Life skill

Life skills were introduced in The Sims 2: FreeTime. They are skills that a Sim can learn to unlock special interactions or abilities. Unlike other skills, they are not learned incrementally. A Sim will not have a life skill until he or she has learned it completely.

Parenting
This skill can be learned by reading a book from any bookcase. Once learned, it allows a Sim to "check" on babies. A thought bubble will appear indicating any motives needing attention. The symbols for hunger, bladder, and so forth are the same as they are when older Sims need something and began waving at the player.

Knowledge and Family Sims will often roll a want to learn this skill after having a baby.

Fire Prevention
Sims with this skill are more effective at putting out fires, and are calmer when a fire actually starts. From a player's perspective, it is easier to get them to move away from the fire.

Anger Management
Reduces the chance of becoming furious with another Sim. When Sims with this skill do get furious, they may get over it faster, and the relationship damage is less.

Lifelong Happiness
Aspiration Meter takes much longer to decay.

Physiology
Sim builds Body skill faster, gains Fitness faster, gets Fatness slower, and the Energy need decays more slowly.

Couple Counseling
Allows a new interaction: "Repair relationship with...". When this interaction is used, the Sim using it will start trying to fix the relationship between the two Sims who have romantic relationship problem. If a couple is divorced, their relationship cannot be repaired.

Notes and tips

 * The want to study this skill is not fulfilled until the Sim has completely learned it.