The only way to stop the social worker from taking away children without cheats is the 'Plead with Social Worker' interaction, which is only available in The Sims 2: FreeTime as an aspiration benefit for Sims with Family as their primary or secondary aspiration. It has been noted that Sims may not always get a memory of their children being taken away, but this is relatively uncommon. Once a person has the memory of having a child taken away by the Social Worker, they are ineligible for adopting ever again. Once they are taken away, they will all be available for adoption by a different family (or families). If a child dies, the Grim Reaper will instead take away the child. Unlike The Sims, if the social worker takes away a child, all other children younger than teen will also be removed from the house.

If The Sims 2: Seasons is installed, the Social Worker will also come if a toddler or child becomes too cold or too hot. the last adult Sim in the household dies), as well as children who are getting an F in school. In The Sims 2, in addition to removing babies, toddlers, and children whose needs fall too low, the Social Worker will take any who are left home alone or are orphaned (i.e. Unlike The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, social workers in The Sims only take away babies.Ī glitch exists in The Sims Bustin' Out for console where the player will not get a notification that their baby is being neglected, resulting in the social worker confiscating the child without warning. The social worker is a woman named Sylvia who will come to take neglected babies from a Sim household (after a baby cries for a protracted amount of time). In The Sims, the social worker is an NPC in the base game.

2.1.8 Four Corners Social Workers (Free Play).

2.1.4 Riverblossom Hills Social Workers.

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