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Topics

Entertaining
  1. Butterflies: deadly creatures
  2. The meaning of dreams
  3. If I had a year to do what I want​
  4. The Best Dad Jokes of All Time
  5. Why does Halloween Have to Be the Only Holiday We Wear Costumes For?
  6. Ten Dumb Things I’ve Done So You Don’t Have To
  7. The Worst Thing I Ever Smelled
  8. The Best Thing about Being Me
  9. Where Do All the Missing Socks Go?
  10. The Worst Chore I’ve Ever Had to Do
  11. Why Are Horses the Only Animal We Ride?
  12. What Your Dog Really Thinks about You
  13. The Best Thing I Ever Ate
  14. The Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
  15. How Not to Make Friends
  16. Popcorn Is Underrated
  17. How to Be Awesome
  18. Socks and Sandals Are Okay
  19. If I Had A Million Dollars
  20. Best Places to Nap
  21. My Childhood Imaginary Friend
  22. Excuses for every occasion.
  23. What to do when you are bored on a lazy Sunday.
  24. Things I learned from sports.
  25. Things you wouldn’t know without watching films.
  26. Rare pronounciations of ordinary words and phrases.
  27. Bad hair day solutions.
  28. How to photograph a puppy.
Informative
  1. The role of cats throughout history.
  2. Caring for hermit crabs.
  3. What are the best pets?
  4. The lives of ants.
  5. The different types of tropical fish.
  6. The different exotic breeds of cats.
  7. How to raise rabbits.
  8. The beauty of wolves.
  9. How to adopt a dog.
  10. Raising pet snakes.
  11. My Favorite Animal
  12. My Favorite Stuffed Animal
  13. The Best Toy Ever
  14. My Favorite Food for Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
  15. Something I Love To Do for Fun
  16. How to Build with Lego
  17. The Best Day of My Life
  18. The Smartest Cartoon Character
  19. The Worst Chore
  20. The Best Cookie
  21. The Best Place to Go in Summer
  22. How to Eat an Apple
  23. Why Is the Sky Blue?
  24. If I Had a Superpower
  25. A New Rule I Would Make
  26. My Favorite Cereal
  27. What Is the Best Letter of the Alphabet?
  28. Is Summer Better than Winter?
  29. When I Grow Up
  30. Best Thing to Do at Recess
  31. How to Eat Pancakes
  32. Pizza Crust: Yes or No?
  33. A Time I was Brave
  34. The Greatest Animal on the Farm
  35. My Favorite T-Shirt
  36. The Funniest Thing to Do with My Mom/Dad
  37. What Is the Best Pet?
  38. Who is My Hero?
  39. If I Had $100
  40. The Best Thing about A Farm
  41. Where Do Rainbows Come From?
  42. Why I Like Being the Oldest/Youngest Sibling
  43. How to Have Fun in the Rain
  44. The Best Thing about October
  45. The Grossest Pizza Topping
  46. The Hardest Thing I Ever Did
  47. Sandwiches: With or Without Crusts
  48. The Tastiest Fruit
  49. The Best Thing That Is the Color Red/Blue/Orange
  50. When I Learned to Tie My Shoes
  51. Creamy or Chunky Peanut Butter
  52. Why Does It Rain?
  53. What Is Thunder?
  54. Crayons or Markers: Which Are Better?
  55. How to Make Peanut Butter and Jelly
  56. The Best Thing about Having a Dog/Cat
  57. My Halloween Costume
  58. When I Learned to Ride a Bike
  59. My Best Friend
  60. How to Pick a Book to Read
  61. The Best Thing about My Mom/Dad/Sister/Brother
  62. My Favorite Ice Cream Flavor
  63. My Favorite Animal at the Zoo
  64. What Is the Best Color Apple?
Persuasive

  1. Kids should start every morning with yoga.
  2. Cereal is not a healthy breakfast.
  3. Showering every day isn't important.
  4. Kids' clothing should always be designed by kids.
  5. Being a YouTube star is a real job.
  6. Boredom is good for kids.
  7. Borrowing books from the library is better than buying them from a store.
  8. Hamsters are the best first pet for kids.
  9. Every person is completely unique.
  10. My town is the best place for families with young children to live.
  11. Being an only child is better than having siblings.
  12. Kids should have TVs in their bedrooms.
  13. Jeans are the most uncomfortable article of clothing.
  14. Kids should have cell phones.
  15. Kids, not adults, should decide how much screen time to have each day.
  16. Every town should be required to have a playground.
  17. Waffle cones are better than regular ice cream cones.
  18. Dogs are better companions than cats.
  19. Wearing pajamas in public is inappropriate.
  20. Short hair is for boys and long hair is for girls.
  21. Kids should have fewer toys and more cardboard boxes to play with.
  22. Girls like to play with action figures.
  23. Pokemon are cooler than Yo Kai.
  24. Mosquitos are the most annoying of all bugs.
  25. Zoos are unsafe for young children.
  26. Kids under age 13 should be banned from having social media accounts.
  27. Dancing in public should be outlawed.
  28. Voice recognition locks are safer than fingerprint recognition locks.
  29. People should only eat foods they grow or catch.
  30. All people in the world should speak English.
  31. All countries should have the same rules about weapons.
  32. Every child should spend a year living in another country with their family.
  33. Men and women should have the same rights no matter what country they live in.
  34. Adults should encourage child participation in strikes and marches for important causes.