Hi LadyEmz, thanks for your help. I can't believe how devastated I was when I found out two of the children died! LOL, afterall it is just a game. Anyway, I ended up starting over again and this time I put my energy first into getting the crops going then switched all adults (I only have 9 people and two are children) into tech except for one adult. I haven't yet started the game this morning, so I'm crossing my fingers that they will still be alive. Oh yea, I also put the game on 1/2 time overnight. So we'll see.