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[WingSoap]

One of my children just got a strange mood. I checked him out in dwarf therapist. It says he is one year old, despite being a child and not a baby, and within the last season he felt love after becoming a parent. Is this a bug or a feature?

[Shonai_Dweller]

Parent and child interactions seem to be mixed up sometimes. I seem to recall a mother feeling fond of talking to 'mother' and her child feeling fond of talking to a child.

[Zuglarkun]

Dwarf babies grow up to be dwarf children at approximately age 1. Dwarf babies are less than a year old, so that is pretty normal. The messed up 'felt love after becoming a parent' thing is a known bug I think, I do recall seeing that reported in the forums before.

[Bouchart]

Yes it's a known bug.  Parent/child thoughts are switched.

[Foxite]

Parent and child interactions seem to be mixed up sometimes. I seem to recall a mother feeling fond of talking to 'mother' and her child feeling fond of talking to a child.

Isn't it actually possible for an female, adult dwarf, who is also a mother, to still have a live mother in the fort, talk to her, and get a happy thought from it? Thus, a mother is happy from talking to mother?...

[Blastbeard]

Sounds like the mother switched bodies with her child to prolong her life. Dammit Lovecraft, get out of my game. Shoo.

[NJW2000]

Parent and child interactions seem to be mixed up sometimes. I seem to recall a mother feeling fond of talking to 'mother' and her child feeling fond of talking to a child.

Isn't it actually possible for an female, adult dwarf, who is also a mother, to still have a live mother in the fort, talk to her, and get a happy thought from it? Thus, a mother is happy from talking to mother?...

Generally, conversation thoughts are mutual, so this is unlikely.

[Callista]

Parent and child interactions seem to be mixed up sometimes. I seem to recall a mother feeling fond of talking to 'mother' and her child feeling fond of talking to a child.

Isn't it actually possible for an female, adult dwarf, who is also a mother, to still have a live mother in the fort, talk to her, and get a happy thought from it? Thus, a mother is happy from talking to mother?...

Perfectly possible, especially if your fort is 15+ years old. Grandma gave birth in year 1, her daughter grew up in year 14 and married another 14-year-old (perfectly possible since they've been idling near each other all their childhoods), and then in year 15 her baby grew up to be a child which she can talk to and have good thoughts about.

The really buggy thing is when you see a child who's enjoyed talking to a child lately.

[NJW2000]

As a teenager, I agree that that is weird.

[Dirst]

I'm not a teenager, and it's still weird... but it is also consistent within DF's universe.

First, the parent-child thought descriptions are scrambled, which is the known bug referenced above.  Usually it manifests as a child saying it spoke to a child lately, though this one seems a bit different.  Did the child recently get a younger sibling?

Second, once a citizen moves from babyhood to childhood, he/she is eligible for a strange mood.  Precocious little snot.  The problem is that the child never performed any labors and thus probably doesn't have any moodable skill levels.  The default seems to be legendary craftsdwarf, though it's conceivable that could be affected by the child's material and item preferences.

[Klitri]

If the child received a sibling, then the child would think "Felt adoration speaking to his/her sister/brother" IIRC?

[PatrikLundell]

I think it's something along the lines of "felt love when getting a sibling". I think there is another happy thought about speaking to a sibling.

[arbarbonif]

Sounds like the mother switched bodies with her child to prolong her life. Dammit Lovecraft, get out of my game. Shoo.

And that is why parents use babies as shields!!!  It makes perfect sense now!!!