根据下列短文内容在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Do kids need pen pals（笔友）? Let’s listen to Joe and his mother.
Joe: I need pen pals. I’m the only boy at home. I have no sisters __ brothers. My parents are busy. They usually get home after 9:00 p. m. Sometimes they come home before 7:00 p. m, but I ____ find anything to talk with them. They are too __with me. At school, I have some friends, too. I don’t want to tell them too ____ things. I have two pen pals. I _____ with them in letters. I can tell them anything and they can answer all my ____. They are really my good friends.
Joe’s mother: Pen pals? Our kids can talk with us，read books and play with their friends. His father and I often _____ him to the sports club on weekends. Joe loves sports there. We give him anything he needs. ___does he need pen pals?