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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|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, but this time by the [[social worker]], who can also take them away if their hunger or social [[motives]] drop too low, if they are too hot or cold,{{vgversion|TS2:S}} or if they are left at home with no more older Sims left in the house (i.e. the last older Sim in the household dies). Children taken by the social worker can later be [[Adoption|adopted]] by other families.

Unlike in previous games in the series, a child will '''NOT'not'' be removed from the household for getting F on their report cards for a period of time. They may get grounded if ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]'' is installed.