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What does the Hates Children trait do in The Sims 4?

Hates Children trait

Hates Children is a personality trait from the base game, for Teen to Elder Sims. It changes 5 standard moodlets: Eating for Two! becomes Pregnant: 1st Trimester (Tense +1). Its strongest own moodlet is Conception Tension (Tense +1, 4 hours). Cheat: traits.equip_trait trait_HatesChildren.

Hates Children is a base game personality trait in The Sims 4. You can assign it to Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder human Sims.

This trait turns pregnancy moodlets from Happy to Tense. It adds 2 unique moodlets, and 6 interactions check for it.

  • PersonalityBase game
  • Teen to ElderAges
  • 5Standard moodlets it changes
  • 2Moodlets of its own
  • 2Traits it conflicts with

Moodlets the Hates Children trait changes

When a Sim with this trait would get the moodlet on the left, it gets the one on the right instead.
Usual moodletWith Hates ChildrenLasts
Eating for Two! (Happy +1)Pregnant: 1st Trimester (Tense +1)No timer
Pregnant: 2nd Trimester (Happy +1)Pregnant: 2nd Trimester (Tense +1)No timer
Pregnant: 3rd Trimester (Happy +1)Pregnant: 3rd Trimester (Tense +1)No timer
Relaxing (Fine)What Am I Doing? (Tense +1)No timer
Relaxing (Fine)What Am I Doing? (Tense +1)No timer

Hates Children moodlets

Weight is how hard a moodlet pulls toward its emotion. Times are in Sim minutes and hours.
MoodletEmotionWeightLasts
Conception TensionTense14 hours
Child-free ZoneHappy12 hours

See every moodlet with its weight and length in the Sims 4 moodlets list.

What the Hates Children trait unlocks

6 interactions test for this trait, among them: "Enough already!", Argue about Children, Crush Dreams, Knock On Door, Reminisce, Smash.

Interactions that can give the trait: Check Pack Resources.

Traits that conflict with Hates Children

A Sim can't have Hates Children together with these traits:

Hates Children cheat

Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift + C and type the line. It works without testingcheats. It gives the trait to the Sim you control (how traits.equip_trait works).

  • traits.equip_trait trait_HatesChildren
  • traits.remove_trait trait_HatesChildren

Moodlet changes and interactions for Hates Children

This trait swaps the Happy moodlets from pregnancy for Tense ones with a weight of 1. It also replaces the Fine moodlet called Relaxing with a Tense moodlet called What Am I Doing? These replacement moodlets have no timer and last while their cause lasts.

Your Sim can also get 2 trait-specific moodlets with a weight of 1. Conception Tension makes a Sim Tense for 4 hours, which is 240 Sim minutes. Child-free Zone makes a Sim Happy for 2 hours, or 120 Sim minutes.

The trait includes no hidden multiplier effects or career pay bonuses. However, 6 interactions check for this trait, including Argue about Children, Crush Dreams, and Smash. Knock On Door, Reminisce, and the Enough already interaction also check for it.

Trait conflicts, age groups, and cheats

You can give Hates Children to Teen, Young Adult, Adult, and Elder human Sims. It conflicts with the Family-Oriented and Childish traits, so you cannot combine them on one Sim.

You can pick this trait in Create a Sim or gain it through the Check Pack Resources interaction. You can also use a cheat in Live mode without turning on testing cheats.

Press Ctrl + Shift + C on PC or Cmd + Shift + C on Mac to open the console. Type traits.equip_trait trait_HatesChildren to add the trait, or type traits.remove_trait trait_HatesChildren to remove it.

Questions

What traits conflict with Hates Children in The Sims 4?

Hates Children conflicts with the Family-Oriented and Childish traits. A Sim cannot have Hates Children alongside either of those traits.

How does the Hates Children trait affect pregnancy?

It replaces the usual Happy pregnancy moodlets with Tense moodlets across the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters. Each of these Tense moodlets has a weight of 1 and no timer.

What is the cheat for the Hates Children trait?

Open the cheat console in Live mode and enter traits.equip_trait trait_HatesChildren. To remove it, enter traits.remove_trait trait_HatesChildren. You do not need testingcheats true for these cheats.

Which Sims can have the Hates Children trait?

Human Sims who are Teens, Young Adults, Adults, or Elders can have this trait. It comes with the base game.

Other personality traits