The book, Home, School and Community Relations by Carol Gestwicki lists the following needs of children (p.65) . Food for thought: they are presented in no particular order, but families might want to create a hierarchy of their importance.
1. Feel loved
2. Feel important
3. Constructive discipline
4. Routines and rituals (predictable patterns)
5. Adults involved in their education
6. Support
7. Adults who respond to their questions.
8. A value system