Grow Up

All Sims have the Grow Up Aspiration when they're young, and they all need the same thing: love, time and attention from their family. See to it the other Sims around them make the time to teach these young'uns what they need to learn, and you'll give them a great head start on life.
The Grow Up aspiration is the default aspiration of toddlers and children in The Sims 2. Some wants and fears are specific to toddlers, while others are specific to children. While the aspiration is exclusive to Children and Toddlers, some pre-made grown-ups have hidden Grow Up aspiration tokens, like Julius Caesar.
==Aspiration Monikers==
Level 	Toddler 	Child
Platinum 	Miracle Mite 	Child Prodigy
Gold 	Precocious Preschooler	Wonder Boy / Wonder Girl
High Green	Little Wonder 	Gifted Kid
Low Green 	Diaper-Filler 	Typical Tyke
Low Red 	Hectic Handful 	Bothersome Brat
Deep Red 	Rotten Rugrat 	Neglected Nightmare
==Wants & Fears==
===Wants===
*(Pet) Learns to Come Here
*(Pet) Learns to Play Dead
*(Pet) Learns to Roll Over
*(Pet) Learns to Shake
*(Pet) Learns to Sit Up
*(Pet) Learns to Speak
*(Pet) Learns to Stay
*Ask for Homework HelpThis is effectively a want to learn to study, as that is when the want is fulfilled. However, it is labeled as a want to ask for help with homework.
*Be Best Friends With (Pet)
*Be Best Friends with (Sim)
*Be BFF with (Sim)
*Be Friends With (Pet)
*Be Friends with (Sim)
*Be Master of (Dog)
*Be Read ToWhile children can be read to, the want to be read to is specific to toddlers.
*Be Swung Around by Someone
*Build Sandcastle
*Build Snowman
*Buy a Bird Cage
*Buy a Lemonade Stand
*Buy a Piano
*Buy a Pool Slide
*Buy a Womrat Cage
*Buy some Playground Equipment
*Cat Teaser with (Cat)
*Catch a Blue Catfish
*Catch a Golden Trout
*Catch a Largemouth Bass
*Catch a Rainbow Trout
*Catch Butterflies
*Catch Fireflies
*Command (Pet) to Come Here
*Command (Pet) to Play Dead
*Command (Pet) to Roll Over
*Command (Pet) to Shake
*Command (Pet) to Sit Up
*Command (Pet) to Speak
*Command (Pet) to Stay
*Cure Vampirism
*Do Homework
*Feed (Pet) a Treat
*Find Beach Treasure
*Finger Wiggle with (Cat)
*Gain a Skill Point
*Get A+ Report Card
*Get Kitten
*Get Potty Trained
*Get Puppy
*Get Puppy or Kitten
*Give Love to (Pet)
*Go Fishing
*Go Ice Skating
*Go Roller Skating
*Have a Great Party
*Have Snowball Fight
*Have Water Balloon Fight
*Hug (Cat)
*Invite (Sim) Over
*Invite Bigfoot to Move In
*Jump Rope
*Learn Hula Dance
*Learn Nursery Rhyme
*Learn Slap Dance
*Learn to Talk
*Learn to Walk
*Log Roll
*Make a Friend
*Make A Wish
*Make Snow Angel
*Meet Bigfoot
*New Family Member
*Obtain a Pet
*Play Fetch with (Pet)
*Play in Lookout
*Play Marco Polo
*Play on Merry-Go-Round
*Play on Monkey Bars
*Play on Playground
*Play Peek-a-Boo
*Play Pirates
*Play with (Pet)
*Play With (Sim)
*Play With a Relative
*Play with Bird
*Play with Toy Dog
*Play with Womrat
*Praise (Pet)
*Razzle (Dog)
*Receive Bigfoot Hug
*Rub (Pet)'s Belly
*See Rain
*See Snow
*Sell Lemonade
*Sing Nursery Rhyme
*Slide
*Stroke (Pet)
*Swim in Ocean
*Talk to (Sim)
*Talk to a Relative
*Tell Dirty Joke to (Sim)
*Tell Joke to (Sim)
*Toast Marshmallows
*Torment (Sim)
*Win a Game Against (Sim)
*Win Fight with (Sim)
===Fears===
*(Pet) Leaves Family
*Be a Vampire
*Be a Zombie
*Be Bit by Bird
*Be Bit by Toy Dog
*Be Bit by Womrat
*Be Chased by (Pet)
*Be Kissed by a Grandparent
*Be Lectured
*Be Rejected for a Hug by (Cat)
*Be Rejected for an Invitation by (Sim)
*Be Rejected for Cat Teaser with (Cat)
*Be Rejected for Feed Treat to (Pet)
*Be Rejected for Finger Wiggle with (Cat)
*Be Rejected for Give Love to (Pet)
*Be Rejected for Play Fetch with (Dog)
*Be Rejected for Play with by (Pet)
*Be Rejected for Razzle (Dog)
*Be Rejected for Rub (Pet)'s Belly
*Be Rejected for Snowball Fight
*Be Rejected for Stroke (Pet)
*Be Rejected for Water Balloon Fight
*Catch a Boot
*Clean Up a Mess
*Death of (Pet)
*Death of (Sim)
*Fire!
*Get D Report Card
*Have a Lousy Party
*Have a Party
*Have an Accident
*Lemonade Stand being Smashed
*Lose (Sim) as Best Friend
*Lose a Game Against (Sim)
*Lose Fight with (Sim)
*Miss Schoolbus
*Pass Out
*Relative Breaks Up
*Relative Dies
*See a Ghost
*Sim is Chased by (Pet)
*Tell Bad Joke
==Aspiration Desperation==
*When a toddler's aspiration bar stays deep red for a long time, they will cry, whine, and throw a tantrum.
*When a child's aspiration bar stays high red for a long time, they will smash flowerbeds, dollhouses and urns, kick tombstones and trashcans, and throw tantrums. Some may even start fights with a family member or a visiting Sim.
==Tips & Tricks==
Using boolProp testingcheatsenabled, adults can be given the Grow Up aspiration, but they won't have any wants and fears that are exclusive to toddlers or children.
==Trivia==
*When a child grows up into a teen, it is possible to quickly age them up into an adult as the age meter stays full for about a second. Doing so will result in the adult retaining the grow up aspiration. The aspiration meter ranks are the same as the ones for the romance aspiration.
*Interrupting the aging process from a child into a teen by resetting the Sim, with a cheat or other method, can cause the prompt to select the Sim's aspiration to not appear, and as a result retain the grow up aspiration.
*Teens and older who age up while having the grow up aspiration will have a message that claims that they "achieved the Aspiration Level of . That's terrible!" as if they had aged up while at a critically low aspiration level.
*There is an old game file string which suggests that this aspiration was originally intended to be for teenagers as well, and was possibly the successor of the Power aspiration.The string can be found in Text/Text/Live.package; the string number is 0x0006. The complete description and string can be seen here.
==References==
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