🌻GROWING PAINS🌻{CORE FILE}

They sure do grow up, don't they?

Hey yall! This is the official CORE FILE page for Growing Pains! This is where the PUBLIC version of the mod will go. Any Early Access Versions will have their own posts until the Public Release Date

Afterschool Program:

Kids sometimes need somewhere to go afterschool or on the weekends when the day is pretty busy! That's where the Pleasant Afternoon Youth Center comes in! Unlike the SimNation preschool system, the PAYC is a little more flexible in their hours. They're closed only on Sundays! There are a variety of different things your kids can do! Take an Art Class? Playing Videogames with friends? Ooo maybe you want the kiddos to sharpen up their Equestrian skills? Don't worry its free for Kids and they'll only be gone 1- 4 hours tops. (They can even bring some friends)

Depending on the activity, kids will get a buff from it! (Let me know if you get the second buff that comes in two of the activities!)

When Kids attend certain clubs they may come home with things like new paintings, books maybe even a new gaming console???

(Sims in the Writers Club may now come home with children's books)

(Pixel Arena Members can receive gaming consoles)

CAREER APTITUDE:

For Sims that need a little "push" on figuring out what career may best suit them, Teens & Young Adults, can take a career aptitude test either online or via rabbithole!

The results of the test will be delivered via notification 48 Hours after taking the test and the results will show which career your sims might be suited for! Results are random but things like traits or skills can really change which results you end up getting!

College Material:

Getting ready for College can be stressful but also memorable time for anyone and sims should be no different! I made a custom Holiday Tradition where your sims will need to either Apply or Enroll to University and spend time with their families i.e. chat or take selfies with them, in order to complete this tradition

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There's even a special holiday buff!

Speaking of College, sims can now ask their teens what their college plans will be! And you can pick for your sims and get a cute buff to go with your decision!

Buff Example:

I've got a PromPosal for you!

I've created a Prom Rabbit Hole for your teens! They'll first need to purchase a Prom Ticket (via computer) which comes out to 150 a piece! Prom is only Thursday through Saturday from 6PM to 11PM. The tickets themselves are good for 3 days before they expire or else you'll need to buy a new ticket.

Your Teens will have a few Buffs that show while they're away/when they return. After Prom, your teens will need a break before being able to go again so there is a cooldown from when they can purchase tickets again.

Phone Interactions:

Don't Forget the multi color pens:

Sims can go back to school shopping! Both Kids & Teens and their caregivers will get special buffs depending on how the shopping went!

Quality Time is the Best Time

Located on your sims' phones, your sims can spend quality time with family members! There are different locations they can go to and a few special buffs along the way! Maybe they'll want to go Berry Picking? (Hint: They'll bring back berries) Or maybe Winterfest Caroling is more your sims speed? Just be sure to do that one during Winter. For some reason, Sims get a little testy if you show up on their door singing winterfest tunes in the middle of summer...idk man!

More Activities will be added over time in other updates!

Family Values:

This is a concept I had for a mini mod but realized this would be a better fit for Growing Pains. The Initial Idea was to be a mashup of Character Values from Parenthood and Family Dynamics from Growing Together! Family Values are reward traits for your sims who want their families to have what they consider to be important as a family! While any age can unlock these traits in the reward store, only Young Adult Sims and Up can actually gain a Family Value.

For this initial release, I've created 3 different Family Values (more added in a future update):

1) Creativity

2) Wellness

3) Education

Each reward trait will have sims more drawn to do things autonomously and have faster skill gain for their respective traits. For example, sims with the Education Family Value gain skills like Logic or Rocket Science faster.

Each trait was given interactions, wants/wishes and a variety of buffs! I'm not going to list every one of them but i added roughly 20+ interactions combined! Some of these interactions come with buffs, notifications or both! Some are just for storytelling!

If you ever want to know what the other Family Value your sims have just use the "Talk About Family Values" interaction!

Planning for a Baby

Remember my Pregnancy Reactions Mod? Welp, I really wanted to bring back the Baby Fever/ Anti-Baby Fever Buffs! So I made an interaction for sims who are starting to think of having a baby!

Sims must have a romance score of at least 60 in order for this interaction to pop up!

Sims will get one of two buffs: Baby Fever or Not Part of the Plan

Depending on your sims traits they may only get one or the other (ex: Family Oriented Sims will never get the Anti Baby Fever Buff)

For added storytelling, you can have your sims discuss their fear of having kids which will get rid of the anti baby fever buff and add a new one!

A PREGNANT PAUSE

Pregnancy related interactions have finally been added to Growing Pains! I've added some interactions for pregnant sims and their family members/friends when interacting!

One "feature" that I created was Sympathy Pains also known as Sympathy Pregnancy! Whenever your pregnant sims use one of the interactions ("Explain Pregnancy Symptoms) there's a chance that their partners may get a Sympathy Pains buff! Typically the moodlet lasts for a few hours and sims may experience symptoms like nausea or back pain to name a few!

Parents both New & Parental Professionals can now access the PB&J's NooBoo Essentials Website!

This will be a central hub for parents/caregivers who want to research different names, learning different parenting techniques and can even buy new supplies (an interaction that has since been revised and improved)

(Sims will need to sign up for an account before being able to access the website's features)

NAMESAKES

I think I mentioned baby names, right? Well an idea that popped into my head was the importance of having a name and to add some gameplay to it, expecting parents can actually decide to name their future nooboos after another sim!

