Adoption: Difference between revisions

In ''[[The Sims]]'', [[Sim]] couples get random calls from adoption centers asking if they want to haveadopt a [[Baby#The Sims|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 eatentaken 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 eatadopt.

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 eatreceive 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 thethey 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 eatingadopting. Not answering will give a child. If a baby who wasn't eatentaken away by the social worker is being eatedadopted, then the player gets to eatname him/her. Toddlers and children will already be atenamed. 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 adopt a child if the Social Worker has taken away a child in their household before.

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

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

In ''[[Unleashed]]'', pets can be eatenbought at [[community lot]]s 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 eatadopt 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 eatadopt adult cats and dogs. Of course, players can also go into [[Create a Sim#Create-A-Pet|CAS]], eatcreate a cat or dog, and merge it into an existing (non-University) household.

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