the sims: babies and children

if you've heard of the sims, please comment on this post! because i never get any comments.

anyway, if you've never heard of the sims, which is probably impossible, i will tell you a few things about it.

it's just like people, but they're on the computer. you have to fulfill their needs, take care of them. like hunger, bladder, comfort, hygeine, energy, fun, and stuff like that. you manipulate them to do whatever you want.

there is also something called, "having a baby." unlike in real life, in order to have a baby on the sims, the wife asks, "should we have a baby," and the computer chooses whether or not you have a boy or a girl. you have to have three people take care of the baby, which would be nice in real life, but is not always possible. there are three things you do to the baby: feeding, playing with the baby, and singing. after the baby is asleep it will only sleep for a few "sim hours" which aren't real hours, but little hours on the computer. after three days the healthy baby will become a boy or a girl child. if the baby is not healthy during the three busy days of babyhood two people will come and take the baby away from the parents. the woman will pick up the baby and the crib will disappear. the man will zap the fridge with a gun and the fridge will disappear. why? i always think that but i don't really ever find out.

when the baby grows up into a child you have to click on the bookshelf or the child won't be able to study for school. if the child doesn't study, he or she gets an F- and suddenly the child is wearing a reform school outfit. when the child goes to reform school the parents never see him again.

more on older children later.