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.

Pleasantview

 * Brandi Broke
 * Cassandra Goth
 * John Burb
 * Coral Oldie

Strangetown

 * Jenny Smith
 * Ophelia Nigmos
 * PT9
 * Nervous Subject

Veronaville

 * Albany Capp
 * Hermia Capp
 * Juliette Capp
 * Bianca Monty
 * Isabella Monty
 * Patrizio Monty
 * Titania Summerdream

Riverblossom Hills

 * Sandra Roth
 * Rose Greenman
 * Dora Ottomas
 * Samantha Ottomas

Desiderata Valley

 * Hannah Bell
 * Marcel Jocque
 * Victor Aspir

Belladonna Cove

 * Isabel Baldwin
 * Vivian Cho
 * Armand DeBateau
 * Mary Gavigan
 * Ana Patel
 * Ginger Newson

Bluewater Village

 * Stephen Tinker
 * Wanda Tinker

Wants

 * Potty Train Sim
 * Teach Sim to Walk
 * Teach Sim to talk
 * Go Steady
 * Have very first kiss

Fears

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

Aspiration Meter Level

 * Platinum: Shining Example
 * Gold: Pride and Joy
 * High Green: Good Son / Darling Daughter
 * Low Green: Routine Relative
 * Low Red: Bad Seed
 * High Red: Family Flunk Out

Wants

 * Have a baby (+8,000 aspiration)
 * Adopt a child
 * Teach Sim to walk
 * Teach Sim to talk
 * Potty Train Sim
 * Have 10 Children (+15,000 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)
 * Get Promoted

Fears

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

Aspiration Meter Level

 * Platinum: Family Rock
 * Gold: Role Model
 * High Green: Good Influence
 * Low Green: Solid Provider
 * Low Red: Brood Bungler
 * High Red: Black Sheep

Wants

 * Relative Gets Married
 * Relative Gets Engaged
 * Reach Golden Anniversary
 * Get a grandchild (+8,000 aspiration)
 * Have # grandchildren (+22,000 aspiration)

Fears

 * Relative breaks up
 * Die alone

Aspiration Meter Level

 * Platinum: Town Father / Town Mother
 * Gold: Patriarch / Matriarch
 * High Green: Sire / Matron
 * Low Green: Sweet Old Coot
 * Low Red: Grumpy Gramps / Grumpy Grams
 * High Red: Creepy Crank / Creepy Crone

Base Game

 * Become Captain Hero
 * Have 6 grandchildren
 * Marry off 6 children
 * Reach Golden Anniversary

University

 * Graduate 3 Children from College

Pets

 * Raise 20 Puppies or Kittens
 * Have 6 Pets Reach Top Career Level;

Seasons

 * Become education Minister

Freetime

 * Become World Class Ballet Dancer
 * Become Head of SCIA
 * Become Hand of Poseidon



Aspiration Desperations
Family Sims have high-impact fears over relatives dying, losing friends and to be rejected to have interactions with their 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 like 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 (Seasons)
 * Dance (Freetime)
 * Intelligence (Freetime)
 * Oceanography (Freetime)

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" on both wants and fears. It's unknown why this happens (probably because they have just had a child and don't want the stress of another but the aspiration makes them want one) but you still get 3,000 ASP out of it.

Trivia
Often, Family Sims have Cancer or Aquarius as their zodiacal sign.