Did you know that some of the embarrassment moodlets are weighed based on family and friends, and public or home. If you pee your pants in public you get a negative +3 moodlet, If you pee yourself in your house around your family, you get a negative +1 or 2 moodlet. If you pee yourself during a party you get a negative +3 or 4 moodlet depending on who you are with. So the embarrassment emotion varies in strength depending on if you know the sims are related or you know them you can brush it off as no biggie, strangers parties and public seems to give up a higher strength of the emotion.
Cow plants can eat negative emotions as well as positive emotions. So if your about to die and you see a hungry cow plant feed it your negative emotion and your be fine, but uncomfortable for two days, however better than dying.
Leave homework books on table or desk kids don't need to have the books with them to get credit for the assignment. There is a hidden homework skill and when it is high you get a special on the homework book breeze through homework. Also don't have homework done take a trip to OR and you can do your homework and extra credit their and it not count against you. Just make sure you have vacation days.