Would you keep your kids around with increasing conflict with imps and goblins, food shortages, etc? Presumably there are safer places in Rivellon that families near the main conflicts evacuated to. There was a couple in the bandit camp, planning to get out of there after the woman got pregnant...
Also, maybe gassing the Broken Valley Daycare and Playful Pony Funtime Activity Centre wouldn't have gone over very well with ratings boards.
