Daycare

Day care is a self-employed profession added in The Sims 3: Generations. Any Sim can turn their home into a day care center. Day care specialists are responsible for watching and taking care of both toddlers and children. As their job level increases, daycare specialists will be asked to take care of more children. Day care is the only self-employed profession to have only five levels.

To join this profession, select your phone or computer, click the jobs&profession section, and choose the daycare job. Toddlers will be dropped off at your house in the morning and children arrive on their own after their school day (which may or may not include afterschool activities they are enrolled in). Make sure you have plenty of toys and books for the kids and the proper care items for them. At the end of the day, a report is given based on each child's mood; the best being "great."

Responsibilities eventually include working on the weekends as well as taking care of a "problem child." Problem children will break appliances and electronics if left alone. The daycare provider will have an option to "discuss problems" with them which keeps them out of trouble and your items intact.

Amateur Babysitter (level one) - On the day the job starts, two toddlers will be dropped off at 9am and stay until 7pm. The player's Sim will work Monday until Thursday and is in charge of feeding them, playing with them, changing them, and keeping them in a good mood. The job performance is based on the relationship between the player's Sim and the toddlers, daily day care duties, and the player's Sim handles the "emergencies" that come up. To see what the toddler needs, the player can hover over them. At the end of the day, when the parents pick up their children a daily report will pop up on the upper right side of the player's computer screen. The better the overall moods of the toddlers the better the player's Sim's job performance.

Cool Care-Giver (level two) - This level is basically the same as level one except the player's Sim now has to look after a third toddler.

Day Care Dynamo (Level three) - The player's Sim in charge is now expected to teach the toddlers how to walk and talk. The player's Sim earn a weekly stripend of 300 Simoleons a week. Parents also start calling saying they will be late and over the weekend. Normally the player's Sim will get a call around 9:30pm on Saturday with a parent asking to watch their child on the next day. When parents are late, or call on the weekend the player's Sim can expect an extra payment.

Good Guardian (Level four) - The player's Sim now watches the four toddlers and a child when they get out of school. This job gets a weekly stripend of 400 Simoleons a week, plus any extra the player's Sim gets from late nights or weekends. This daycare level gives your Sim the "go play" social interaction to be used on the children in their care. The child is expected to have their homework finished and will show up in the daily report whether it was done or not. If the child starts playing immediately, the player's Sim has the option to tell them to "do homework".