[UNSURE] Cat didn't scratch the "cat scratch post", but a furniture

I don't know if it helps but some of my cats (most of them are actually not that naughty!) will not scratch the scratch post till they are taught not to scratch the furtniture. When you see your cat scratch the chair, do you not get the Lecture about furniture scratching interaction under friendly? Is that what this bug is?

My current kids wake up 2-3 times a night even with the stupid light. Funny thing, some kids are never attacked by the monster, and some get multiple attacks a night. I have no clue what triggers that. It's driving me insane.

As far as I know, there should be a tell them off option under the Mean ones too, I don't know its name.

For me the Lecture bit does not appear if the sims do not consider pets 'theirs' - which drives me insane, as I cannot tell off any pets that visit my vet. But at least for my pets - the option is always there. Buggy, as sims seem to have massive routing issues because of it (who knows why), but usually works pretty fast too.

I agree that cats should scratch the scratching post, but tbf my irl cat still prefers sofa to his so that is not always that peachy 😉

It's not really immersive that cats should know not to scratch furniture just because you have a post no? I think it's realistic that they still have to learn not to scratch other stuff. The point of buying a scratch post is probably that the cats are happy when they're able to scratch it? Or why do you buy one in real life? :O
Just because you have one in your home (IRL) doesn't mean the cats understand that they can scratch only the post and nothing else!

And you probably have to do introduction before lecturing them (there should be rude introduction and cautious introduction too though). Why do you have cats in your house that you aren't introduced to? 🙂

> kids wake up 2-3 times a night even with the stupid light.

Kids... you mean "Child", right?
Off-topic, but here's a solution for you;

1. Place a coco light above the bed. (above bed's head position)
2. If you're using "auto light" system, make sure coco light is always on.
3. If you have multiple beds in same area, make sure these are within coco light's radius.
(1 cocolight is enough to cover 5x4 radius)

If your house met these requirements, your child won't bother you.
(source: me, playing 2 different housemodel and household with multiple child)

> tbf my irl cat still prefers sofa to his

Well I trained my IRL cat(passed away year ago) not to scratch anything except a small tree stump.
It's easy, just buy a strong catnip and add it to stump's hole.

> Lecture bit does not appear if the sims do not consider pets 'theirs'

Yes. Some of household sim don't recognize their pet until I click "Friendly interaction".

1. Cat is scratching something.

2. Sim do friendly interaction. Cat stopped his action and talk to the sim.

3. A few minutes later, cat scratch something.

4. (Repeat to 2)

anyway... this sim's cat like to scratch all beds and sofas... someone help LOL

> It's not really immersive that cats should know not to scratch furniture just because you have a post no?

Then why the sim cat automatically know about "litter box"; how to use it and where they're located?

> Why do you have cats in your house that you aren't introduced to?

You have a point, but currently I'm having a bug which all household sim forget about their pet each night(reset relationship completely). That's why.

The fact that Lecture is not available after your pet scratches furniture definitely sounds like a bug. I'm guessing this is happening because of the more serious issue, your household Sim forgetting about their pet each night. Lecture requires the proper relationship bit. Can you confirm you're seeing this issue of relationships being reset with zero mods and CC? If so, could you share a save file so we can investigate further? Thanks much! https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302