Family (aspiration)

Sims with the Family aspiration aspire to get married and have children, and thrive on spending time with their family members. In the base game, this may be the most common aspiration, hence the long list below of base game Sims, and is chosen by many players.

Wants

 * Potty Train Sim
 * Teach Sim to Walk
 * Teach Sim to talk
 * Go Steady
 * Have very first kiss
 * Have a baby
 * Adopt a child
 * Teach Sim to walk


 * Teach Sim to talk
 * Potty Train Sim
 * Have 10 Children
 * Get Married
 * Get Engaged
 * Fall in Love
 * Child is an overachiever
 * Child gets A+ on report card


 * Help Child with Homework
 * Get Promoted
 * Relative Gets Married
 * Relative Gets Engaged
 * Get a grandchild
 * Have # grandchildren

Fears

 * Get rejected for first kiss
 * Get rejected for Go Steady
 * Sim grows up badly
 * Sim dies


 * Sim grows up badly
 * Death of sim
 * Get demoted
 * Get left at the altar


 * Break up
 * Relative breaks up
 * Die alone

Lifetime Wants

 * Become Captain Hero
 * Have 6 grandchildren
 * Marry off 6 children
 * Reach Golden Anniversary
 * Graduate 3 Children from College
 * Raise 20 Puppies or Kittens


 * Have 6 Pets Reach Top Career Level
 * Become Education Minister
 * Become World Class Ballet Dancer
 * Become Head of SCIA
 * Become Hand of Poseidon

Aspiration Desperation
Family Sims have high-impact fears over relatives dying, losing friends and being rejected to have interactions from children or grandchildren. Sims who reach aspiration desperation will pull out a sack of flour with a face painted on it and will begin to rock and cuddle it, as if it was a baby.

Freetime Aspiration Benefits

 * Level 1 - Grandma's Comfort Soup
 * Level 2 - Slower Fun and Comfort Motive Decay
 * Level 3 - Plead with social worker
 * Level 4 - Super Fertility

Careers

 * Law Enforcement
 * Education
 * Dance
 * Intelligence
 * Oceanography

Tips & Tricks

 * It is not recommended to pair a Romance Sim with a Family Sim, as their wants will clash.
 * If one wants to pair a Family Sim with someone that doesn't also have the Family aspiration, the easiest are a Fortune Sim or a Knowledge Sim, since their wants won't clash very easily. Fortune Sims make particularly good partners for Family Sims, as their desire to earn raises and promotions will leave their spouses free to be homemakers and stay-at-home parents. Knowledge Sims make good co-parents for Family Sims, as they roll wants to teach toddler skills and study skills more frequently than most other aspirations.
 * 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" (or "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.
 * Sometimes Family Sims get "Have a Child" as both a want and a fear. It's unknown why this happens, though it may be because they have just had a child and don't want the stress of another even though the aspiration makes them want one. Still, having another child is worth a net 3,000 ASP.