I suggest kids DO get it -- as do parents who object.
May I suggest that it is YOU who is in denial?
You can suggest anything you want -- that doesn't make it so. Which, I believe, is my point to begin with as I think your suggestion is "fictious." *g*
As to how children interpret literature, we will have to agree to disagree. I know the considerable experience I have in that area, so forgive me if I trust my judgement more than an online stranger's.