In case you need a new addiction

Just click on over to Last Day of Work and check out Virtual Families. These are the people that make the super addictive Plant Tycoon, Fish Tycoon, and Virtual Villagers - now they've gone and combined their real time game engine with, basically, The Sims.

I'm a gonner.

You have a praise glove and a scolding glove. And you can marry off your little guys (by accepting or rejecting emailed marraige proposals), guide their career, have babies. If only my own family were so easy to manage.

Maybe if I let the kids play long enough, they'll think I can arrange their marriages, too. Dare to dream!