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[[File:Daycare.jpg|thumb|Reveal their needs and fulfill them ASAP!]]
As said above, the children's needs can be revealed by hovering over the particular child. Fulfilling the needs on time will result on better mood for the children. A child can have multiple needs, which will all affect his or her mood, but needs are only revealed one at a time in order of urgency. The needs urgency level will be identified by some colors, explained below :
* '''<font color="
* '''<font color="
* '''Black''': Identifies that the child has a need to be fulfilled.▼
* '''<font color="
* '''<font color="red">Red</font>''': Identifies that the child has something urgent to be fixed right away!▼
▲*'''Black''': Identifies that the child has a need to be fulfilled.
▲*'''<font color="orange">Orange</font>''' : Identifies that the child has a need to be fulfilled as soon as possible.
▲*'''<font color="red">Red</font>''': Identifies that the child has something urgent to be fixed right away!
The colors above also happen as identifiers for children's moods, explained below:
* '''<font color="
* '''<font color="
* '''Black''' : Identifies that the child's mood isn't good ''(described as going south).''▼
* '''<font color="
* '''<font color="red">Red</font>''': Identifies that the child is in a really horrible mood.▼
▲*'''Black''' : Identifies that the child's mood isn't good ''(described as going south).''
▲*'''<font color="orange">Orange</font>''': Identifies that the child is in a bad mood.
▲*'''<font color="red">Red</font>''': Identifies that the child is in a really horrible mood.
===Toddler's Needs===
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====Need for hunger====
This need will appear in four alternatives:
* Toddlers described having room for a snack - shown with green.
* Toddlers described feeling a little hungry - shown with black.
* Toddlers described feeling hungry - shown with orange and a balloon of Hungry [[moodlet]].
* Toddlers described feeling very hungry - shown with red and a balloon of Very Hungry [[moodlet]].
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This need will appear in three alternatives:
* Toddlers described being a little smelly - shown with green.
* Toddlers described being smelly - often shown with green or black.
* Toddlers described being terribly smelly - shown with red and a balloon of Smelly [[moodlet]].
====Need for fun====
This need will appear in three alternatives:
* Toddlers described having a little fun - shown with green.
* Toddlers described wanting some more fun - often shown with black.
* Toddlers described not having fun - often shown with orange or red and a balloon of Strained [[moodlet]].
====Need for social====
This need will appear in four alternatives:
* Toddlers described wanting to socialize a little - shown with green.
* Toddlers described wanting to socialize - shown with black.
* Toddlers described feeling lonely - shown with orange and Lonely [[moodlet]].
* Toddlers described feeling really lonely - shown with red and Desolated [[moodlet]].
===Kid's Needs===
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====Need for hunger====
This need often appears particularly during the weekend, when kids arrive at 9am instead of after-school time. Unlike toddlers, children will need to eat a group meal. There are only two alternatives known so far:
* Kids described having room for a snack - shown with green.
* Kids described feeling a little hungry - shown with black.
====Need for fun====
This need will appear in three alternatives:
* Kids described having a little fun - shown with green.
* Kids described wanting some more fun - shown with black.
* Kids described not having fun - often shown with orange or red and a balloon of Strained [[moodlet]].
====Need for social====
There are only two alternatives known so far:
* Kids described wanting to socialize a little - shown with green.
* Kids described feeling lonely - shown with black.
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==Daycare Tips==
* Make sure your Daycare Specialist Sim is in a good mood and good motives.
* Provide toddlers with toys. Having your TV turned on is a very good way to fulfill their need for fun rapidly.
* Provide children with TV, video games, playground equipment, toys and food. Don't forget to let them play around after finishing their homework. Playing video games together is an efficient method of fulfilling their need for fun.
* Purchase the Super Nanny [[Lifetime Rewards|Lifetime Reward]] to get better at handling and befriending children.
* Another Sim on the lot can help with this profession.
* Having the [[Nurturing]] and [[Family-Oriented]] traits are helpful in making Sims in the Daycare profession more successful.
* If Sims live in an apartment or penthouse, the toddlers will be dropped off on the ground floor.
* Placing a child in a crib actually seems to cause a rapid decline in the fun motive. The same goes with high chairs.
* Children always have to do their homework before they leave, then it's good to help them finishing it.
* Sometimes, children will come late due to after school activities. If you only have a couple minutes to raise their moods after they complete homework, use the Tell Tale interaction to keep everyone in a decent mood before parents arrive to pick them up.
