When asked what they really need, KIDS replied:

Love, care, friends, happy family # Food # Family # Toys # I need a loving mother and father, who both can spend time with me and teach me the real values of life. # I need love an attention from both mum and dad. # I need to know the love of god for me and my family. I need to play with brothers and sisters, not only with toys. I need my father to be strong. #

Family, love, friends, fun, to be seen and herd # Sleeping, eating food, bikeride # Hugs, love, riding my bike # Love and care and courage # Love and guidance! And to be protected from evil!!! # I need to feel safe and secure with my family. # Love, family, hope, caring, friends and happiness # I need love, happiness and caring and a family # My mum and dad and lots of love. And NO angry words! #

Friends, family, child head and an education # Clean water and healthy food, doctors care and lots of love # Mummy to love me and smile at me # Eat, sceen green vegetables, sunshine, exercise, water # Pleas give me a home and neigbhours # Please give your kids shelter from the conditions outside and love, heaphy food and aspecilly hope # You need love, friends and happiness # Happiness, fun, joy, love, friends and family # A bed to sleep in a toy to cudel # Books and a school #

I need a good family, I need friends, I need food # I can make friends with Australia students # I need a tree, I need family, I need many friends, I need you # I need love # I need toys, sweet house, guard, friends and pretty clothes # I need a good job, good love and family and to be health # LOVE # I need someone who will listen and pay close attention to me # I need a good school, friends and you # I need a history book about children because children learning picture read thing children like an I like a doll for to children #

My Mum & Dad, Food, things to play with (footballs & puzzles). My brothers and I would like a Sister to play with. Friends because we need to have fun. My own bedroom. Warm winter clothes. WATCH FUN MOVIES! Planting trees with other kids for the future. School that is fun and friendly (Christopher) # Kids need parents and family (Jessie 14 yrs) # Kids need lots of fun (Paris - 10 yrs) # Kids need to feel safe (Cherry - 8 yrs) # Kids need to know they are loved (Paris - 10 yrs) # Kids need lots of cuddles & kisses (Cherry - 8 yrs) # All we need is a state environment, a friend, a home and family along with lots of love #

Eat your food at the table and don't make a mess # Healthy food, water & vegetables # Food and quality friendship # 1. A good education, 2. Good family, 3. Nice friends (Virginia - 13yrs) # A family (Sam - 6) # Listen to your mum # Eat good food like vegetables and drink water. Exercise and look after your body. Love from my parents and things that make me happy (Joshua Ward - 5 yrs) # "Toy Libraries" Where I can try new toys and see if they are really nice. I would like to have a Petting Paddock to visit here close to Canberra! # Sleep very well & let your hair grow long & not short #

School, go out with friends and parties. Warm clothes. See people that are very special to you. Lots of jokes # I need my Mum and Dad # lots of hugs and chocolate # Mommy and Daddy # fibre # I need a Thomas the tank engine art set. Bob the phone # I need something to drink... and some cereal.... and some cheese on toast.... And I love you (Morgan Barron, aged 3) # love, safety, good care, clean safe home environment, friends, fun, puppy or animals to care of, good parents # How to treat my children well (Rory - future author) # I want to be able to trust my Father always # 1. Good food, 2. Doctors, 3. Love ( Daniel 6 yrs - future good eat er ) #

To feel safe, loved, and that they can trust the people around them # They need to eat lots of food and eat their apples right down to the core. And they need hugs to make them happy (Ruby 4 yrs old) # Unconditional love! To be loved unconditionally # I need my Dad and Mum No Divorce - Make them get help # Trees (Eve Ruby 3 and a half) # Kisses # I want my Dad # Take pleased with myself - confidence - exercise - a man to marry - a family - food and water - to have a good time while I am doing all these things #

Unconditional love for my physical, emotional & spiritual wellbeing # Have fun safe, secure fun # Friends, Toys and a helmet for when building (from a 3 yr old boy) # To have fun and live healthy # Love, love  and more love # Support with staying at school # Attention # I need teaching and healthy food, ahhh ... I need to exercise a lot, umm and I need older freinds (7 yr old boy) # Having fun!! (Jack) # Sleeping (Max) # Sleep, healthy food, exercise, education, fun time # Lots of sleep , healthy food that I can eat, good education, exercise, fun time # value and support for children with disabilities #

Someone better than who I am # I want to dance and make people smile all the time # I want daddy to stop hitting mummy and me # To be loved by my mummy # LOVE # WORLD PEACE # Clean energy # "Breakfast" (Isaac 3 and a half) # Love and peace # Mummy and Daddy # I need mummy and day to have not many horrible boy friends. I want them to have nice ones, or some other way of not being lonely # I need healthy food, water, clothes ,shelter and a home and someone to love and care about me #

LOVE & PEACE # No rubbish, nice playgrounds, No graffiti, more parks, no cars ,more walking, no flats, no big buildings # People that care when things are bad # I need my mummy and my daddy to love each other and to love me. A happy home that isn't scary!!! # HAPPY : Care & Tenderness # Friends, TLC ( tender loving care), education so I can learn things #