Honestly, was just thinking out loud, trying to look at it from various points of view.
I see both sides. On the one hand, I don't want to play a game that makes me feel like I am the monster.
On the other hand, having children in the game is realistic from a Faerun world-building perspective. I mean, they are vermin, essentially, who breed like rats and eat people. You would expect to find them in huge numbers in a goblin camp. Like Wyll, you should probably hate them, if you truly grew up in Faerun.
But I tend to steer in the direction of being sensitive to the feelings of others. At the same time, I get that people are sensitive... About EVERYTHING.
I'm glad I'm not a video game developer. Geez. I do not envy Larian at all. Every little element is debated and picked apart.