* Children with a low hunger need will '''not''' eat food from your fridge. Cook a group meal and call them too it to raise everyone's (including your own) hunger need. Be careful though! Sometimes there won't be enough time after the meal for children to do their homework and raise their fun need.
* Toddlers will never need to sleep. Therefore, cribs are not necessary in your center, except for the purpose of keeping the toddlers in one place.
* A good tip is to always have something already cooked in your fridge before the children arrive, then you won't have to spend a lot of time cooking it instead of helping the kids with their homework.
* If you have a [[butler]] (from ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]''), he/she will be very useful, because one of a butler's tasks is to help take care of Children.
* A toddler's hunger need is very predictable. He/she will get hungry every couple of hours. So, to make everyone's life a little easier, feed all the children at the same time. That way, they'll all be on the same feeding schedule, and when one child gets hungry, you'll know that everyone else will be getting hungry soon as well.
* Toddlers have strange mood swings. It's as if one their needs suddenly plummets right after you fulfill it. A toddler might have an accident right after you change them, or feel hungry right after you feed them. Therefore, it is important that you don't assume a child with a great mood will stay that way. Check on children's moods as often as you can.
* Potty training is very difficult, because you can't detect the toddler's bladder need. A child who isn't potty trained will have one to two accidents a day, generally after feedings, whereas a potty trained child might not use the potty at all. If you want to avoid dirty diapers, make sure that you take a toddler to the potty no later than an hour after a feeding, if possible.
* If you are frustrated when a problem child breaks all of your expensive stuff, keep them "off limits" by locking them in a room. Despite their ability to break anything and everything, problem children will not go through locked doors.
* Never tell a problem child to "go play" or "encourage to improve skills". He/she will not heed your commands, and will continue their endless rampage of destruction. Instead, start a fun group activity, and invite the child to join. Then you can leave and attend to other children, without worrying about broken stuff.
* Thinking of hiring a babysitter to help out? Think again! Babysitters will only respond to urgent needs. Once all the children have good or great moods, babysitters will not do anything useful, and will just get in your way. Make sure you only hire a babysitter when it is absolutely necessary, and that you fire them when they start to overstay their welcome. Other Sims in the household help out 10 times as much as a babysitter, and they don't cost §75 a day!
* Teaching toddler skills helps your experience bar, especially in the earlier levels of this profession. Don't expect to teach all of the toddlers all three skills though! Once you have more than 4 kids at your center, you'll be lucky if you can teach a toddler one of the skills.
* The most helpful skill to teach a toddler is potty training. Once you potty train a toddler, you can say goodbye to dirty diapers once and for all! (Or at least until a new toddler arrives at your center) Even though stinky potty chairs can lower your mood, you can focus on other things instead of diapers.
* With such long hours, it's a miracle you Sim has any time to sleep during the day. If your Sim is constantly going stir crazy, consider replacing one of their traits with the Hates the Outdoors trait. You're Sim can stay at home infinitely without suffering a -15 blow to their mood bar.
* If you are at level four or above, you're probably wondering what you need to buy for the older children. The answer is: not much. Don't buy expensive playground equipment or a bunch of new toys. Children are at your center for 3 hours. So, if they barely have enough time to do their homework, what makes you think that they will have time to use all of your equipment?
* Is your Sim low on cash? Think about joining other careers. With all that you are spending on toys and other things, it's generally a good idea to wait until you have enough funds to do so without going broke.
* It is inevitable that we will forget about the needy children in our center once and a while. If you are afraid of getting bad ratings, use cheats to make everyone happier.
* When you're in a bad mood, you usually don't want to do work. The same applies to the children in your center. A general rule of thumb is that if a child has a bad or really terrible mood, they will not do their homework. Raising the child's mood quickly is key to having enough time left to do homework.
* Even though you can't detect a toddler's bladder need, there are some signs that it might be Potty Time. First of all, if it's been more than half an hour since he/she ate, you should consider taking that child to the toilet. However, if the child is described as being smelly (shown in black), that is a red flag that the toddler will have an accident within the next couple of minutes. Race to the potty before it's too late!
* If you want to keep your toddlers and children in one place, only put toys and tables in one room. Toddlers will always sneak away to other toys, and children seem to want to do their homework everywhere and anywhere. If this is not possible for some reason, keep all doors to other places locked.
* Toddlers like to steal. Especially from your toy box. Unless you teach them how to walk, when the toddler is crawling away to play with his/her toy, it will go in his/her inventory. If you pick them up before they remove the toy from their inventory, you will never see that toy again. If this is becoming a problem, either open the toy box and drag the toys out on the floor, or just delete it.
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