Family (aspiration)

Family is an aspiration. It is commonly known for its easiness to fulfill wants. Family Sims aspire to settle down and have children, and thrive on spending time with their family members. Famous Pleasantview Sims with Family aspiration are Brandi Broke, Cassandra Goth, and John Burb.

Famous Strangetown Sims with Family aspiration are PT9 and Jenny Smith, and Ophelia Nigmos.

Teenager
A teenager's wants will focus on meeting new Sims, making friends and teaching his or her siblings new skills (i.e. walk, talk, potty train, doing homework). Their big wants are having their first kiss and going steady.

Meter Level for teenager:
 * Platinum: Shining Example
 * Gold: Pride and Joy
 * Upper Green: Good Son / Darling Daughter
 * Lower Green: Routine Relative
 * Mild Red: Bad Seed
 * Lower Red: Family Flunk Out

Adult
Adult have wants like having a number of babies, get married, engaged, making friends with his or her sons or daughters and teach them new skills. They fear aging without having children or getting married.

Meter Level for adult:
 * Platinum: Family Rock
 * Gold: Role Model
 * Upper Green: Good Influence
 * Lower Green: Solid Provider
 * Mild Red: Brood Bungler
 * Deep Red: Black Sheep

Elders
They have high scoring wants like having grandchildren and teaching them new skills.

Meter Level for elders:
 * Platinum: Town Father / Town Mother
 * Gold: Patriarch / Matriarch
 * Upper Green: Sire / Matron
 * Lower Green: Sweet Old Coot
 * Mild Red: Grumpy Gramps / Grumpy Grams
 * Deep Red: Creepy Crank / Creepy Crone

Desperations
Family Sims have high-impact fears over relatives dying, losing friends and to be rejected to have interactions with their children or grandchildren. When the aspiration bar is at deep red for a long time, then they will pull out a sack of flour with a face painted on it and will begin to rock and cuddle it like a baby.

Teenager

 * First Kiss
 * Go Steady

Adult

 * Have 10 Children (+15,000 aspiration)
 * Have a Baby (+8,000 aspiration)
 * Get Married (+8,000 aspiration)
 * Get Engaged (+ 7,000 aspiration)
 * Fall in Love (+5,000 aspiration)
 * Child is an overacheiver (+5,000 aspiration)
 * Child gets A+ on report card (+4,000 aspiration)
 * Help Child with Homework (+3,500 aspiration)

Elder

 * Have 20 Grandchildren (+22,000 aspiration)
 * Get a Grandchild (+8,000 aspration)
 * Have Golden Anniversery

Player Tips

 * Never, ever pair a Romance Sim with a Family Sim, as their wants will clash. - Edit: I paired my Family Sim with a Romance Sim, and my Romance Sim, although still having the Romance Aspiration, had all his wants to do with the other Sim. So, I guess it depends on how good the relationship between the Sims is.
 * If one wants to pair a Family Sim with another, the easiest are a Fortune Sim or a Knowledge sim, since their wants won't clash very easily.
 * You should create a family Sim married or at least with one (or more) children, because most of the family Sims' lifetime want is "marry off six children" (unless you create the Sim elder, and then it will be "have six grandchildren") and that is something very hard to achieve, so you have to make a lot of children, and fast. Also recommended is to adopt children when they are children and not babies or toddlers.
 * many people on the sims 2 do not know that if a member of your relative dies, this is not commonly a want