[FIXED] Sims can't help toddlers to potty

no because i was playing this game just fine even late last night, its not until the patch this morning that this has become a problem

I have this issue with YA

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@crinrict wrote:
@minkydpainCould you try then if it's an issue for all ages

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I can't speak for the OP, but I'm experiencing the same issue. Given the fact that I'm currently playing a 100 Baby Challenge I was able to test the tutoring with both Young Adults and Teens, with the same result: both those age groups failed the tutoring as explained by the OP. I also repaired the game, and tried a brand new safe but nothing changed. It looks like a bug spawned by the new patch. I'm playing vanilla, by the way.  

Same issue here. Playing on PS4. Both parents are adults and cannot assist with most toddler activities. Luckily she’s about to age up, so no potty training still needed. 

I tried multiple things. Dollhouse, for example, if the toddler clicks on it and chooses “Play with...” and selects a parent, she will then go play at the dollhouse, but the parent will never join. If the parent clicks dollhouse and the “Play with...” the same thing happens, toddler goes there, parent doesn’t move. While playing at the dollhouse a toddler used to be able to click on an adult and say something like “ask to join playing dolls,” and the adult would run over to play. That dialogue option is gone. Even tried this with Patchy, since he’s played with kids before, but still not an option. (I think he’s marked as young adult?) Also, used to be an option if the toddler was already playing the parent could click dollhouse and hit “Join,” there is now no ability to even click if the kiddo is already there. Same basic thing with the blocks except the parent will walk over to the blocks, just won’t do anything. 

Not sure if it is somehow related, but the “Play with...” option is also missing from our chess table for the child sim. Didn’t mess with that one since he doesn’t need to play chess rn anyway. Just was clicking around on other things where that was an option before to see. Water balloons “Play with” function worked fine. 

Same here with 3 sims all set as Care Givers. 

Only since patch. Replicatable. 

Young Adult mother (parenting 10) & Adult aunt (parenting 4) & uncle (parenting 5) - both of the latter have the toddlers set as Care Dependents - all begin helping the toddler with potty training & all of them drop the action from their queue & leave at the same time every attempt: 1/4 of the way through the first trying to potty action, well before the toddler gets to the use potty action. Both toddlers were first level potty.

Toddler remains on the potty, the caregiver cannot restart the dropped action as it no longer shows on the radial menu for either the toddler or the potty.

No mods or cc. All packs except Eco Lifestyle.

Same here, i have tried different ages, households and parents and non parents and they drop the action to potty train/teach shapes etc straight away and can't add it.  Toddler can't 'invite to potty train''teach shapes' either.

Definitely only happening since patch.  

My Sim parents are just ignoring their kids. They take toddlers to the potty, or the blocks, but then they do nothing. They go to the dollhouse but don't kneel down and play with toddlers or children. My children and teens ask for help but whomever they ask, parents, grandparents, siblings, npc's they get no help. It's a struggle.

I play with no mods on PC.

I have cleared everything and reloaded.

It has been happening since the first recent patch 3rd June.

I've taken to playing with the childless generations.

@therhythmicbabe 

Have you tried directing them to do Parenting things or read partenting books to increase the skill?