Better Daycare
Make family life smoother in The Sims 4 with Better Daycare—custom daycare options, skill progress, and better baby care.

Better Daycare by a.deep.indigo is a thoughtful gameplay mod for The Sims 4 that completely reimagines how daycare works for infants and toddlers. In the base game, daycare is often unreliable—young Sims return home with low needs and no progress in their development. This mod changes that by introducing an elective daycare system and smarter care routines that make early childhood gameplay smoother, more realistic, and more rewarding for family-oriented players.

With Better Daycare, your Sims can now send babies, infants, and toddlers to an elective daycare at any time, even while the household is active. This gives parents more flexibility in managing their daily schedules, careers, or social lives without worrying about neglected needs. Once enrolled, children receive consistent attention, have their motives restored properly, and can even gain skills or developmental progress during their time at daycare. It’s a much-needed quality-of-life improvement for family gameplay, filling a long-standing gap in The Sims 4’s childcare system.

Players can also customize how daycare works in their game. The mod offers optional daycare fees for a touch of realism, or free care for a more relaxed playstyle. You can choose whether toddlers and infants gain skills and milestones while attending daycare or simply have their basic needs met, depending on how hands-on or hands-off you want the system to feel. Either way, the mod ensures that daycare becomes a functional and beneficial part of family life rather than a frustrating chore.

For players who enjoy realistic family gameplay, rotational saves, or storytelling, Better Daycare is an essential addition. It makes raising infants and toddlers feel rewarding rather than overwhelming, and it brings a sense of structure to early life stages that the base game lacks. Whether you want a smoother daily routine or just want your Sims’ little ones to thrive while the parents work, this mod adds warmth and practicality to every household.

REQUIREMENTS:
Base Game
Core Library

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