these kind of errors are most often mods/cc related. Mods (and sometimes also custom content) get outdated with patches and need update.
If you're using any, please remove them all (unsure if clean out means you took them all out or just a few) and try again.
If it works with no cc installed, you'll need to find the one that's causing your issue.
See this for more information: [PLEASE READ] Usage of Mods and Custom Content
I have done that already I have all of my cc and mods organized in different folders based on what they are and so it was very easy for me to go through and try to find what was causing the problem and it seemed that it worked after I found a few files that weren't working as well as completely removing the majority of my cc and a few mods. However, after doing that I started to get even more issues including the issue I mentioned before where my game would freeze every time a teaching moment popped up. I am convinced that it has to do with Parenthood because I never had any issues before installing it.
So you removed the entire mods folder and cleaned your caches and still had the freezing (that especially has been reported by others as being mod related) ?
Could you try renaming your entire user folder and start a new game for testing purposes to see if that also has the issue ?
Detailed instructions can be found here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199
You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files and make a backup.
Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.
The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.
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