How do you get your children back if the social worker takes them on sims 2?

There is any easier way that doesn't involve using the cheat menu.Invite a sim over that your parent (who has just lost his child to the social worker) is friends with. Have them Propose>Move In and then when that sim accepts, have him or her go to the phone and select Adoption.

Unless you've had multiple families in the neighborhood lose their kids, the first kid to come should be the same child that was just taken from the parent.

Sorta off subject: I had two twins taken away and since you can only adopt once per day when I had the roommate adopt them back their signs had changed and their birthdays were now one day apart. Not too major, assuming they'd be in the orphanage for the rest of their days otherwise.