How To Use Sims 4 Foster Family Mod (Download) 2024

One of the best things about Sims 4 is that it incorporates other modders’ custom content in the game as well to add a new element to the gameplay. Similarly, this time Sims 4 has included LittleMsSam’s creation, Sims 4 Foster Family Mod, in the game, which allows the sims to foster children as well as pets till the time a permanent family doesn’t adopt them. This new layer of realism makes the game more interesting and adds emotional depth to it. 

Let’s know more about this new mod because it offers some unique features and elements that every simmer should try once. 

How do you use the Foster Family Mod in Sims 4?

To use the Sims 4 foster family mod, your need to navigate to the “Foster Family Phone Category Menu” on your sim’s phone, where the LMS Foster Family Network Menu is available. Once you reach this menu, you’d come across several options as follows, 

• Register at Foster Family Network for Foster Kids – Once you register here, you’ll be contacted if a kid’s in need of a Foster Family.
• Unregister from Foster Family Network for Foster Kids – If you unregister, you’ll no longer be contacted.
• Check the Foster Family Network for Foster Kids (usable once per Day) – You can also check manually if a child is in need. This “Service” is accessible from 8 am to 7 pm.
• Register at Foster Family Network for Foster Pets – After you’ve registered, you’ll be contacted if a pet requires a Foster Family, but it’s only available if you already have a Pet Bowl on the Lot.
• Unregister from Foster Family Network for Foster Pets – After unregistering, no one will contact you anymore.
• Check the Foster Family Network for Foster Pets (usable once per Day) – Sims can manually check if a Pet has become available or not. You can use this “Service” between 8 am and 7 pm; however, you’d need a Pet Bowl on the Lot.

• Check the Foster Family Network for potential applicants of an adoption (usable once per Day) – This option allows you to check if a Family’s looking for a Foster Kid/Pet to adopt, but only if there’s already a Foster Kid/Pet already living in the Foster Family.

Features of Sims 4 Foster Family Mod

There are several features that this mod offers to the simmers, and they are as follows – 

In the Foster Family Settings, you can choose whether you want to foster a toddler, child, teen, cat, or dog (kitten/puppy, adult, or elder). There’s no limit as to how many children or pets you can foster. If you wish to change the settings, then you must first click on the Clear all Foster Family Settings option, and only then can you add new choices. 

There are three options in the Foster Family Phone Category Menu that are available to you.

• In case your foster kid or pet goes missing, you can call them back home, or you could opt for the Foster Family Lot Trait, which ensures that the foster kids or pets come back home on their own. 
• You can even cancel your Foster Agreement with any of the fosters if it’s not working out for you. 
• You can also contact an adopted foster to check on them and stay in touch.

Foster Interactions

You can interact with the foster kids or pets you welcome to your sim’s home, and here are all the interactions you can perform with them. 

1. Plan Outfit

This interaction would lead your fosters to the Sims CAS modus, where you can change as well as add outfits, hairstyles, etc. for them. This feature is only for foster kids because the pets before the update didn’t have a breed name, which made it difficult to load them in the CAS. 

2. Change Outfit

You can change your fosters outfit from the Change Outfit Picker menu available to you. 

Some of the interactions pertaining specifically to foster pets are – 

• Pet Beds
• Pet Bowls
• Pet Recipe Food
• Pet Obstacle Course
• Pet Toys
• Bathtubs to bath Foster Dogs

• Treat Animal – If your foster pet is sick, this option would appear, and you and your foster would go into a rabbit hole, and it’d cost you $200. 
• Spay/Neuter Animal – This surgery on your foster pet would cost $100, and they’d go into a rabbit hole for it. 

How Does Foster Home Mod Work?

Whenever you register for a foster kid/pet, and if one is available for you, then you’d receive a notification from the Network regarding it. You’ll get all the information about the foster’s age and the species if it’s a pet. It’s up to you, though, if you wish to go and get the fister or not. If you want to pick them up, then you can choose the option “Yes, I’m coming over,” and then your sim would go down a rabbit hole for an hour and come back with a foster.

Once your sim’s back from the rabbit hole, the game will create a foster kid/pet for you, and they’ll live with your sim in the same household under the Household Management Menu. Also, favorite those fosters so that there’s no confusion from the game’s end. When your sim is back, the simmers will receive a notification, and you must keep an eye out for that because you must welcome them into their new foster family. 

The foster kid/pet would act like they usually do, and if you have the Parenting mod installed as well, then you can use the discipline and influence interactions on them as well, but your parenting skills need to be high for that. You can also use the Foster Family Pie Menu to use some of the interactions, such as bladder, hygiene, energy, etc. if you don’t have the Parenting DLC. 

Foster Service Support

Every Monday, a foster service support would arrive at your home for each foster, and their fees are as follows – 

• 500 $ for Kids/Teens
• 750 $ for Toddler

Nanny, Butler, and Babysitter

If you have a nanny, butler, or babysitter, then you must introduce your fosters to them so that these NPCs can recognize the foster kids/pets and look after them as well. 

Emergency Button

The LMS Foster Family LMS button is for emergencies and is only visible in the Foster Family Pie Menu. You must use it in case the kid/pet doesn’t get into the foster relationship on their own for any reason. 

Adoption of Foster Kids/Pets

It’s an essential aspect of this mod that adoptive families are available in the Sims world and have a home. You can even adopt a foster yourself. To do so, go to the Family Foster Pie Menu, where you’ll see the option to adopt a kid/pet. A notification will be sent to you confirming the same to avoid accidental adoptions.

If you’re fostering a kid/pet, you’ll receive a notification if someone’s looking to adopt one, and you can view their photo and decide if you want them to visit or not. If yes, then the sim would visit your place, and you can get to know them, and you can even interact with them through options like – 

Ask about the living situation

This interaction would show a menu informing you about the sim’s living situation. If you have the “small invite to hang out overhaul mod”, then you can call over their families to visit you as well.

Complete Adoption for…

A Simpicker menu would appear in front of you from where you can pick a foster to let the NPC adopt. The adoptive families would add this kid/pet to their household. It’d be better if you call the foster before completing the adoption formalities because sometimes, if they are in the middle of an interaction, then it might cause a glitch. Also, it’d allow your sim to bid their goodbyes to them.

Introduce Foster Kids/Pets

You can introduce your foster kid/pet to their adoptive families before making a decision. They’d hug or pet the foster, so it’s better to call them over.

Conclusion

The Sims 4 foster family mod is a unique mod that adds an extra layer of fun and intrigue to the game. If you’re bored with the usual storyline, then this is an excellent way to mix things up a little and try something new because that’s what this game is all about. There are so many mods being introduced that you can always have a new element to add to your game and make it more exciting, and who doesn’t want that?