I know that they will become Embarrassed after school if they have an F, and I'm also aware that a B or an A grade will start you in the career 2 and 3 levels ahead. Will my kid be taken if I have an F? I want to play a evil, horrible child challenge and want them to skip school. I know in the Sims 1 they will be sent to military school if they miss 2 days of schooling and taken away by the Social Worker in the Sims 2. I've heard very mixed claims. Will they be taken away or not in the Sims 4, if their grades are low? Edit: I've never tried this myself and I'm curious to see. I don't have High School Years installed.

If a child has the F grade for more than a couple of days they will be taken away.

Children yes, teens no. Teens are even left to die by starvation if you let them starve and they can live alone.

I don't know about children, but I've had teen sims flunk out of school, and they weren't taken away. I've tried to create teen sims that live alone, and the game told me there must be an adult in the household

Teens CAN live alone. Gonna try out and see if kids get taken with an F as well.

"simgirl1010;c-18204506" wrote:If a child has the F grade for more than a couple of days they will be taken away.Well that throws my lazy kid idea out the window

Will my Child or Teens be taken away if they have bad grades in the Sims 4?

15 Replies

simgirl1010
Hero
3 years ago
If a child has the F grade for more than a couple of days they will be taken away.
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Children yes, teens no. Teens are even left to die by starvation if you let them starve and they can live alone.
NateWhiplash
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I don't know about children, but I've had teen sims flunk out of school, and they weren't taken away. I've tried to create teen sims that live alone, and the game told me there must be an adult in the household
LlamaOMama
New Ace
3 years ago
Teens CAN live alone. Gonna try out and see if kids get taken with an F as well.
ignominiusrex
3 years ago
"Nate_Whiplash1;c-18204515" wrote:
I don't know about children, but I've had teen sims flunk out of school, and they weren't taken away. I've tried to create teen sims that live alone, and the game told me there must be an adult in the household

That's weird, because I played a house full of nothing but teens out chasing the dream of fame in that Hollywood themed world. And had a teen brother and sister living alone together. Are you sure you're thinking of sims4 and not some other version maybe?
CaptainMe120
3 years ago
"simgirl1010;c-18204506" wrote:
If a child has the F grade for more than a couple of days they will be taken away.

Well that throws my lazy kid idea out the window
keene61
New Spectator
3 years ago
"SelinaKyles;c-18206410" wrote:
"simgirl1010;c-18204506" wrote:
If a child has the F grade for more than a couple of days they will be taken away.

Well that throws my lazy kid idea out the window

So you gotta try hard to be awful but just barely not awful enough. That’s just as much effort as trying hard to be an overachiever!
Anmirla
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"Nate_Whiplash1;c-18204515" wrote:
I don't know about children, but I've had teen sims flunk out of school, and they weren't taken away. I've tried to create teen sims that live alone, and the game told me there must be an adult in the household

If it's like it is in TS2, you can't create the household without an adult in CAS. You would need to kill off the adult (or delete the adult) after moving them in. Come to think of it, it is this way in TS3 as well.
I'm not sure if a teen can move out of a household by him/herself. In TS2, there is a household that had 2 teens, 2 children and 2 toddlers. I don't know if there is some special flag that allows you to move them from the family bin. I would imagine that once they are an established household, not having an adult isn't an issue, but I could be wrong.
mightyspritesims
Legend
3 years ago
@Anmirla @Nate_Whiplash1 You can definitely start the game with households of teens and no adults. We've done that multiple times.
ignominiusrex
3 years ago
That's one thing I would change if I could: this dictatorship feeling the game gives when it comes to school, making it something so life and death how a kid does in school, and in sims3, that cursed curfew automatically inflicted even if I habe a family of vampires and of course the kids can stay out past midnight!

Making grades cause for removal from family is ludicrous. School =/= education and there should always be a choice.