Maybe in the next version of the game (Virtual Families 2?) they will include more features like that. This one seems to be the basic game to introduce us to the VF world, though it does have many neat things about it that are clearly "upgrades" from Virtual Villagers (moms doing other things while nursing babies, etc). As those of us who played VV and other Sims-type games know, each new version of the game adds more more detailed and "sophisticated" features than the one before it. It will be interesting to see where this one goes in the future. For now, I am thoroughly enjoying this first version of VF. KUDOs to those who created and built it!