think of the children English

Meaning think of the children meaning

What does think of the children mean?

think of the children verb

— (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.

— A sincere plea to consider the young.