Large breed dogs (and larger smaller breeds) can knock children over while playing, or pin them down while displaying friendly, cheerful behavior.
Cynophobia, even selective cynophobia, spreads fear, not education and reason.
My 100 pound Dobe adores kids to the point of idiocy.
He has learned to be careful around small beings..but he wasn’t always.
The kids would laugh when they landed on their pamper-padded bottoms and haul themselves back up by his collar for more face-slurping.
Sweet departed Halla would freeze totally still while they patted and hugged her.
Amazingly, she really didn’t ~like~ being hugged on and wouldn’t even let us do it..but kids..she was like a happy statue.