Family (aspiration)
Sims with the Family aspiration aspire to get married and have children, and thrive on spending time with their family members. In the base game, this may be the most common aspiration, hence the long list below of base game Sims, and is chosen by many players.
Aspiration Monikers
Level | Teen | Adult | Elder |
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Platinum | Shining Example | Family Rock | Town Father / Town Mother |
Gold | Pride and Joy | Role Model | Patriarch / Matriarch |
High Green | Good Son / Darling Daughter | Good Influence | Sire / Matron |
Low Green | Routine Relative | Solid Provider | Sweet Old Coot |
Low Red | Bad Seed | Brood Bungler | Grumpy Gramps / Grumpy Grams |
Deep Red | Family Flunk Out | Black Sheep | Creepy Crank / Creepy Crone |
Wants & Fears
Wants
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Fears
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Lifetime Wants
Aspiration Desperation
Family Sims have high-impact fears over relatives dying, losing friends and being rejected to have interactions from 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, as if it was a baby.
Freetime Aspiration Benefits
- Level 1 - Grandma's Comfort Soup
- Level 2 - Slower Fun and Comfort Motive Decay
- Level 3 - Plead with social worker
- Level 4 - Super Fertility
Careers
Premade Sims With Aspiration
- For a complete list, see Category:Family Sims.
Tips & Tricks
- It is not recommended to pair a Romance Sim with a Family Sim, as their wants will clash.
- If one wants to pair a Family Sim with someone that doesn't also have the Family aspiration, the easiest are a Fortune Sim or a Knowledge Sim, since their wants won't clash very easily. Fortune Sims make particularly good partners for Family Sims, as their desire to earn raises and promotions will leave their spouses free to be homemakers and stay-at-home parents. Knowledge Sims make good co-parents for Family Sims, as they roll wants to teach toddler skills and study skills more frequently than most other aspirations.
- 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" (or "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.
- Sometimes Family Sims get "Have a Child" as both a want and a fear. It's unknown why this happens, though it may be because they have just had a child and don't want the stress of another even though the aspiration makes them want one. Still, having another child is worth a net 3,000 ASP.
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