I recently did the update for Families. I just played and went through each family 3 times and had to replace the food each time. I thought I was going crazy. Then I started paying closer attention and it wasn't me.
Also, I had a single female, from death of parents but when I went back around she was gone. It was two old people again.
I'm not going crazy, lol, so what's up?
Please help.

That sounds kind of like your games aren't saving properly, to me. Was the single girl the kid you chose for the new generation after both parents died?

It would be helpful to know what sort of computer (or device) you're playing the game on as well as its operating system. Has the game unexpectedly closed recently, or has the computer (or device) crashed?

Yes, txmom2. It was a girl I chose for a new generation.

Xay, I'm on a Toshiba, Windows 7. Yes, my computer did crash about a week or so ago. I had to restore it to a previous date.

Hehehe...Feels like Groundhogs Day.

I think your right about the games not saving properly. I went back in and adopted the same girl again. I went in and changed all the kids names to 'Trina' and when I reopened, the children had the names they were previously given. What do I do?

Since it's pretty unlikely that the game was paused when your computer crashed, and you had to restore it to a previous date, chances are what you are experiencing are the effects of "time traveling" (in your case, it's very much accidental, however, the results are the same). I'm enclosing information on it below.

Unpredictable results can occur if adjustments are made to the clock, especially moving the clock backwards in time. Different games will respond differently under those circumstances, ranging from minor statistics anomalies to killing whatever is living in the game. Virtual Families has a much more complex real-time engine than Fish Tycoon, and you're much more likely to see problems with it when adjusting the system clock.

While many people do adjust their system clocks to speed up play, doing so affects far more than just the games. Every application in your computer is affected, including the file system and Windows system applications. For all of those reasons, we do not recommend changing your computer's system clock to speed up game play.

There are a couple of ways to resolve the problem: You could wait it out and see if the game recovers, perhaps starting another game in a different slot while you're waiting. Or you could just delete the malfunctioning game and start over.

I think I will wait. I really hope it fixes itself. I do not want to lose all my time and work. Thank you for helping me. Let me know please if there are other options. Thank you so much