It was as perfect a moment as parent and child could hope for.

Your gift will give children and families hope for improved tomorrows.

What the participants in this group discussion saw themselves as doing was working to make sure that their children could hope for a better life.

"No child could hope for more than that," Gary said.

Everyone watched them go - and how the children hoped that the eclipse of the sun would actually happen.

And what can children hope to take home?

Many left spouses and children behind in Haiti, and still hope to bring their families here one day.

The whole population is waiting for this solution and all the children are hoping for it.

What follows is a subtle cat and mouse game, by the end of which the children hope to get their voice heard.

It has been snowing steadily for over a week now, and the children are hoping that the schools will have to be closed.