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Article: NEW YEAR'S WISH LIST CHILDREN TO PARENTS: RELAX, TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOURSELVES IN 2003.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- December 30, 2002
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Byline: Janet Simons
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
If your child controlled your behavior, what would he want? A $100-a-week allowance? Every video game ever made?
At the request of the Rocky Mountain News, teachers at two schools asked their students to respond to the question ``If you could write a New Year's resolution for your parents to keep in 2003, what would it be?''
Not one child asked for more toys or a bigger allowance.
But many asked for their parents to slow down, relax, have more fun, take better care of themselves and work less so they could spend more time with the family.
Sandra Guadalupe Mayen, a third-grader ...