Ugh. Even if first LW's account is completely true (which really it does not sound like), I do not like friendly dogs that are big enough to knock me over jumping up and licking my face. Not because I have an irrational phobia of dogs. Not because there is a risk that this time will be the exception when the dog gets aggressive and bites me or tries to kill me. Even if it really truly is being friendly and asking for petting, the dyad of dog and owner aren't able to ask for consent for that interaction, and I do not want any part of it.
If the children are for any reason unable to understand a verbal no and haven't yet absorbed social norms about physical interaction with vague acquaintances, and are also big enough that I can't physically restrain them from jumping on me, then... I probably am not the right person to carpool them.
Same goes for LW2, really. It's not about whether you love dogs less than or as much as human children. If my child had attacked my brother's dog in a way that injured and really scared him, I would certainly not expect my brother to be completely chill about it. And if my dog were attacked by a child I would not let my dog be around that child unless I was really sure the behaviour had been fully addressed.
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If the children are for any reason unable to understand a verbal no and haven't yet absorbed social norms about physical interaction with vague acquaintances, and are also big enough that I can't physically restrain them from jumping on me, then... I probably am not the right person to carpool them.
Same goes for LW2, really. It's not about whether you love dogs less than or as much as human children. If my child had attacked my brother's dog in a way that injured and really scared him, I would certainly not expect my brother to be completely chill about it. And if my dog were attacked by a child I would not let my dog be around that child unless I was really sure the behaviour had been fully addressed.