Hi,
I've just encountered this problem. My kid in the game came home from school holding his hand up as if he was carrying homework in it but there was nothing there. When he put it down there was also nothing. I then moved my family to another lot and the same thing happened. He started failing in school. So I exited the game. Has this happened to anyone else? Does someone know why this happened and how I could fix it?
I have all EPs and all the Stuff pack including mansion and garden stuff.
Could somebody please help me.
Thanks a lot!

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Does this problem persist with your downloads folder removed?