Parenthood - Should I get it?
I gather the Parenthood pack is fairly popular (at least, a recent Sims Community poll ranked it as the best game pack). Now, I am a big fan of "coming of age" stories. In fact, supernatural or sc...
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"haisin;c-18350547" wrote:
I don't use the parenting interactions much. I hardly ever make my parent sims force or influence their kid to do something or teach their kids to say something.
@haisin The parent influence feature is useless if the player generally controls the child as an active character. You can just tell the child what to do directly. If on the other hand, you want to play around with only controlling the parents and letting the AI control the children (ISBI, but They're my Kids, basically), influence makes a difference. I've tried this and it's helpful for the Child and Teen stages. Children have fairly smart AI for staying on top of their needs, but the parents need to remind them to do their homework and to go to bed on time. Teen AI is maddening. I feel like my parent sim was constantly redirecting them. "Get off the computer and take a shower!"
