Family relationships

Family Relationships are the bonds between family members. There are special interactions for individual family members in The Sims 2.

Family Interactions
In The Sims 2, Sims have Interactions that can only be performed with family members.


 * Encourage: Using this interaction, a Sim can encourage a younger Sim's behavior and change their Personality. For example, if an older family member encourages niceness, the younger will be kinder to people.
 * Family Kiss: Two blood-related or unrelated (somebody who has moved in to join the family but has no relations to any of the family members blood-wise(although they could be a pre-existing sim's love interest)) family members can give each other a family kiss. If a child sim kisses another family member they will wipe their own lips with their arm afterward. If a sim has made their spouse furious at them (e.g. from cheating or arguing), the only kiss they can perform is family kiss (if any).
 * Babies: If an infant sim exists in the family a related sim can cuddle and play with them. If an unrelated sim exists on the lot they cannot perform "cuddle" or "play with" only "change diaper" "let [sim name] out" and "get bottle for [sim name].