My little people do not like to sleep, even if they are exhausted. They insist on watching TV, or, oddly, drying their hands or using warm towels. (They are obsessed with those things ever since the bathroom upgrade, and it's been awhile). Consequently they are always exhausted and often sick. It's gotten to where I smack them...er...use the punishing glove whenever they turn the TV on or do the weird bathroom behaviors. I spend a lot of time putting all 8 of them in bed, and if I go do something else they are up 5 minutes later. Thank God one kid went to college, and another one left to take acting lessons or something (?) I don't remember, I was just so happy to get a couple of them off my hands. I feel like telling them...I brought you into the world, and I can take you out of it (with the push of a button).

Praise them a lot when they go to bed and take naps that should help !

Yea, KaeChan is right but also, if you bought the game from some site besides this one, try to email them and ask them to get you the updated version of the game as it sounds like you have version 1.00.01 and those of us who bought the game from this site have version 1.00.05 and the sleeping issue has been fixed in the newer version. But apparently you must contact the place you actually bought the game from and ask them to fix it for you.

Ah, OK so that is one of the things that was fixed. I'm glad to know that it is not a normal feature of the game. I only just realized tonight that I have an outdated version, and unfortunately where I bought it, they apparently don't have the upgrade available, as there are others asking for it there. But I will take that up with them.

Thanks to both of you for your help.