How do you decide when enough is enough?

For me, it depends on how many families I want to play at a time. If I’m only going to play one family for that generation, then a maxed out 8-sim family is fine. If I want to play a whole community, then 1 to 2 kids works better because it’s easier to keep track of. Plus, I’ll usually want to intermarry the kids of multiple played families when they grow up, and then intermarry the next generation, and it’s not as confusing if every family just has 1 kid. If every family has 6 or more kids, then it’s hard for me to remember who is related to whom.

Keep in mind, my gameplay style is to use fillmotive and other cheats, and the goal for me is to get good screenshots. If I was playing time-management style or play lots of challenges, that would probably influence my answer. So it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish.

My magic number is 1-3 kids per family but they have gone as far as 6 kids in one household at once both biological ones and fostered.

I have 4 at the moment which to me is overwhelming. It would have been fine if the last two were not twins. Dealing with 4 children, the Mom and Dad, a dog and Patchy(Patchy tends to always be in the way and I don't want to get rid of him)

When I dread playing is when I know it is too many for Me, I didn't save my game last time I played because it was mischief or prank day and my Sim had his wife streak, not realizing how cold it was she died..lol so ugh all that work and I could not save it because I would have lost her.

I roll a dice or let Siri decide how many. They do sometimes have “oops” babies, which I don’t mind at all. :)

This is a hard one for me. Usually, I’ll know deep down that enough is enough at 3 max, yet I’ll get the urge to try again and end up with 4. I can usually manage 4 just fine, although it does get stressful. 5 is when I quit the save, (that just happened recently.) it’s weird, because I know I should stop having babies but I just love pregnant sims so much! Haha

So, for the current generation of my legacy I’ve set myself a rule of no more than two kids. Maybe even just one. I actually like the idea of playing small families a lot, considering I’m from a small family in real life. I hope I stick to my goal

I roll a dice or use a random number generator to help lead my game play decisions ^^

Just not too many.

2 to 4 kids is manageable for me. Anything more get chaotic around the house.

I am trying to keep control of myself in my games, otherwise I'd have my sims keep giving birth! In fact, so that the worlds do not get over-run with one family, I try to stick to one or two babies per family.

I remember in TS3 I did the five teen aspiration, and that family ended up almost taking over Sunset Valley with their descendants, aunts, uncles, cousins etc, and that was just from having those initial 5 kids. I got 8 generations down the line and almost everyone was part of that family or married into that family...

It usually depends on the family and what their lifestyle fits. Usually anywhere from 1-4 is a typical number for families in my Sim World.