Teaching moment

A teaching moment is a gameplay mechanic featured in The Sims 4: Parenthood. They are similar to chance cards and affect the children and teens of the household. Teaching moments can occur when a child or teen ask their parent for advice, or the parent gets a call from the Sim's principal during school hours about what they're doing. Asking for advice will mostly happen a few minutes after school.

For a teaching moment to pop up, a child or teen can autonomously "Ask for Advice" or have a parent answer a call from the principal from their phone during school hours. Most moments can be exclusive to children or teens only. Here, the player can see what the Sim in question is asking about or what the principal is saying, given the choices given. Each choice will affect the Sim's character values. More options can be unlocked by raising a Sim's parenting skill.

List of teaching moments
{| class="plaintable heading-blue" !Name !Description !Affected values
 * Unwelcome Present
 * I got a present that I think is dumb. I want to trade it with a friend or give it back. Can I do that?
 * Empathy and Manners
 * Food Fight!
 * (Sim Name) started a food fight during lunch and everyone got into it. Now the cafeteria has to be cleaned up.
 * Responsibility and Emotional Control
 * Caught Cheating
 * (Sim Name) was caught cheating during a test and was sent to the office.
 * Responsibility and Emotional Control
 * Weird Science
 * In lab, (Sim Name)'s science experiment exploded and made a big mess, along with frightening another student. We think he/she did it on purpose.
 * Manners and Emotional Control
 * A Phone to Pick
 * (Sim Name) was discovered playing games on his/her phone when he/she should have been paying attention to a lesson.
 * -}
 * Manners and Emotional Control
 * A Phone to Pick
 * (Sim Name) was discovered playing games on his/her phone when he/she should have been paying attention to a lesson.
 * -}
 * -}
 * -}