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what about the children

what about the children is the alternative form of think of the children.

Meaning of think of the children

Verb

think of the children (third-person singular simple present thinks of the children, present participle thinking of the children, simple past and past participle thought of the children)

  1. (imperative, usually) An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable; usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:think of the children.
  2. (imperative, usually) A sincere plea to consider the young.
    • Mrs Banks: Katie Nanna, I beseech you. Please reconsider. Think of the children. Think of Mr Banks. He was just beginning to get used to you.1964, Bill Walsh et al., Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Pictures

Questions about what about the children

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What about the children is the alternative form of think of the children.

Words near what about the children in the dictionary

  1. what a shame
  2. what a small world
  3. what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  4. what a way to go
  5. what about
  6. what about the children
  7. what am I bid
  8. what am I looking at
  9. what am I, chopped liver
  10. what are friends for
  11. what are the odds

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