Hi all, I'm hoping somebody can help me out.
The child in the family I'm playing keeps dying due to neglect when in fact he is far from neglected. He was adopted, soon to be a teen, an A student, a boy scout with one level to go, he's happy, well fed and loved by his family. It's like he's targeted or something, I can't keep him alive. The same horror story keeps happening: he goes to bed feeling happy or focused, after an hour I get the message that he's being neglected and then he dies :(
By the way, I've tried toggle death and I've remove all mods. Please help :(
I just wanted to say, if anyone else has the same problem, the only way I managed to resolve it is by aging ALL the children (three of them). Once the original child that was "targeted" was aged to a teen, the next one was on the schedule to die due to neglect. I feel like this is a bug with the latest patch (I could be wrong of course but I got the Reaper event message and it was indeed fishy). All three children were happy, doing very well at school etc. I tried moving a child to a different household, deleting mods, repairing the game, deleting cashes etc. but nothing worked.
Tbh, this made me like this game a bit less because I was playing "This is Us" scenario and poor Randall was not supposed to die or age up to a teen before ever going to a swimming pool or learning to ride a bike lol
Heyyy, I’m having the same exact problem you are not alone!! This is happening in my main save file where I’m building a legacy and the mom had 9 kids . Dad died before life & death expansion pack came out. household was mom, 2 teens , 2 children and a dog before she died after I bought the life & death expansion pack. So as I was playing last night, she died in her sleep, I set up a Will for her, which I especially waited for the pack to come out for me to turn aging back on so that she can die. I set up for the two children to be sent away with one of their older adult brothers. But once the mom died, they all stayed in the household and nothing happened. I’m assuming it’s because there are teens in the house but the children still should’ve been sent away so I’m confused about that … at first, I didn’t think anything of it so I just kept playing, but then one child died due to neglect and a few sim minutes later the other child died due to neglect I was going crazy. I exit my game and restarted, thinking that if I moved them in with the adult brother, it would solve the problem. It did not because after I moved them in with him, they still died for the same reason in the same order. so I’m definitely thinking it’s a glitch. I am now about to play again, and my only thought was let me try to look this problem up because my only guess is I have to age those children up unfortunately 😭😭 lol
I've had the same issue, did you ever find a resolution? I tried putting a "flag as immortal" onto the SIM but she keeps dying from neglect despite no reason for her to be
I've had the same issue recently. Two separate households where the child's needs and grades are fine, but I get a warning about them being neglected and a few Sim hours later they are taken away for neglect and/or die. I haven't been able to play my new playthrough which is centered around three best friends from childhood. I do not want to age them up into teens just to avoid this problem.
I’m having the same issue with my households… Glad to see this most recent post… it must be a bug or something cuz i had got a Butler & Nanny… plus took a vacay day from work & they still got taken due to neglect… i rather not age them up either but i’m hoping its fixed with the new pack coming out…
This sounds alot like the rebellious Nannies issue from years ago, dont know if nannies are part of this particular issue the original poster had. But if there is a Nanny involved, it might be the nanny behind it! 😠
Why I stopped hiring Nannies. They were becoming more of a hindrance than they were a helping hand. 🤷🏻♀️
Edited: for clarification. 😅
I originally didn’t have a Nanny but once they died the first time… I exited out w/o saving & went back in && hired a butler first… Then it happen again… so i repeated & keep the butler and hired a Nanny as well… Even though Butler is selected to care for minors… It still happened again so i exited the third time… Keep the butler, Nanny & my sim from work and they still got taken for neglect😓 idk what to do… I don’t wanna age them up!! & they not even coming back as playable ghost so i can give them ambrosia😢
Sounds like this is a totally different issue from the old Rebellious Nanny issue there used to be. It got ugly, Nanny would stand there for hours while my sims were at work and the moment one of the parent sims wanted to see to their own infant/toddler the nanny suddenly was there. I thought for sure the Nanny and the parent were about to fight, that was when the children where whisked away for neglect. 😭
But this particular issue was years ago. I have not encountered the current issue, at least not yet.
I'm having the exact same issue as Shumunja, this happened after the latest Sims update on July 1, 2025 in preparation for the Enchanted by Nature game pack. I have not experienced it before then.
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