On this show, we talked about raising children in Japan and the daycare system here in the land of the rising sun. Also, we talked about the phrasal verbs “to bring up” and “to bring to”

Phrasal Verbs
to bring to
1) to revive consciousness e.g: we brought her to after she fainted.
2) to notify someone of something when used with “ones attention” e.g: we should bring this news to his attention.

to bring up
1) to mention something e.g: we didn’t want to bring up the fact that she was divorced.
2) to raise a child e.g: Bob was brought up in the US but Rob was brought up in the UK.

Ways to ask for information:
Could you find out…what time the movie starts?
Could I ask…you a question?
Do you happen to know…where the post office is?
1. ‘Would’ can be substituted for ‘Could’ and ‘Do’.
2. ‘Could’ and ‘Would’ are very similar. However ‘could’ sounds a little politer than ‘would’.
3. For an even politer expression, add ‘please’ to the end of the ‘Could’ sentences. e.g. Could I ask you a
question, please?
4. For a less formal expression, substitute ‘can’ for ‘could or ‘would’. [bad word] Tootsie Rolls (candy / sweets)
Cultural note: The round piece of chewy, chocolaty candy that delights Americans today still looks and tastes amazingly like the first Tootsie Roll, made over 109 years ago. Even more astonishing, the candy roll still sells 2 for one penny, the original price, even though [bad word] now offers candy packages priced up to $7.17. The first penny candy to be individually wrapped in paper, Tootsie Rolls are so protected today - but the modern design of the wrapper signals that changes have occurred in the product's long and successful story.
source [bad word] /www [bad word] history.html

Public Service Announcement
What do you do if you see a parent a slap a child?
Cultural notes:
1. Spanking used to be [bad word] in the UK and the USA. However, now some parents use “time outs” instead of physical punishment. During a “time out” the child is removed from the group or activity to a quiet
place for a short period of time. (There is controversy about the appropriateness or effectiveness of this approach in particular situations) source: [bad word] /www.aplaceofourown.org/glossary.php?l=T
2. The paddle is the most popular implement in US schools that still allow spanking. Typically, with two or more administrators present, the student is told to bend over and receives the prescribed amount of hits
(called licks, swats, pops or whacks) of the paddle, normally in an office, not publicly.
source: [bad word] /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle_(spanking)

(US) swat (UK) caning
(US) candy (UK) sweets
(US) jail (UK) gaol
(US) center (UK) centre
(US) color (UK) colour
(US) check (UK) cheque (noun from use with banks)

The Hill is Filled with Children by David Ippolito
You wanna (want to) know what I think?
If I may be so bold,
If this hill was filled with children
Of just four or five years old,
And I should ask if anyone
Would like to sing a song,
Every hand would shoot up in the air
And you all would sing along.
And if this hill was filled with children
And I should ask, “By chance,
Is there someone who loves music,
and who really loves to dance?”
Well, I’ve a feeling there would be no time
For a heart to take a beat,
And everyone underneath this sun
Would spring up on their feet.
Well, I’ve got some news for all of you,
That [bad word] as quite a shock.
This hill is filled with children.
We’ve just been around the block.
We’ve been taught to be “grownup”
You gotta take fun in stride
Maybe now it’s finally time to own up
To the [bad word]  we’re all still kids inside.
When this hill is filled with children
And we’re all singin’ loud
There is magic in the music
And there’s wonder in the crowd
There’s this miracle that happens
We all feel like we belong.
And each of us can take that feeling home
When we all take home a song