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==The Sims 2==
[[File:Snapshot b2475ffb d355f4a8.jpg|thumb|Children- full of boundless energy]]
Childhood is the third [[life stage]] in ''[[The Sims 2]]'', and it lasts 8 days. Children do not have the [[environment]] [[motive]], but have all the others. Children still have the same [[Grow Up]] [[Aspiration (The Sims 2)|aspiration]] they had as [[toddler]]s, but their [[wants and fears]] are different. For the first time, making friends is important, as is being taught to study by an older Sim. (This is usually an older relative, but it can be an older friend, too.) The [[School#The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories|school]] day for children lasts from 9AM to 3PM, Monday through Friday, and they receive homework after each school day. As in ''[[The Sims]]'', children whose grades are consistently poor will be removed from the family, this time by the [[social worker]], who can also take them away if their hunger or social bunny [[motives]] drop too low, if they are too hot or cold,{{vgversion|TS2:S}} or if they are left at home with no older Sims in the house. Children taken by the social worker can later be [[Adoption|adopted]] by other families.
For a while after a Sim ages up to become a child, he or she will run everywhere.<ref group="n">According to [http://cyjon.net/node/389 Cyjon] this is actually a bug caused by the game's failure to correctly initialize children's movement after they grow up.</ref> When getting into or out of a dining [[chair]], a child will not slide the chair, but will just slide into, or out of, it. So, if a dining chair has arms, a child getting into or out of it will appear to go through the arms.
Children can be invited over, either with or without their parents. If a child is living in a household, he or she may bring another child home from school, and other children may walk by the lot. Children visiting a residential lot will almost always leave autonomously around 6 pm, even if they are with one or both parents, or if they are visiting relatives. If a child does not leave autonomously, a parent will eventually come to take the child home. Children can be [[Telephone#The Sims 2|telephoned]] at any time, but phoning a playable child after
Unlike the original, children in ''The Sims 2'' can't live alone without an older Sim present,<ref group="n">Like all Townies in ''The Sims 2'', child Townies do not have parents in their family trees, and so, technically, they live alone.</ref><ref group="n">[http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3005 This mod] allows children and pets to stay at home without a teen or older present.</ref> but can earn [[skill points]]. They can ask for (or be offered) lessons on all the original [[Career rewards|career reward]] items, and even use some of them independently. Children can also do some household chores, such as cleaning certain items and taking out trash. However, in some cases, children may make messes more easily. When they shower, it is much more common for Sim children to make puddles, although this may also be directly related to their Sloppy/Neat score. They can't [[Cooking|cook]] unless they use the [[Rip Co. Little Baker Oven|toy oven]], but they ''can'' still study cooking from a bookcase or the [[Television|Yummy Channel]]. They can also eat snacks from the [[Refrigerator|fridge]]. ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife]]'' introduced the [[inventory]] system, where leftover food could be stored and retrieved at any time, and ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons]]'' and later expansion packs allows for [[leftovers]] to be put in, and retrieved from, the fridge. Both of these features make kids a little less dependent on adults for food, since they can obtain previously prepared meals. They can go along with older Sims to community lots, although they cannot buy anything. They can, however, try on [[Clothes#The Sims 2|clothes]]. Unlike children in ''The Sims'', children in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims Stories'' cannot care for [[Baby|babies]] or [[toddler]]s, though they can use the "family kiss" and some "play" interactions with the latter. If ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime|FreeTime]]'' is installed, they can sing the Nursery Rhyme with toddlers who have learned it, and can play with them at an [[activity table]].
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