Childhood Dreams

This mod requires Lot 51 core library This mod is base game compatible , and is enhanced by Parenthood and Growing Together. Childhood Dreams is a story telling mod where child Sims can write down what they want to become, who their first love might be, what their future self might look like, and the superpower they wish they could have in the future. As they grow up, the mod will track whether they realize those dreams, leave them behind, or decide that they've grown out of them. Private Journal To get started, find the Private Journal in Build/Buy under Study - Indoor Activities . You can use the journal from this mod, or the journal from the Parenthood Game Pack . When a child Sim clicks on the journal, you will see interactions to write down a dream career, a first love, a future self, and a supernatural fantasy. After the child finishes writing, the dream will appear in that Sim's notebook. You can open the notebook by clicking the notebook icon in the bottom left . The notebook will also track whether those dreams are still waiting, have come true, or have been left behind. Dream Career Child Sims can have a dream career in two ways. You can manually choose a dream career (support careers from Mods) for them by clicking the Private Journal and selecting Write Down a Dream Career . If you manually choose a career, the dream will be considered self-inspired. Only non NPC careers meant for adults (OK if teens can join them too), including full-time and part-time careers, will be considered valid dream careers. Alternatively, a family member can encourage them to think about the future, describe their own career, or answer questions about what their career is like. These interactions can be found under Friendly - Childhood Dreams. After that , the child can use the journal interaction Write Down a Dream Career Inspired by Someone. Only family members (not neccesarily in the same household) can use these interactions by default. If you want a non-family Sim to inspire a child, you can have the child adopt them as a caregiver if you have Parenthood , or use tyjokr's Recognize as Family mod, or use the custom cheat interactions by shift-clicking on another Sim ( with testingcheats on ) - Childhood Dreams - Allow to Inspire (Added Jul 14, 2026): If the child writes down a dream career inspired by someone, the mod will look at all valid family members with valid careers and choose one based on a score. Friendship level, whether the family member talked about their career, certain special careers, and deceased family members can all affect this score. After the child writes for a while, you will receive a notification telling you whether they decided on a dream career, what career they chose, and who inspired them (if it's not self-inspired). Sims can also "Ask 's Dream Career." You'll receive a notification: In Jason's case, his father is deceased , so the notebook remembers his dream as being inspired by the lega