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what do people that have to do with adoption in the sims?
MadameLee
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what do people that have to do with adoption in the sims?
I would like to see
open-adoption (adopted parents in contact with birth parents)
closed adoption (adopted parents 0 contacts with birth parents)
I would like it that kids who are NOT babies have names already..I mean seriously who names a toddler or child something when they're a toddler/child.
Also the option for toddler/children to have a history of why they are in the off-screen orphanage
Another one is that there should be a way without needing the Simmer themselves to write down which kid is adopted and which kid isn't..because with the Sims 3-the adopted kid magically becomes biological related to their adopted parents and children. I mean *gasp* they even are able to pass down their adopted parents' genetics.
I would like to see
open-adoption (adopted parents in contact with birth parents)
closed adoption (adopted parents 0 contacts with birth parents)
I would like it that kids who are NOT babies have names already..I mean seriously who names a toddler or child something when they're a toddler/child.
Also the option for toddler/children to have a history of why they are in the off-screen orphanage
Another one is that there should be a way without needing the Simmer themselves to write down which kid is adopted and which kid isn't..because with the Sims 3-the adopted kid magically becomes biological related to their adopted parents and children. I mean *gasp* they even are able to pass down their adopted parents' genetics.
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This. I really hope they put more thought into genetics this game... :?
I do hope adoption in sims 4 is better and that children and teens will have memories of their past family, even if they are all negative. I long for the memory system of sims 2 xD
They are just randomly generated out of thin air pretty much.
I guess if they went with the 'mystery sim' memory system of ts2 it would work ok.
Hey, look it's EA.
That would be amazing!
Definately, then I could play out my Harry potter game properly. With 2 muggle parents adopting a witch sim child... oh what mischief.
This is true
Yes! That would spice things up. I'd actually really like the option for sims to voluntarily give up their children. That might be evil but the Sims is meant to be about "playing with life"
I liked the way sims adopted pets at the pet store if you were able to get it. It would be neat to go into the adoption agency check everything out and go to a register or other object and a menu comes up showing their traits, likes, and stuff about them. Then, you choose and the adoption goes through.
In TS3 I created an orphanage, but of sims that I created for adoption. They live with a social worker and anyone who wants to adopt can visit and make friends and add to the family. However, I don't really bother too much. The reason I did this in TS2 is because I lost kids and wanted them back. I've never lost a kid in TS3.
I hope the adoption service is vastly improved in TS3. I would like them to be kids from the neighborhood or a pool of kids I get to pick like the pet selector. I really just want kids that already have relationships within the town. Like they should have friends and skills. It shouldn't be a blank slate.
Its a bit different than going down to the animal shelter and picking up a pet.
A lot of countries don't have abundant amounts of unwanted children that get viewed and chosen but the other way around where there is waiting lists for children sometimes years of waiting for couples.
Here there would be in an excess of over 50 couples at any one time hoping to be lucky enough to adopt and there would be an average of 2 babies put up for adoption a year.
And then (with open adoption) you have to meet the criteria of what the birth parent/s are looking for before your profile would even get viewed by them. You may never even be considered because of anything like age - other children - race - urban or rural lifestyle - whatever is important to them.
And it is a pretty heart breaking experience for many. Oh that's just a little insight into what it is like for some - anyhow - nobody would want that in the game either but I'd hate to see it treated like adopting a pet - they are miles away.
BTW I love your name!!
Ahhh I dream of the day that will happen in real life.
I second that motion and let me say that I do not think it is evil to want to have the choice to give a Sim up for adoption.
TS3 IS a game, a great game about life, and giving children up for adoption is part of life. Sometimes, in the long run, not growing up with birth parents is better for people in real life. But that is another discussion.
In the game, it would be great to have the option to give children up as it is possible to add adopted children to your Sim families.
If it was a *waste of time* Sims wouldn't even HAVE adoption in the first place.
Edit: I like, however, what Pinkknight06 wrote about social worker coming to evaluate family before adoption. Something like Sims 2 private school principal thing. That would be awesome and put a touch of realism to adoptions in The Sims.
??? But what Davina says is kind of how it works in the UK. You see lots of information, pictures, videos etc, you need to know that your home suits the child, and in a way the child suits you before deciding to go ahead with such a life changing decision. Sometimes you even go to events called adoption days, where you can actually interact with the children face to face, and many adopters say they chose a child because they felt a connection.