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Every parent raises their child in hopes that they will become empathetic and compassionate adults. But that’s sadly not always the case. Much like real life, children inThe Sims 4can grow up to be insensitive if they aren’t taught to care for others.
With the addition of The Sims 4: Parenthood expansion pack, child Sims are assessed for five character values: Responsibility, Empathy, Conflict Resolution, Manners, and Emotional Control. These values are calculated on a spectrum based on their actions throughout childhood, and they may result in certain traits (both favorable and unfavorable) being assigned to your Sim as they age up to an adult.
What Is Empathy In The Sims 4?
Empathy is a character value for child Sims that measures the degree to which the Sim cooperates with and holds respect for other Sims. Reactive, rude, or violent child Sims will see a decrease in their Empathy score. Children whocomfort others, volunteer, and inquire about others' feelingswill have a higher Empathy score.
Traits Resulting From Empathy
The way child Sims behave and receive discipline in childhoodhas a real impact on their adult selves.Children who are never taught to empathize with others may grow up tolack kindness and carefor others. Similarly, children who are encouraged to show empathy will be inclined to do the same in adulthood.
The embodiment of character values such as Empathy are recorded in-game in horseshoe-shaped scales, which can be viewed in your Sim’s personality panel. If your Sim isextremely insufficient or extremely sufficientin the Empathy category, your Sim may be awarded one of these traits:
Compassionate
Insensitive
Sims with the Compassionate trait unlock unique social interactions that can be used to comfort fellow Sims.
Compassionate Sims become upset when commanded to use Mean actions.
Sims with the Insensitive trait can question the authenticity and motives behind fellow Sims' emotions, then use the Instigate command to force other Sims to become upset.
Insensitive Sims will always have poor social interactions with those having negative emotions.
How To Improve Empathy In Your Child Sim
Empathy is one of the more difficult character values to improve, as there areonly a few opportunities when a Sim can exercise Empathy.Child Sims will need to seize moments where other Sims feel unhappy in order to practice most Empathy-building actions. Using theDoctor’s Kitandvolunteeringare the only ways for children to build Empathy on their own.
