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Foster kids?
CheesySimsLover
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We all know about adopting kids, but have you ever had your sims foster a kid? As in, moving in a child whose parents are about to die before they can get swooped up by the poorly developed child services in The Sims 4 (or placed randomly into a household if you have MCCC like I do).
I ended up doing this in my current generation. Shortly after my sim, Braylon, married his wife, Kiana, I noticed that she had a toddler brother, Loren, and that her dad had died, which meant her mom would soon be passing too. I felt bad for Loren being all alone, so I transferred him into my current sims' household, and figured I'd move him out when he was a teenager.
Loren is now a child, and surprisingly, I've become somewhat attached to the kid. The attachment grew after his reaction to his "foster" grandfather's death. He was devastated; I figure because he'd already lost two parents. He's also a kleptomaniac, which makes things even more interesting. He also fits in great with the other kids. Here's a photo of him and his foster brother (also his step-nephew), Christopher, playing basketball.
It would be cool if Sims had an actual "foster care" option.
I ended up doing this in my current generation. Shortly after my sim, Braylon, married his wife, Kiana, I noticed that she had a toddler brother, Loren, and that her dad had died, which meant her mom would soon be passing too. I felt bad for Loren being all alone, so I transferred him into my current sims' household, and figured I'd move him out when he was a teenager.
Loren is now a child, and surprisingly, I've become somewhat attached to the kid. The attachment grew after his reaction to his "foster" grandfather's death. He was devastated; I figure because he'd already lost two parents. He's also a kleptomaniac, which makes things even more interesting. He also fits in great with the other kids. Here's a photo of him and his foster brother (also his step-nephew), Christopher, playing basketball.
It would be cool if Sims had an actual "foster care" option.
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Why doesn't the sim who treats her husband's alien child as her own get to be counted as the mother? She didn't carry the kid, but he didn't carry any of the other kids, and the alien isn't genetically related to either of them. You could cheat in the relationship, but you can cheat in any relationship.
I have Parenthood, which brings the "Adopt as Care Dependent" option - I use that for grandparents/older siblings quite frequently.
Agreed, it would be cool if they could be transferred to the active household when that option is selected.
That option is only there for sims in the same household, though. If you move sims between households they'll still have the care-dependent relationship, but you can't add it for sims that aren't in the same household.
I'd love to have this as an official option in the game where homeless teens can be fostered. I have at least 2 homeless game generated households that has only 1 teen each. I did have a third one whom I actually merge into another homeless household that contained one adult woman. Being able to have Sims foster kids from other households would be great. For instance, via the telephone or even by requesting a Sim in person to foster their kids for good or at a set amount of time.
I have recreated my Sims 3 gay couple in Sims 4. Well sorta. They don't have the same name, look, traits or the same ethnicity even but I like them anyway
But anyway. Yeah, fostering would be cool.
MCC moved Casey Lynx-McConnell's little sister in with their dad after their mom died. I've been trying to set her up with Jake's cousin Dominic, but she apparently has a boyfriend. Dominic is the last remaining Parker alive and I think he's almost an elder! (Jake and his wife are five days away from becoming elders themselves and their son is going to be a father in a few sim-days!)
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https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/176877110693/foster-family-become-a-part-of-the-lms-foster/amp
I once had one of the other families I play go visit there and get to know some of the kids, then they chose to foster girl twins from there.
> I move babies, toddlers, etc. Into households too to simulate foster care in my game. There is a mod, by the way, I haven't ever used it myself but in case anyone is interested
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> https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/176877110693/foster-family-become-a-part-of-the-lms-foster/amp
I was thinking about this mod when I saw this post! I saw some game play on it and it seems like a fun addition for those who play with "foster" children.
> We all know about adopting kids, but have you ever had your sims foster a kid? As in, moving in a child whose parents are about to die before they can get swooped up by the poorly developed child services in The Sims 4 (or placed randomly into a household if you have MCCC like I do).
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> I ended up doing this in my current generation. Shortly after my sim, Braylon, married his wife, Kiana, I noticed that she had a toddler brother, Loren, and that her dad had died, which meant her mom would soon be passing too. I felt bad for Loren being all alone, so I transferred him into my current sims' household, and figured I'd move him out when he was a teenager.
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> Loren is now a child, and surprisingly, I've become somewhat attached to the kid. The attachment grew after his reaction to his "foster" grandfather's death. He was devastated; I figure because he'd already lost two parents. He's also a kleptomaniac, which makes things even more interesting. He also fits in great with the other kids. Here's a photo of him and his foster brother (also his step-nephew), Christopher, playing basketball.
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> It would be cool if Sims had an actual "foster care" option.
@CheesySimsLover , I too think it would be neat for their to be a better Child Care type of system!
Especially for the Child Services in situations like when a toddler keeps glitching or simply won't do what they need to boost their needs and not get taken away by TS4 Child Services! I remember one time when I got particularly frustrated because in one of my households a toddler really needed help with several needs at a time and her dad tried to help, but things just kept colliding and I didn't want to use cheats. Unfortunately, the toddler was eventually taken by Child Services away from her father and twin brother, despite me trying so hard to help her. Now, although she does still appear on her father and brother's Simology, they cannot visit or even see her because she is not in the game anymore. 😢
I really wish there was someway parents or siblings could still visit kids even if they've been taken by TS4 Child Services. It would even be good if the kids who were taken would become adoptable so another family could raise them. Then, at least, they would still be in the game and playable.
Does anybody else think that the Child Services in The Sims 4 could do with some improvement?
I don't know if you playing on console or opposed to mods but LittleMsSam has a foster family mod. I love it and use it to foster kids in games I play
https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/176877110693/foster-family-become-a-part-of-the-lms-foster
What a cool idea! I'm going to start doing this I think. Not on my legacy family, because I move the spares out in childhood to the nearest relative so that I can concentrate on making sure all the childhood goals and personality traits I need for that generation are as complete as I can make them, but with my other save(s) I'm going to do your idea I think