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The child life stage is featured in The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, and The Sims 4. Children cannot grow up in The Sims; in later games, they grow up into teenagers.

Children have much more freedom than the previous life stages, although there are still some limitations. In The Sims 2, children can't stay home alone without an older Sim present. In The Sims 3, children have a curfew that they cannot violate. Children in The Sims and The Sims 4 do not require an older Sim present to live alone and do not have curfews; however, the range of skills they can learn is limited. Children will also need to attend school in order to maintain good grades and avoid being taken to military school, being confiscated by the social worker, or being forced to select a random fourth trait.