I'm making a movie, and I noticed. Parents can't do anything but scare their kids. Even if they have the Dislikes Children and Mean Spirited traits. A little help please?

Have you tried pose player? Depending on what you need you might be able to get a combination of animations to play that would simulate abuse. For example the adult slap animation and child passing out. Also check out the tutorials Complete Pose Making Tutorial using Milkshape for beginners and How to Make Custom Animations since depending on exactly what you need you can make your own animations fairly easily.

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