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I want! I want! I want!
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New Straits Times
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December 21, 2000
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Caroline Yap
New Straits Times
12-21-2000
I want! I want! I want!
Byline: Caroline Yap
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Festive Fair
Memo: (STF) - Parents need to be firm when dealing with demanding children. Caroline Yap reports.
THE house is filled with Christmas decorations. Santa smiles brightly and mistletoe hangs from the door. Everything is as merry as can be. But is that a sulking troll in the corner?
Meet little John who is at the moment busy stomping his feet and muttering, "I want, I want, I want!" What is it that he wants? Well, everything from Pokemon cards to remote control cars, it seems.
His mother Catherine Lee is fed up with his demands. She has already bought him ...
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