English Conversation Questions

Children

Questions

1. Do you like children?
2. Do you have/want to have children?
3. What is a good number of children to have?
4. When does a child become an adult?
5. Do you think children are spoilt nowadays?
6. Are you good with children?
7. Do you think children are hard work?
8. What’s the most irritating thing about children?
9. How expensive is raising children?
10. What do you think children worry about most?
11. What advice would you give to children today?
12. What time should children go to bed?
13. Would you like your children to be like you?
14. How did you spend summer holidays when you were a child?
15. From what age should children be allowed to work?

Videos

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames — Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like “Bustin Jeiber,” a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids

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become developers.

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Category:  Technology
Keywords: Apps | Children | School

Kids try Christmas food! Watch to see their reaction!

Category:  Food | Geography & Travel
Keywords: Children | Christmas | Food | Reacting
FBE

The kids play with another old piece of technology, an old camera! Find out if they can figure out how to take a picture!

Category:  Technology
FBE

Watch the kids try and figure out how to use a 1970’s era computer in another special Old Technology episode!

Category:  Technology
FBE

Watch the kids try to figure out how a Walkman works and what they think of how it competes against the technology of today.

Category:  Technology
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to

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learn from children as much as to teach.

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Category:  Education & Language
Vox
There’s a case for making playgrounds riskier.
The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be

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clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn’t necessarily the best design for kids.

US playground designers spent decades figuring out how to minimize risk: reducing heights, softening surfaces, and limiting loose parts. But now, some are experimenting with creating risk. A growing body of research has found that risky outdoor play is a key part of children’s health, promoting social interactions, creativity, problem-solving, and resilience.

Some communities are even experimenting with “adventure playgrounds,” a format with origins in World War II Denmark, where bomb sites became impromptu playgrounds. Filled with props like nails, hammers, saws, paint, tires, and wood planks, these spaces look more like junkyards than play spaces — and parents are often kept outside of the playground while children are chaperoned by staff. Now, that question of keeping children safe versus keeping children engaged is at the heart of a big debate in playground design.

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Category:  Science
Keywords: Children | Playing

Vocabulary:
cove
secluded
float
shore
anchor
lighthouse
greenhouse
handsaw
hammer
power tool
nail
board (noun)
ton
land sick
biomass
canoe
paddle
real estate
prosper
fulfilled

Expressions:
subsistence living
hon

Vocabulary:
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word

Expressions:
expression
expression
expression
expression

Vocabulary:
prestigious
involuntary
swindler
fraudulence
unwarranted
concern
unfounded
impostor
syndrome
faculty
pervasive
prevalent
disproportionately
underrepresented
downplay
abnormality
self-esteem
spiral
accolade
threshold
susceptible
voice (verb)
peer
dismiss
excel
ease
mentor
competence
banish
frank

Expressions:
nagging doubt
shake a feeling
put something to rest
surefire way

Vocabulary:
filmmaker
principle
handcuff
clown
distill
underdog
aspect
familiar
unfamiliar
chopsticks
keyboard
organic
grounded
clarity
stuntman
steady
gag
perfectionist
rhythm
distinct
continuity
elbow
bunch
flail around
unlike
invincible
impressive
humanize
asset
payoff
relentlessness
finale

Expressions:
kick ass
going above and beyond
get smacked in the face
sell a joke

Vocabulary:
explosion
smoke (noun)
engine
unique
pilot
route
unemotional
terror
instant
reach out (to someone)
postpone
urgency
purpose
regret
humanity
ego
reflect
eliminate
frame (verb)
artistic
talent
bawl
miracle

Expressions:
bucket list
brace for impact
mend fences
make sense
connecting dots