Is anyone has grown up kids? over 18. What are they will do then? and how they will lives in the house?

They go off to college. When all the kids are gone...if you like you can start another generation in the house by choosing one of the kids to move back in.

Great! The point is where will be previous generation? and what will be with their money )))
At least it's better to start second generation then you repair the house )

I haven't gotten that far yet, so I don't know what happens to the parents. I believe the guide said that they move out to make room for the next generation.

well I'm sitting pretty with 2 53 yr olds not going anywhere... so I'm thinking 'making room' means not living anymore, cause they've been on their own for 3 of there years now and there is still no option to have a kid take over the house.

Hope that helps

I hope that's not it, because it makes me sad when one of my peeps die in these virtual games.

At what age kids gone for college? my is 18 and she is still at home

They might be 18 and still at home, but they'll leave before they're 19.

my oldest 2 moved out now i got another 18 yr old. i still got 4 at home for now! after the first 2 moved out, i thought hey there is 2 beds open now and tried to get them to have another but they still said they had enough kids!

The game guid states something along the lines that if one parent dies and there is a child or children old enough to take over the house there will be a clickable in the "Family" section that will let you choose who gets to take over the house.

Esther - I think there is a limit of 6 children on the family, as there are only six beds in the kids room. If the older ones come home for a visit where would they sleep if you didn't have a bed open for them?

I have an 18 year old in my house and I noticed that her "Wants Children" preference is already showing. (she doesn't want any)

I did not notice on my older kids and they are now away at college.

Does anyone know if we get to see all the stats before we choose who gets the house? Like...do we get to see their career, income, and child preference or not?

Yes, you will see all of the information about each of the children before you choose. They are presented to you in the same manner as the original adoption, and you can scroll through them (unless there is only one child).

They leave betwen 18 and 19. It makes me sad when mine leaves. LOL!:)

Hi Mary! If you haven't found out yet the game will will give you a choice you can click on to allow one of the kids take over the house. Look for it in the FAMILY SCREEN. I still don't know if the parents have to die first or not thought. It would be really nice if the kids could take care of the parents when they age, as they should in real life.

thats very true magesteff! i hadnt thought of that!

When starting a new family with the next generation, I wish there was an option to save the parents' house as a separate game so you could continue playing with them and see what they do with the rest of their lives.

I thought you could keep the parents in the house as long as they were alive if you didn't start the new family until the parents had passed on.

Correct, Gatsbi. You have the OPTION to transfer to the next generation if you wish, but you don't HAVE to.

is there a certain age the youngest that left the house has to be before the transfer family tree will show up ?
My parents are in their mid 50's and all the kids are gone but i still can't transfer the house, just wondering when that option will be available .

i have a 60 and 58 year old still and all six of my kids are at college

Oh BOY LOL, can't we send them to a retirement community

Do the kids come home from college? My favorite boy just disapeared! Never even said goodbye! Seems like he would send an email or something.

How old is too old for the parents to have more kids? Mine or 48 now and after much coaxing the tried by no stork came. I was hoping that the kids moved next door and started a family. I so badly want to them to go out the gate! Is there ever a family reuion?

I think perhaps one parent must die before the transfer option shows up, however, I could be wrong.

That is what the game guide says, Xay....so I think you are correct.


My "test" family is going to do the transfer as soon as they can, but I am going to let my main family stay in the house until the end.

I believe that at least one parent has to die before you get the option. Don't worry...they die way too young in this game.

I have a family where both Dad and Mom have died, and there are still two kids at home. They're both deeply depressed and will probably starve if I don't start a new generation. I hate moving kids out of the house to do this though. I wish the creators had made it so that the new generation character would take care of the aging parent or siblings than remain. It's too hard to make them move out so the older sibling to take over.

When one or both parents die. If one is still alive she will have to move out to make room for the new generation. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me.

