I downloaded the trial of Virtual Families (because I played all three Virtual Villagers and liked them) and now I have a family with twins and Mom is carrying them around and cleaning house and doing laundry and food, but won't work. And Dad isn't having anything to do with the children, and doesn't seem to dust (but will do laundry if pushed). What I didn't like about VV 1-3 is that the kids seems to have only one parent. Why can't Dad carry around one of the twins? Or change the diapers? Or play take a turn showing the babies the toys? Why can't the biological father also be a parent? And if Mom can do all the housework and browse the web, why can't she do her job? (Mine is a graphic designer.) This is not 1950, so why does the parenting have to be so unequal?

And why is Mom the only one who seems to be able to work on a recipe or prepare a meal and Dad only looks for snacks. If I put the woman in the kitchen near the row of cookbooks, she'll study a recipe or prepare a meal. If I put the man there, he will look for snacks. Is it too much to ask for gender equity?

Also, in VV you get to play slow, regular or fast, but not here. Surely we should be able to play fast instead of hanging out and waiting for stuff to happen.

So far this game a disappointing. I hope it gets better. There just isn't enough stuff happening and I want Dad to be able to do his share.