[header] How to convince your parents to buy you an ipod [title] Listen to your parents. [step] Have they been nagging you about cleaning your room or taking out the trash? If you want that ipod, it's time you begin doing what they ask. Your parents will be more likely to want to give you good gifts when you've been a star student and stellar help around the house. 
[substeps] When they ask you to do something, complete the task efficiently and effectively. Do it when they first ask you, and don't allow the request to become nagging or an explosive argument.