Kid's grades and wedding help I have a couple of questions. No matter what I do it seems the kid in the family can never get above a D+ in school. I make sure he does all his homework, gets enough sleep, etc. He was fine until he missed the bus one day and then his school life just went to hell. They demoted him a grade and he's been failing ever since. He always comes home in a rotten mood and it takes hours (sims time) to get him cheerful enough to even do his homework. So I used the boolprop cheat and made him happy as soon as he comes home so he'd do his homework but he's still failing. Anybody have any suggestions on how to improve this situation. Also, his parents broke up and his Dad wants to get married again but what happens to the kid when the parents go on their honeymoon? Is he left home alone or what? Do I have to hire a nanny for the wedding or is it automatically taken care of? I don't want social services to come and take him away.
The most common cause I've seen for the lack of grade improvement when doing the right things otherwise (homework, going to school, etc.) is that the aging has been turned off. Grades for some reason generally do not improve if the aging has been turned off. So, open the cheat box and type in aging on and see if that helps. To be on the safe side, hire a nanny. But one of the wedding guests may remain behind to take care of junior. You can experiment by saving right before the limo comes to get the parents. That way, if they don't get the option to hire a nanny or have someone already on the lot stay with junior when they are off on the honeymoon (and it leads to social services coming for junior) you can exit without saving and the nanny or one of the guests. Since you don't go with them on their honeymoon, it usually acts like when the parent goes to work (ie. it just fast forwards if the lot is empty or goes at the regular speed if someone is on the lot while the couple is away.)
I had this (honeymoon) happen to me recently. I didn't hire a Nanny for the three school-aged children because the Nanny had been invited to the wedding as a family friend. I figured she'd stay but didn't. Luckilly, the boys did not get taken by Social Services, but I did recieve a warning.
Through trial and error I discoverd you do have to hire a nanny if a single parent is getting married. I tried it and the bridal couple simply up and left on their honeymoon and left the kid alone. I didn't save it so I went back and hired the nanny and all worked out perfectly. To KatAnubis: You were right about the aging off being the problem. I never even thought of that. I turned it on and his grades went up immediately. Thanks for the replies everyone.
