I apologise if this is OT and rather gruesome, but ajuma's post about the sickly kid got me thinking (never a good idea).

If a child dies early and the parents have had the maximum six kids, does the game allow them to try again? It would certainly be nice if they could.

My instinct is to say no, as apart from anything else, the Families Screen would have problems displaying all seven kids. I'd guess that they'd be treated in the same way as those absent at college, although of course they wouldn't appear as a choice when the time comes to pass the family home to the next generation.

I'm certainly not going to do any experimenting to find out the answer, and I hope that no forum members have had first-hand experience.

P.S. I almost forgot: Congratulations ajuma! I'm jealous!