Compared with the children of a few decades back, today’s children seem to be _________: they enjoy better health owing to recent _________in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the _________of modern life. Physically and materially. Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors. Nevertheless, _________the improved standards of_____________, many children nowadays seem to be emotionally _______since most parents are spending less time with their children, so little，in_______, that many could _________be called “weekend parents”. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs, _________their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can ________ because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our________society. On the other hand, these working parents can often well afford to __________their children with the best food, clothes, toys and other____________desires. But____________to say, they fail to __________the emotional requirements of their growing children. As a noted pediatrician (儿科医生) of the Medical and Health Department __________, children need love, security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not __________, their development might be stunted (抑制). Child psychologists all__________that some illnesses and emotional disturbances ________ to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this, parents who really ________ their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children, despite their heavy work loads.

My little brother John was caught when he opened my father’s new book and scribbled (乱画) on the first page with a pen. Now, he and I both waited for our father’s _______ . But what my father did next was unexpected. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, _______ the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the _______ John had made: John’s work, 1959, aged two. Thank you for drawing in my new book. You have made the book beautiful.

The years and the books came and went. Our family _______ what all families went through: success and failure, laughter and tears. We always _______ our parents loved us and that one of the proofs (证据) of their love was the book. From time to time we would open it, look at the drawings and read my father’s expression of love.

Now I know that through this simple _______ ,my father taught us that every event in life has a _______   side. Besides this, he also taught us what really   _______   in life: people, not objects; love, not anger. Now I am a father, too. But unlike my father, I do not wait for my daughters to     _______   take books from my bookshelf and draw in them. On the contrary, I give them to my children to scribble or write their names in. And as I look at their artworks, I ________ my father and the lesson he taught me — love is at the very heart of a family.

On a foggy evening, Steven took his old father to a restaurant for dinner. His father was very old and weak. While eating, he_____dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other_____ watched him in disgust while his son was ______.

The whole restaurant fell_ ____. All the diners turned away from the father and son one after another while Steven _______ his father in a soft voice of a man, “Eat as ______ as you can, father. It will be weeks before I______back from my business trip.” At that moment, the old father nodded with ______ , tears full of his eyes. After he finished eating, Steven, his son, who was not at all______, quietly took him to the wash room,______the food particles(饭粒), removed the stains, combed his hair and______his glasses firmly.

When they came out, the entire restaurant was______them in dead silence, not able to understand ______ someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son______ the bill and started walking out with his father. At that time, an old man among the diners called out to the ______and asked him, “Don’t you think you have_______ something behind?”.

The son replied, “No sir, I haven't.”

The old man insisted, “Yes, you have! You left a(n) ______for every son and hope for every______.” The restaurant went silent. All behind looked at Steven with regret and then, with great respect at both father and son, who were ______ into the fog.

To care for those who once cared for us is one of the ______ honors. We all know how our parents cared for us for every little thing. Love them, respect them, and care for them.