How to Make a Stereotypical American Family in Sims

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Create a Sim family whose last name is Smith

   Make everyone in this family light-skinned and, except for the mother, set everyone's favorite food to hot dogs, hamburgers, spaghetti, or cookies.
   
   The mother's favorite food can be one of the above or autumn salad.
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   Step 2: Johnson

   Give him short brown hair and either no facial hair or a well-groomed mustache.
   
   Dress him in a business suit or in business casual clothes.
   
   Give him the traits Family-Oriented, Friendly, Brave, Handy, and either Workaholic or Animal Lover. , Give her long blond hair, subdued makeup and stud earrings.
   
   Dress her in a relaxed style.
   
   Use the traits Family-Oriented, Friendly, Natural Cook, Neat, and Animal Lover (although if you have the Generations Expansion pack you can substitute one of these for nurturing/earn the trait it if you have University Life.) , Make her look like a younger version of the mother, except for a girly hairdo.
   
   Give her the girliest outfits possible (but make sure it matches.) Use the traits Good, Artistic and Bookworm (the last is because we are going to make her less athletic than her brother).
   
   Set her favorite color to pink. , Use the Play with Genetics option for his looks.
   
   Give him sporty clothes (extra points if he is wearing a baseball cap turned forward).
   
   Use the traits Athletic, Computer Whiz and Loves the Outdoors.
   
   Set his favorite color to blue.
   
   An alternative way of naming the son would be to use a childish nickname for the father's name (David to Davy, Michael to Mikey, Robert to Bobby). , Use the traits Friendly, Hyper and another of your choice. , Use the traits Friendly, Lazy and Non-Destructive. ,, Alternatively you can use motherlode fewer times and just edit one house to have 3 bedrooms. ,,, (Optional: a toy oven.) , (Optional: a snake or lizard terrarium.) ,,,,
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   Step 3: Williams

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   Step 4: Miller

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   Step 5: Wilson

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   Step 6: Anderson or Taylor.

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   Step 7: For the father

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   Step 8: make a male Young Adult Sim and name him Michael

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   Step 9: Robert

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    Step 10: William (could also be Bill or Will)

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    Step 11: Richard

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    Step 12: Christopher

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    Step 13: Mark or Brian.

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    Step 14: For the mother

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    Step 15: make a female Young Adult Sim and name her Lisa

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    Step 16: Jennifer

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    Step 17: Michelle

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    Step 18: Kimberly (could also be Kim)

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    Step 19: Melissa

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    Step 20: Elizabeth (could also be Liz or Betty) or Karen.

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    Step 21: For the daughter

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    Step 22: make a female Child Sim and name her Emily

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    Step 23: Madison

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    Step 24: Hannah

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    Step 25: Olivia

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    Step 26: Abigail (could also be Abby)

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    Step 27: Alexis

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    Step 28: Ashley

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    Step 29: Brianna

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    Step 30: Sophia or Samantha (could also be Sam).

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    Step 31: For the son

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    Step 32: make a male Child Sim and name him Jacob

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    Step 33: Joshua

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    Step 34: Matthew

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    Step 35: Daniel

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    Step 36: Jayden

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    Step 37: or Andrew.

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    Step 38: For the dog

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    Step 39: make a male dog of any small to medium breed and name him Fido

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    Step 40: Spike or Duke.

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    Step 41: For the cat

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    Step 42: make a female cat of any short-haired breed and name her Princess

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    Step 43: Fluffy

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    Step 44: Kitty or Meow.

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    Step 45: Use the "mother lode" cheat several times when you have moved them into a house.

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    Step 46: Move them out of this house and into a furnished house with exactly three bedrooms.

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    Step 47: Put pet necessities in this house

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    Step 48: as well as a computer and a TV.

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    Step 49: Put at least one easel in the house.

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    Step 50: In the daughter's room

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    Step 51: add at least one teddy bear and at least one dollhouse

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    Step 52: paint the walls pink.

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    Step 53: In the son's room

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    Step 54: add at least one of the toy box that is in bright colors and at least one building blocks table

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    Step 55: paint the walls blue.

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    Step 56: Put every possible sports ball outside the house.

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    Step 57: Get the father a job in any career track except Criminal

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    Step 58: Culinary or Journalism.

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    Step 59: Do not get the mother a job

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    Step 60: but set her to studying cooking.

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    Step 61: Play and enjoy!

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