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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 from 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 6 pm will result in one of the child's parents appearing on the lot to bring the child home.<ref group="n">This is due to the fact that Sims being called on a phone are, technically, considered to be on the lot. Because of this, one of the child's parents may come to the lot to pick up the child, even if the phone call has ended. [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,1479.0.html This mod] fixes this "bug", but it also introduces a number of other features that may not be wanted.</ref>
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]].
A child who is awake when one of his or her parents returns from work will generally stop whatever he or she is doing (even eating or bathing), and run to greet the parent. This action can be interrupted, and the child sent back to whatever he or she was doing. There is a [http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/thread-936.html mod] at Leefish that will suppress this.
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