (in the sink). The baby will sometimes have a green trail around
it, so then you have to change a diaper! Take good care of it or the social
worker will come and take away your baby. The baby will become a toddler in
3 days.
SPOILER ALERT
If you eat spaghetti when your female Sim is having a child, there is a higher
chance of the baby becoming a pair of twins!!!
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[9.02] Toddler
A toddler is the older form of the baby. You can control the toddler now. You
can have it learn some skills like creativity. The status of the toddler is
the same except it has removed 2 bars, Comfort and Environment. You can do
more with it now. Your Sims has more interactions with it such as bathing it
in the bath tub, talk to it, etc. You can teach the toddler 3 things with the
adults. Teach it to Walk, Teach it to Talk and Potty Train it.
If you hire a Nanny, everyone can leave the baby at home while the nanny looks
after it. However, the Nanny will teach it to walk and talk so you won't have
the chance to teach it yourself. Your Choice. If you don't look after it well,
the toddler will be taken away by the infamous Social Worker. After 5 days,
the toddler will become a child.
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[9.03] Child
A child is more like the adult Sim now than ever before. The status bar is
only missing the bar environment now. All 7 skill sets are available to the
child now. It is just like an adult except for the major actions which an
adult can do. It can't cook, WooHoo, make out, etc. Your Sim child will have
to go to school (groan) from 9am to 3pm (carpool at 8am) Monday to Friday.
Your Sims parents have the option of having a private school accept your child
by calling the headmaster from the phone. Look after the child well for it can
be taken away by the social workers. After 8 days, the child will become a
teenager.
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[9.04] Teenager
A teenager is only a step away from the adulthood. The teenager has more
access to social interactions like kissing and others. They can cook and they
still have to attend school. The time is from 9am to 1pm (carpool at 8am).
That is 2 hours taken away. They attend Monday to Friday. You can get them
into a private school as well. You can get a job for your teen in any of the
ten job groups by they only have 3 levels in them. Jobs start at about 3pm
Sim time. After 15 days, your teenager is an adult.
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[9.05] Adult
The adult is the adult Sim in the Sims 1. The are smart and know what to do
around the house. They have full access to all the social interactions except
for the child ones (cops and robbers, etc). The Sims can get engaged, married
and joined (for same sex couples). They can move out and find their own place.
They have 10 levels in every job set career. When they earn money, they have
some of the money as private money. They can have babies and have free reign.
After 29 days, they will become elders.
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[9.06] Elder
An elder has the access of social interactions like an adult. Their job set
however is the same as an teenager, so there are 3 job levels per career. If
the elder keeps a high aspiration and a good mood, you elder will die of old
age. This will happen when the elder is about 15 - 25 Sim days since they
turn elder.
After the elder dies, their private money and wealth is spilt up and given
as an inheritance. The higher the dead Sim's aspiration and higher the
relationship with the other Sim's means that more money will be given to that
particular Sim.
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