What a sweet wonderful couple they are! I have played the Sims quite a few times and have to say I prefer my virtual family/villages. I too think it's much more individualistic and maybe with future generations we can become even more interactive with our 'families' or 'tribes' who knows?
All I will say is what clever people they are, they fully deserve every single inch of praise that comes their way and thank heavens for them! They've saved my sanity many a time!