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stockingfeet's avatar
8 years ago

adoption

There's been some talk about adoption options. I know we can do this pretend through CAS and manage worlds. but wouldn't it be great if we could put our child up for adoption. say our sim got in the family way and we decided " No this wont do," maybe we decided we want them to focus on their jobs or partying instead. or their relationship mum or dad isn't getting on well with child, or parents aren't getting on. or when at the hospital they suddenly have twins or triplets, and we can only afford one cot or the time for one child. wouldn't it be great if we could click on baby and say put up for adoption.
and these babies, toddlers children would actually show up in the adoption register, so another sim can adopt. or if we have friends or family, we could choose via computer, phone under services send "Sophia" to live with aunty Maud. or move in with father. etc.
admittedly if they have a computer they can sell that to buy another crib, but you understand what I'm getting at.
once up for adoption, if a child they know they were put up for adoption, in the family tree it would say Adopted son daughter. if a baby still adopted but the new parents have the choice to tell child or teen when their older. all sots of things can happen then or not.
also the crib, wouldn't it be easier to buy a crib and it have the option when clicked on the crib, adopt and a pop up of the babies in the adoption register come up. the same with the toddler bed. so our sims can adopt without needing their own computer.
what are your ideas???
  • I've been wanting this for a little while. I would love it if we had more options for adoption instead of pretending through CAS. And relationship titles such as adopted mother or adopter father since they will also know their birth parents.
  • as much as I love this idea..there are people who will hated it..

  • "MadameLee;15645533" wrote:
    as much as I love this idea..there are people who will hated it..



    It would be optional though. And useful for storytelling* for those who *do* want the option.

    Right now we have a limitation in adoption though that the game doesn't have adoptive *and* birth parents both recognized, so I'm not really sure that, apart from random allocation to a household (maybe?), there'd be an advantage to this in-game. You'd lose your relationship as things currently are. I'd like to see adoptive and birth parents, though, then there could be lots of great new storytelling around both directions of adoption.

    *By which I mean stuff we do while we play, just making stories happen, not posting words and screenshots online, which can be done no matter what the underlying game mechanic is.
  • "luthienrising;15645585" wrote:
    "MadameLee;15645533" wrote:
    as much as I love this idea..there are people who will hated it..



    It would be optional though. And useful for storytelling* for those who *do* want the option.

    Right now we have a limitation in adoption though that the game doesn't have adoptive *and* birth parents both recognized, so I'm not really sure that, apart from random allocation to a household (maybe?), there'd be an advantage to this in-game. You'd lose your relationship as things currently are. I'd like to see adoptive and birth parents, though, then there could be lots of great new storytelling around both directions of adoption.

    *By which I mean stuff we do while we play, just making stories happen, not posting words and screenshots online, which can be done no matter what the underlying game mechanic is.


    I know what you mean..in my Swanson Story Selene's Cousins 3x removed Raven (Selene's great-great grandpa is the brother to Raven's great-grandma) and was Selene's guardian until she died and Raven's husband (who is a 5th cousin removed to Selene himself) will be dying soon himself but he has remarried) but Raven only "adopted" Selene do to the fact that Selene's birth family can't take her for a plot-related reason
  • "MadameLee;15645610" wrote:
    "luthienrising;15645585" wrote:
    "MadameLee;15645533" wrote:
    as much as I love this idea..there are people who will hated it..



    It would be optional though. And useful for storytelling* for those who *do* want the option.

    Right now we have a limitation in adoption though that the game doesn't have adoptive *and* birth parents both recognized, so I'm not really sure that, apart from random allocation to a household (maybe?), there'd be an advantage to this in-game. You'd lose your relationship as things currently are. I'd like to see adoptive and birth parents, though, then there could be lots of great new storytelling around both directions of adoption.

    *By which I mean stuff we do while we play, just making stories happen, not posting words and screenshots online, which can be done no matter what the underlying game mechanic is.


    I know what you mean..in my Swanson Story Selene's Cousins 3x removed Raven (Selene's great-great grandpa is the brother to Raven's great-grandma) and was Selene's guardian until she died and Raven's husband (who is a 5th cousin removed to Selene himself) will be dying soon himself but he has remarried) but Raven only "adopted" Selene do to the fact that Selene's birth family can't take her for a plot-related reason


    That reminds me actually of another relationship issue. I have two Sims who don't know who their father is, but the only way I can keep it that way is to have him not actually genetically attached to them in the save. I wish there was a way I could see the genealogy in-game without them also knowing their parentage.

    It's similar as well to the parent/step-parent thing. The game doesn't have a "step-parent" role that triggers parentlike behaviour. That person is either a new "parent" (which means losing the old relationship) or is just a "roommate".

    So yeah. The more I think about it, the more I want adopting-out but with more parent relationship types as well. Because those drive in-game autonomous behaviour and make all the difference between in-game adoption (etc.) and just moving Sims in Manage Household.
  • I wish there was an adoption agency and they could add more kid stuff, bunkbeds, and a way to adopt in person. It would be neat to go to the adoption agency and get to know the children and then decide. It would be more real that way, but I hope they wouldn't change the easiness of adoption as I wouldn't want any more leveling up in the game than we already have. Personally, I hate having to up the relationships, work, skills, ect. I liked it in the S3 when you paid a fee and learned about a skill at various businesses ect.
  • Yes to all of this, and include pets too! I wasn't thinking, and put my puppies up for adoption only to have them disappear from game lol. Now, I do all my "adoptions" manually, moving them into nice homes, but it'd be awesome if there was a mechanic for hat in game, with adoption evaluations and everything!