Yes, I do think it's silly, because we aren't in their heads. I don't know what my dog thinks I am, besides Food-God and Door-God, and "she who we must obey". Pack animals, and herd animals, understand the concept of young, and normal well-balanced dog brains do not go after children as prey, but rather see them as small, sometimes annoying parts of the family, that they either see as something to protect, or as competition for affection, depending on their temperament.
Whoever said we were talking about normal well balanced dogs? I watched my Jack Russel Terrier stalk and bite my 2 year old grandaughter in the neck because the child went over and looked into his food dish and then walked away. I could not believe that he was going to do it. He went on to prove that he was not well balanced a few more times. He was trained and watched carefully but he was unbalanced and continued his evil ways until I put him down. You and I will have to agree to disagree on this one.