The single-mother challenge

I've been thinking of a new challenge and I came up with this one.

Your sim is a single-mother. Despite being young and having little money to raise this child alone, she is determined to overcome her condition. The challenge is to make the child the best at everything and get the mother to the top of her career ladder.

1. Make a Female YA sim (if you like, it can also be a male sim).

2. Make her son/daughter (either a baby or child) - if you want, you can use a pregnant sim you already have, but they must be alone.

3. Family funds have to be low. Move them into the cheapest house on the world you choose and then reduce the funds to 5,000§ and use that to FULLY furnish the house. Whatever is left is the money you'll start with.

4. The child has to have an A in school during their childhood and teenagehood. They must master one skill, preferrably one that's related to their aspiration, as they should also complete their aspiration as a child and a teenager. They must complete all homework and extra credit work that comes up. They must not miss school (going on holiday doesn't count as missing school).

5. The mother must get a job and reach the top of her career ladder. The sim must start the career from the bottom. You can achieve her aspiration or not, it's up to you.

6. The goal is to make them successful.

7. Mother and child must have a good relationship.

8. The child must grow up smart and skillful to get a job and reach the top of the career ladder him/herself and form his/her own family. They must marry to escape the single-parent pattern.

9. The mother cannot marry until the child is a young adult. She must raise the child by herself, without financial help. That doesn't mean that they can't date, of course.

The challenge is accomplished when the child marries and reaches the top of the career ladder.

The challenge finishes (game over) if:

• The child grows up to a teenager or from a teenager to a young adult without having achieved an A in school.
• The child gets taken away or dies.
• The mother doesn't achieve the top of the career ladder before the child becomes a young adult.
• The mother marries before the child is a young adult. 
• The mother dies before she can achieve the top of her career ladder or before the child gets to young adult.
• The child never marries and/or gets to the top of their career.
• Mother and child have a bad relationship and don't fix it before she dies.

Note: After writing this, I remembered that there might be a challenge like this already and I searched and found the Single Father Challenge, but this one is a little different so I decided to post my version either way.

Have fun!

7. Rambunctious Scamps
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As promised, a new child came to the Orphanage on the next week. Wade is this little baby's name.

Meanwhile, while the kids were at school, Jane began preparing Terra and Angela's birthdays, as they were soon going to become Young Adults. Terra was first to age up, so Jane made a blue confetti cake for her.

She got the Creative trait to add and grew up quite happily. Terra couldn't be more happy to be done with school, seeing as she wants to be a Master Chef. Now, as she departs the Willow Creek Orphanage into the life of adulthood (as a Young Adult), she can pursue her dreams.

Terra decided to stay only a day longer to watch her crib partner, Andrea, grow up on the following day.

So, this time, it was Terra who made the cake. She made a white cake especially for Andrea.

And because it was a special goodbye, as the two girls were leaving the Orphanage, she decided to plan something big and invite all the other Willow Creekers. It was nice to see them again and it was fun to notice just how much they had changed lately.

However, Andrea didn't really need lots of people to make it a big party. She really was the life of the party. She grew up into a Young Adult and got the Cheerful trait, because that is totally her. Her life at the Orphanage ended in a bang, just the way Andrea loved it. She fetched her things and left excitedly, without even saying goodbye. She was moving on to an exciting Young Adult life and she couldn't wait. This wasn't goodbye, anyway.

Jane didn't know if she was getting older or what it was, but time had flown by since then and baby Wade had soon grown out of his crib. He got the Artistic Prodigy trait and the Art Lover trait. I think this one is going to be a real artist!

The weekend came sooner than she expected, as well. After the last weekend's scare, Jane decided that it'd be better if they stayed in this time. But she still wanted to get some quality time with the kids and do something different with them. There were only 3 children living in the Orphanage at the moment, so she could take the time do something educational with them. She decided on showing them how to do some gardening. She taught them how useful having your own products grown at home could be and that it was a great way to save money and eating food without so many chemicals.


However, soon enough, the Willow Creek Orphanage received a lot of new children. All the vacancies were taken and Jane had her plate full, once again.

Introducing the new children:

Lyla is a beautiful girl with the Rambunctious Scamp Aspiration and the Goofball trait.

Tanya is also a Rambunctious Scamp with the Slob trait.

Then, there is Daquan, a Whiz Kid with the Genious trait! We can't get enough of those!

And finally, this is baby Camden.

Having the house full to the brim meant that Jane had her work cut out for her, cooking meals for everyone, dealing with all the broken appliances and plumbing around the house and cleaning the house every day. It was a lot but it was on these busy times that she was the happiest. She was reminded that all those children could have a place to call home, now. And she was the one to give it to them. That made her infinitely grateful for being able to do what she did.

Soon enough, it was time for Ross to age up into a teenager. He turned out looking cool but since he was a Whiz kid I made him a Computer Whiz Aspiration and gave him the Geek trait. Guess he's a cool geek! It appears he has already mastered levitation (ha ha!)

As it turns out, a teenager in the house came in very handy to Jane as they can help with the younger ones. Jane was absolutely exhausted.

To be continued...

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