Pitbulls and kids?

tmatt, to answer your question, No...
But not because I would be worried about the dog hurting my kid or another person. Anybody that knows much about a true APBT knows that they are one of the most trustworthy dogs on the planet around people. Most of the ones that are bred right you can walk into a man's yard and steal every one of them and they would be wagging their tail the whole time wanting you to pet on them..
I would however be worried that the dog would be too much for a kid to handle if a situation came up where the dog got into it with another dog or other animal.. Then I would be worried about the other dog biting my kid when he or she was trying to break them up..
Also, I'm sure you've had a few yard incidents where you had to handle 2 dogs by yourself, I would not want my kid to have to do that..
I would be perfectly fine with letting them have a dog of their own but not have sole responsibility for the dog and let them take it with them everywhere...