think of the children

== English == === Alternative forms === won't someone think of the children? what about the children? === Pronunciation === === 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) (usually imperative) (usually as an interjection) 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. A sincere plea to consider the young. === See also === (example of): adhortatio, argumentum ad passiones, deesis, logical fallacy (often), special pleading pas devant les enfants === Further reading === think of the children on Wikipedia.Wikipedia think of the children on Wikiquote.Wikiquote