Homeschooling your Sims Child

[samoht04]

Click the action to stop it.

[RunAmokSims]

Click the action to stop it.

Maybe I'm being dense but wouldn't that stop them from having homework to do also? I mean they come home from school with unfinished homework in their inventory.

[samoht04]

If you cancel the interaction before they go to school then they won't get any new homework to complete.

[RunAmokSims]

If you cancel the interaction before they go to school then they won't get any new homework to complete.

That's kind of the point I was getting at. If you home school them what is it they are learning? You get to choose their traits based on their good school performance. Do you have to take random traits or do you still get to choose when they age up?

[jestina]

I always have kids set to socialize when in school...but the idea of tutoring them in a basement sounds amusing. Sim serial killers in the making.
 
I thought you got dropped grades for skipping school by canceling the action, unless this is something new. Most of my sims are single and childless so I don't often keep track of that game aspect.

[Pam]

I thought you got dropped grades for skipping school by canceling the action, unless this is something new.

That was my initial reaction and response to this thread.  I thought they would have bad grades from not attending class and not doing homework, and therefore not age up well and get random traits.  But some said that tutoring brings their school performance bar up enough so that their grades don't go down.  I haven't tested it and don't really plan to.

[Esther1981]

I myself was homeschooled from K-12 and I would personally never homeschool a child, real or sim! Before I make anyone mad, let me explain. I have 2 sisters and a brother and growing up they were the only friends I had. Now that I'm an adult, I still have a hard time making friends. I'm very shy and introverted and my siblings are as well, so we have all 4 said that homeschooling is not worth the social problems that go along with it. But for those who are, I have no problems with it, just I would NEVER do it.  Hope I didn't make anyone mad, if I did, I'm sorry!

[Pam]

The subject of this thread will be moot very shortly.  EA has said that with the release of Late Night, children will be required to go to school.  No choice.  I don't know how this will work, but it looks like the home schooling idea probably won't work.

[samoht04]

Maybe you won't be able to cancel the interaction, doesn't seem like much point in it though.

[Esther1981]

The subject of this thread will be moot very shortly.  EA has said that with the release of Late Night, children will be required to go to school.  No choice.  I don't know how this will work, but it looks like the home schooling idea probably won't work.

Hmmm I wonder if the way I do it now will change? For everyone who doesn't know me, I'm a big cheater lol. I age them up then modify their negative traits.

[MasterSiwel]

The subject of this thread will be moot very shortly.  EA has said that with the release of Late Night, children will be required to go to school.  No choice.  I don't know how this will work, but it looks like the home schooling idea probably won't work.

That's too bad, I really wanted the option to have a kid be homeschooled.

[mtglady]

The subject of this thread will be moot very shortly.  EA has said that with the release of Late Night, children will be required to go to school.  No choice.  I don't know how this will work, but it looks like the home schooling idea probably won't work.

Guess there goes the wish to 'skip school' then.   I had one child that loved the outdoors and he was always getting this wish.  Otherwise he always received excellant grades. 

[pixelatedpixie]

Hi there, this is my first result in my search of sims 3 homeschool and it's kinda outdated, but I find an option to do homeschool via mod here: http://nraas.wikispaces.com/Careers, it has a homeschool sub-mod for children and teen. Thought I should put it here so anyone who search for homeschool will see it.