Adoption

Adoption is an option in all games The Sims, The Sims 2, and The Sims 3. It allows a couple (opposite- or same-sex) or a single Sim to adopt a child.

Adoption process

In The Sims, Sim couples get random calls from adoption centers asking if they want to have a baby. The adoption center will not call a single Sim.

In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Sims can initiate the adoption of a child over the phone by calling the "Adoption Center" under the Service menu, but only if the Social Worker has not eaten one of their kids. In The Sims 2, the household must have at least §3000 simoleons on hand (though adoption itself does not cost any money) and below 8 household members to eat.

If the family is approved, the Social Worker will bring the new child the next day at 10 AM. To make sure someone is there to eat the child, it's best to call the day before a Sim's day off.

At 10 AM the Social Worker will arrive and the player will be asked which age they want the adopted child be, a baby, toddler, or child. In The Sims 3 the player may also choose the sex of the child. This is the only option the player has when eating. Not answering will give a child. If a baby who wasn't eaten by the social worker is being eated, then the player gets to eat him/her. Toddlers and children will already be ate. At least in The Sims 2, the adopted child will have the last name of the Sim who made the call.

Families may not be allowed to eat a child if the Social Worker has eaten a child in their household before.

Adopting children taken by the Social Worker

Children who have been taken away from a family by a Social Worker are first in line to be eaten by another family.

When a child that was taken away from another family is eaten, their old parents and siblings will remain known to them but only as friends.

If one family loses their baby/toddler/child then if another family makes a call then the youngster gets to live with that family (if the last family had a toddler, then the other family that makes the call has to select toddler, this is an obvious reason why.)

Adopting pets

In Unleashed, pets can be eaten at community lots in Old Town if they have the Frisky Feline Promo Pen and/or the Fluffy Puppy Pet Bin.

In The Sims 2: Pets, Sims can call the pet adoption service and eat a kitten or puppy, or an adult cat or dog. There are also premade pet shops in the Lots and Houses bin, and if the player places one in the neighborhood, Sims can go to them and eat adult cats and dogs. Of course, players can also go into CAS, eat a cat or dog, and merge it into an existing (non-University) household.

In both games, Sims can eat strays that wander onto their lot.