You don't want to make more babies after the parents are in their forties. I did this with my first family, and now both parents are dead with two children still in the home. It's hard to start a new generation and make them move out of the house, though I know if I don't they'll starve, since there's no longer anyone in the home earning money.

Aww. I wonder what will happen to mine. Both parents are in their 50s, now, but there's still a 6 year old and a 13 year old.

I finally decided I'd rather start a new generation rather than let the two kids still at home starve. Just in case they don't inherit their parents money I spent it on the house and food, and both were intact when the kid took over. That's good to know!
The following may be a possible spoiler, so I'm listing it as such. Read it if you feel you want to know what happens to the kids when the you start a new generation. I still don't know what would happen to a remaining parent when you change generations. Though I feel much better about the outcome of the remaining kids.

Hi Lesa! The peeps can't go out the gate...Wish they could though. And once they leave for college they don't come back until you choose one of them to take over using the "New Generation" button that appears after one of the parents die...Then only the one you choose comes back to the house. The good thing is they get to keep all the upgrades you made with the parents. I hope this helps!
Hugs,
Lewanda

The first born went away to become an actor and I know at the time he was only age 12. What I want to know is would he be on the list after the parent dies to choose to take over the house?

I not made my mind up yet until then

My problem is:
My virtual parents had six kids and in RL I have 3 boys. So beings the virtual parents had three boys, I named them after my RL kids. Now my two RL kids are arguing over who takes over the Virtual house LOL. I think I will let the youngest girl take it over. My virtual parents had twin boys to start so now they went off to college at the same time so I can't say the oldest. LOL. I think it is funny.

Have you figured in the interest from the bank?

Do the next generation keep the money that the parents made?

When all the parents die and the children are off to college, you pick one of the children to start the next generation

That is so cute. I never thought about naming the peeps after my own kid, but it does let me live out that "let's have a bunch of kids" fantasy.

It would be fun to have every one around - you know, keep the elders as grandparents, so that there would be some gradnparents/grandkids interaction. But I guess we're sending them off to a retirement home since they would have no place to sleep.

I have one off to college and one about to go,and one still 13yrs then WE had a "late Life baby, after the age of 45 and 46, and he is only 3 yrs. when one parent dies, i guess you have option to pass the house, or remain

Yes, msnana, you keep the bank balance, the collectibles, even the food in the fridge.

Well, my 54 year old test couple has just adopted a 2 year old boys (all their other kids are grown and away). If they die when he is young, I will see how long I can keep him there alone.

I bet you can choose him to take over the house, but I'm not sure. Just check and see.

That's great to know....

Thanx Lewanda

I am down to a 57 year old mom that looks great and a 18 year old adopted boy that will go soon I guess. Amanda can stay as long as she is willing to work and her health stays good! LOL I hope she is not too lonely.

Okay, my 2 adults passed away at 59 and left a 6 year old alone in the house. So far he is confused. He was just sitting under a tree "Jealous about the new baby" but he is all alone in the house. Now he is just depressed and hanging around the house with the cat.

So this morning, the dad in my family died. I had his wife and one kid left, who was 18. I waited until he went to college and then i switched to the next generation because i didnt want to leave the wife alone. When you switch, you keep your money and all house repairs and upgrades. The kid starts in their twenties no matter when they left for college...

In my first family both parents died with a ten yr old at home. So I went on and started a new generation. And I be dog if the baby girl who was ten jumped to about 27 which wouldn't have been a problem hadn't her OLDEST sister been 25. So she is now older than the oldest child.

Does anyone know if the preference for children remains the same when you are choosing the next generation as it was when they were 18?

The age, career and desire for children is randomized when picking a new generation

So, basically it is not the same when choosing the next generation as it shows prior to their leaving for college?

As far as I've seen, no, but I could be mistaken. I'll try to catch one of my children at 18 and note down the wants.

As far as I could see it is the same thing.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but one of the peeps I got to see at 18 had the same desire for children when he went to the adoption screen.

I'm going to pay attention from now on too.