A Study on Family

September 2028 - Pine Hollow, North Carolina

Seth and Emma Lloyd are 39, Zack and Zoey are 13, Garrett and Gavin are 11

Emma’s toy store is doing great with a lot of customers coming in each day.

Her husband Seth helps her on his days off from his plumbing work.

Some people around town in Pine Hollow are a bit of a nuisance though, and cause a little mischief. And damage when they bust one of the balloon people.

But Emma enjoys running the store and she even makes a few of the toys herself.

Still, even with all the business of the store, she does more work at home with four kids to look after. Zack and Zoey are now 13 and think they’re above everyone else at times now.

Zoey doesn’t know why her mom has to be so obsessed with whether or not she’s doing her homework like she should. It doesn’t matter if she forgets sometimes!

Gavin and Garrett are 11, but even at that age they keep waking up in the middle of the night, terrified that monsters sleep under their beds.

Sometimes they run to their sister, crying for help.

Zoey is not happy to be woken up in the middle of the night.

But Gavin and Garrett both insist that something is under their beds.

Seth sprays the monsters for his sons and keeps them away.

Then he tucks them in and gets them back to sleep. Being a dad is the best part of Seth's life.

One afternoon Garrett decides to be bad just because and destroys his older brother Zack's school project.

Emma catches him, but it’s too late. The project is in pieces. She tells Garrett how wrong that is and that he should apologize to his big brother.

But when Zack sees his destroyed work he won’t accept Garrett's sweet talk. He yells back at his brother, making him cry as he runs to his room.

Emma talks with her twin sister Audrey as much as she can.

She tells Audrey about everything happening at home and Audrey tries to give some advice. She may not have been a parent as long as Emma has, but she does work as a psychologist and hopefully has a little things in mind that might work.

So Emma takes her sister's advice and has a talk with Zack. She encourages him to make amends with Garrett, but Zack just stares at his homework, still looking as mad as he was when it happened.

Being a parent has its obstacles sometimes, but Emma and Seth wouldn't change a thing about having these four kids.

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Outtake:

Seth does sit ups during the work day at the toy store.

My first Sims 4 house and they were fun to play with! I didn't know the kids would destroy each other's homework on their own, lol!