"Oldeseadogge;c-17295666" wrote:
Was the child home alone for anything other than micro-seconds? EA has decided any sim under teen needs 24/7/365 supervision. Learned that the hard way in TS2.
Maybe in previous games, but this is not true in S4. Kids can be left at home without babysitters. If you try to leave a toddler alone, the game simply sends her to daycare (or you have the option to hire a nanny if your Sim is leaving for work). And as long as the Sim doesn't actually leave the neighbourhood (go through a loading screen or into a rabbit hole), a toddler can be left at home without supervision. (For instance, the mother can walk over to the skating rink and leave the toddler alone.)
I think a kid can be taken away for flunking school, but you get some warnings. (I haven't actually had this happen, so I can't be sure.) The only way to lose a toddler is not to feed them - they can be red on all their other needs, but as long as they haven't completely bottomed out on the hunger need, they won't get taken away. (I have tried this one - I had a 'wild child' toddler that was simply evil.)
Maybe the kid missed too much school? Were any of his needs in the red?
