SPIRIT

WHAT DO CHILDREN WANT?

Video games, designer clothes, cell phones and tablets, of course. Are you sure? Last year, IKEA conducted a revealing experiment, asking 10 children in Spain to write two letters — one to the Three Wise Men (Spain’s version of Santa), and one to the kids’ parents. Predictably, the children asked the Three Wise Men for toys, musical instruments and pets. But the letters to parents were much different. The children asked their parents to play with them, for more time together, to be listened to, to be tickled, to have more meals together as a family, to do more experiments at home, to spend an entire day together as a family. What would your children ask for?