I Wish I Could Trade Parents — Cynthia MacGregor

When Jamal's mom is stricter on certain points than he wishes she would be, he thinks how great it would be if only the parents of several different friends of his were his parents instead. But when a fairy temporarily grants his wish, he learns that his parents' rules overall just might be better than those of his friends' parents, and in the end he's happy to have the parents he does.