With this mod, parents will now actually care who their children are dating!

Requirements

Parental Boundaries requires:

• XML Injector
• Lumpinou's Mood Pack
• Please make sure both are installed and up to date

CONTACT:

Discord Server: Delimaci Mods

See more information on my website

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Parents will now care who your child is dating!

Parental Boundaries adds more depth, consequences and family drama to relationships by allowing parents to form their own opinions about who their children are dating.

Features (more in depth + screenshots on my patreon)

• Individual parent opinions: each parent can independently approve, be unsure, or disapprove of their sim partner.
• Opinions are based on gameplay, including the parent's relationship with the partner and information they have learned about them.
• Parents can get to know the partner before making up their mind.
• Parents will react to their children's partner cheating
• Parents can ask the partner about things such as:
  • School grades
  • Future plans
  • Job
  • Financial situation
  • Family
  • Interests
  • After-school activities
  • Their intentions with the child
• Different parents can have different opinions, so one parent may approve while another completely disapproves.
• React to age gaps, e.g. if your child is dating an older sim, your parents may have reactions!
• Parents with opposing opinions can interact with each other, including defending the relationship, sharing concerns, asking the other parent to give the partner a chance, or simply agreeing to disagree.
• Parent opinions affect the atmosphere when the partner is around the family.
• Partners can feel welcomed, watched or unwanted depending on the parent's opinion.
• Parents react to PDA when they witness their child being affectionate with their partner.
• Relationship-based sentiments can develop between the child and their parent, including feeling supported or unsupported.
• A disapproving parent can ban the child's partner from the family home.
• Banned partners can be told to leave the house by the disapproving parent.
• After being made to leave, the child and partner can talk about what happened, apologise, reassure each other and discuss the parent's behaviour.
• Sneak Over becomes available when the child's partner has been banned from the home.
• Sneak Over uses the child's actual partner and allows them to secretly visit the family home.
• Parents can catch the partner sneaking over, confront them, yell at them and send them home.
• Getting caught has three/four escalating stages.

• Parents can change their minds as their relationship with the partner develops.
• Parents children can Ask Parent to Reconsider after circumstances improve.
• Set Parent Opinion... is also available if you'd prefer more control over your storyline.
• Includes a quick Lessons guide inside The Sims 4 Lessons menu to explain the main systems and gameplay. (will be adding to this over-time).

Available now for everyone

Public release: 24/08/2026

I've tested a lot of different situations while making this, but this is also one of the biggest gameplay mods I've made so far as it has a lot of different outcomes, which I've tried to make as realistic as possible.

If you notice anything strange, please let me know what happened and what the parent/child/partner relationships were at the time so I can look into it.

Thank you so much to everyone who followed the WIPs, gave suggestions and supported me while I was making this ♡

If you'd like to stay up to date with this mod & see more progress, please consider joining my Patreon <3

I really hope you enjoy Parental Boundaries!