Family (aspiration)

The Family aspiration is commonly known for its easiness to fulfill wants. Sims with this aspiration aspire to get married and have children, and thrive on spending time with their family members.

Premade Sims With Aspiration

Pleasantview

• Brandi Broke
• Cassandra Goth
• John Burb

Strangetown

• Jenny Smith
• Ophelia Nigmos
• PT9

Teenagers

Wants

• Potty Train Sim
• Teach Sim to Walk
• Teach Sim to talk
• Go Steady
• Have very first kiss

Fears

• Get rejected for first kiss
• Get rejected for Go Steady
• Sim grows up badly

Aspiration Meter Level

• Platinum: Shining Example
• Gold: Pride and Joy
• High Green: Good Son / Darling Daughter
• Low Green: Routine Relative
• Low Red: Bad Seed
• High Red: Family Flunk Out

Adults

Wants

• Have a baby
• Teach Sim to walk
• Teach Sim to talk
• Potty Train Sim

Fears

• Have a baby
• Sim grows up badly

Aspiration Meter Level

• Platinum: Family Rock
• Gold: Role Model
• High Green: Good Influence
• Low Green: Solid Provider
• Low Red: Brood Bungler
• High Red: Black Sheep

Elders

A desperate housewife

Wants

• Relative Gets Married
• Relative Gets Engaged
• Reach Golden Anniversary
• Get a grandchild (+8,000 aspration)
• Have # grandchildren (+22,000 aspiration)

Fears

• Relative breaks up
• Die alone

Aspiration Meter Level

• Platinum: Town Father / Town Mother
• Gold: Patriarch / Matriarch
• High Green: Sire / Matron
• Low Green: Sweet Old Coot
• Low Red: Grumpy Gramps / Grumpy Grams
• High Red: Creepy Crank / Creepy Crone

Lifetime Wants

Base Game

• Become Captain Hero
• Have 6 grandchildren
• Marry off 6 children
• Reach Golden Anniversary

University

• Graduate 3 Children from College

Pets

• Raise 20 Puppies or Kittens

Seasons

• Become education Minister

Freetime

• Become World Class Ballet Dancer
• Become Head of SCIA

Aspiration Desperations

Family Sims have high-impact fears over relatives dying, losing friends and to be rejected to have interactions with their children or grandchildren. Sims who reach aspiration desperation will pull out a sack of flour with a face painted on it and will begin to rock and cuddle it like a baby.

Huge Wants

Adult

• Have 10 Children (+15,000 aspiration)
• Have a Baby (+8,000 aspiration)
• Get Married (+8,000 aspiration)
• Get Engaged (+ 7,000 aspiration)
• Fall in Love (+5,000 aspiration)
• Child is an overacheiver (+5,000 aspiration)
• Child gets A+ on report card (+4,000 aspiration)
• Help Child with Homework (+3,500 aspiration)

Tips & Tricks

• Never, ever pair a Romance Sim with a Family Sim, as their wants will clash. - Edit: I paired my Family Sim with a Romance Sim, and my Romance Sim, although still having the Romance Aspiration, had all his wants to do with the other Sim. So, I guess it depends on how good the relationship between the Sims is.
• If one wants to pair a Family Sim with another, the easiest are a Fortune Sim or a Knowledge sim, since their wants won't clash very easily.
• You should create a family Sim married or at least with one (or more) children, because most of the family Sims' lifetime want is "marry off six children" (unless you create the Sim elder, and then it will be "have six grandchildren") and that is something very hard to achieve, so you have to make a lot of children, and fast. Also recommended is to adopt children when they are children and not babies or toddlers.
• many people on the sims 2 do not know that if a member of your relative dies, this is not commonly a fear