thinks of the children

A form of think of the children — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of think of the children
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thinks of the children. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinks%20of%20the%20children

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thinks of the children,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinks%20of%20the%20children.

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