To make it extra special, sims will get a sentiment from this and buffs:

Future plans for this will include more gameplay for Namesakes!

Pregnant Sims can "Daydream About Baby's Future" (Self interaction) which grants a moodlet!

HOW NURTURING:

Introducing or I guess possibly (Re)introducing the Nurturing Trait! If you've ever played the Sims 3 you might remember this trait showing up in a well known possibly the most famous expansion pack EVER (GENERATIONS)! I thought Growing Pains would be the PERFECT mod to bring this back to the game. So yes, Sims can now be Nurturing in a way. They'll spend more time focusing on kids and they can learn the parenting skill at a faster pace! Expect them to have a better long lasting relationship with their kids! Nurturing Sims have their own Wants as well!

EMPTY NESTING:

I wanted to add more storytelling elements to the mod which is why I'm bringing in the Empty Nest Syndrome. This is exclusively to Nurturing Sims!

Depending on certain interactions (Both In game and with Growing Pains Interactions), Nurturing Sims will potentially gain the Empty Nest Syndrome Trait! ETA: To not overwhelm any one, I've reduced the chance of a nurturing sim getting ENS!

In-Game Interactions:

1) Tucking Child/Toddler into bed

2) Reading a Book to a Child or Toddler

3) Researching Parenting Methods (Parenthood)

4) Teaching Child to Say Sorry or Please and Thank You (Parenthood)

5) Loving Hug

6) Best Hug Ever (Growing Together)

7) Asking Kids About School

But no worries! I've added some methods to help keep your sims from feeling the blues for too long. They can do things such as joining a ENS Support group, Calling up a ENS Hotline or Research about ENS on how to deal with it! But be warned there's a chance it won't go away!

NEW MODULES ON THE MOVE

That's right! I've got not one but two new modules for Growing Pains coming...well sort of!

The idea is for me to have a soft launch for the modules to get feedback and see what you're all thinking for the official releases! This update overall was more focused on the interactions so part of that are the two modules I have planned: Little Wonders & Oldtimers! Little Wonders will focus on younger sims (infants, toddlers & kids) and then Oldtimers as you can guess will focus on gameplay for Elders! These are modules that will come out hopefully sometime next year because i'm still figuring out what i want to bring to these modules and i'd also like your input as well! For now, the modules will be part of the CORE file (main file) but when they officially release next year they will have their own files!

The Little Wonders module has a few interactions:

1) Ask About Getting a Pet

2) Play Pretend with Imaginary Friend (Requires Growing Together)

3) Complain About Chores

4) Brag about Imaginary Friend

5) Brag about Good Grades (Must be at least a B student)

6) Lie about Good Grades ( Must have a D Grade or Lower)

The Oldtimer Module has a few interactions as well:

1) Reminisce Menu:

a) Reminisce about Good Times

b) Reminisce about Bad Times

2) Demand Respect

3) Ask When You're Having Kids

Examples:

(Please Note, I understand that the term "old-timer" subjectively has negative connotations associated with it, I would like to express that i no way, shape or form am using this term to bring any harm when naming the module, it is simply used in a generalized way. )

LETS NOT INTERACT

I've created a good amount of interactions between family members (this might extend to friends outside of the family) While I can't go through ALL of them, there are a few that I thought were cute additions! (Note: Some interactions will add buffs/chance cards and some are just for storytelling!)

KEEP IT CAMP:

I feel like I left teens out a lot in this update (mainly because they were the focus during the first go around) but I didn't want them to be completely left out! With that being said, I offer you a new career for your Teens!

Teens can now become Camp Counselors! The Career has 3 Levels!

A DASH OF SOMETHING EXTRA (AKA ADDONS):

BUSY BUSY BUSY

A Special Addon is something I've been doing called the Busy Bee Parenting League! This is an optional addon that grants a new set of custom OddJobs for your sims! The Busy Bee Parenting League offers some different things:

To include some more cross pack features, I've added some gigs that will require other packs to work! For the most part this addon is BGC! This Addon will require my READ ALL ABOUT IT File to work!

Just the Memories

Not sure about any of you all but when I look through the family photo album, I'm just in awe of the rollercoaster of emotions seeing all of my family's moments captured on camera good bad or indifferent. I wanted sims to have the same feeling which is why I've asked a very talented creator and friend to help make this vision come true!

Shoutout to the amazing SixamCC for crafting this beautiful Family Photo Album! It comes in two versions! One is decor and the other is for your sims to place their own photos! (this one requires Growing Together)

If your sim views the Decor Version, there are three possible buffs! (Special Note: You do need to have the Growing Pains Mod installed for the buffs to appear!)

Note: The Decor version has the browse family photo album interaction! Sims will stand for a minute and get one of the buffs down below! So it’s not a “readable” book ♥️

The functional version (where you can place photos) requires Growing together

MODULES:

PRESCHOOL

💼MOD REQUIREMENTS 💼

~LOT's CORE LIBRARY

~READ ALL ABOUT IT MOD (For Busy Bee Parenting)

📝 GENERAL NOTES/FAQ 

~Having an Issue with the Mod? SUBMIT A FORM

~Ask in the Modfixit Chat

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