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AyKooChao
5 years ago

Parenthood: Family Relationship Status?

In a couple of in-game weeks, I’ll be aging five of my six main Sims up to young adults, and I only just remembered the Parenthood relationship types and decided to create their families, so I have a few questions.

How does the game determine whether a Sim’s parenting style is relaxed or authoritative? Is there a certain number of discipline interactions they need to perform, or is it about the percentage of firm/strict interactions vs. calm ones?

And what makes two Sims “rival siblings” as opposed to “ally siblings”? I’ve asked this before, but I’m still not sure.
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    AyKooChao
    5 years ago
    Update on the sibling rivalry experiment: it’s definitely attached to the pack-exclusive mean interactions, not the Sims’ relationship or enemy status. You’ll know your Sims have a sibling rivalry when you start seeing “Trick into believing ___” under the mean category or “Tease about crush/grades/face/bravery” under mischief. (There might be others, but I can’t remember.) I lost track of how many interactions it took, but I think it was around 5-10.

    I still don’t know how many discipline interactions count as “a lot”. I must’ve had my parent Sims tell their daughter off for swearing or being mean to her brother over 25 times in one day, but every time I try aging her up, she gets the “provided happy childhood” or “passive parent” bonuses with them.

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