The Sims 4 Parenthood is a digital expansion for The Sims 4 on Xbox One, suited to players who want family-focused gameplay where parenting choices and teaching life values shape children’s lives into adulthood. The base game and all game updates are required.
Recommended For
- Family and legacy players who regularly raise Sims from childhood into adulthood and want early parenting choices to influence how their children develop.
- Players who enjoy making hands-on parenting decisions—such as teaching, encouraging, or disciplining children—and seeing those choices affect values like empathy, manners, and responsibility.
- Players doing family or generational challenges who want more child- and teen-focused interactions, advice moments, and outcomes to work into their household stories.
- Household storytellers who want family activities and everyday parenting details to make a family home feel more lived-in.
Real-World Use Scenarios
- For a family or legacy playthrough, use parenting choices and everyday behavior to shape a child’s Manners, Responsibility, Empathy, Conflict Resolution, and Emotional Control; those values can influence the traits the Sim receives when aging into a young adult.
- When a child finishes homework or helps with a household task, have a parent encourage the behavior; the interaction can reinforce responsibility or manners and builds the parent’s Parenting skill.
- For a household with school-age Sims, work on a school project together after it comes home; the family can complete it collaboratively, and the finished project can contribute to school performance and become a household display item.
- When a child or teen acts out or breaks curfew, set a household rule and choose a response such as a time-out, grounding, or discipline; these choices add consequences and can affect the Sim’s character values.
- When a child or teen asks for advice or goes through a difficult phase, talk with them and choose how the parent responds; these moments can shape character values and add changing family interactions to a household’s story.