I watched a bloke yesterday allow steward's to search his Granddaughter's bag, She was a small child, No way on earth would I have suffered that.
I can see both sides of that argument. I understand 100% your point of view.
However, if you were a person who wanted to smuggle something in, like a knife for example, and you knew that a young child's bag would not be searched, where would you hide it?
These are dangerous times, and anyone who would use a child as a shield is a total scumbag, but all the people who wish us harm are total scumbags, and you can't tell just by looking at them who the enemy is these days.
The reason you are outraged by children's bags being searched is because you would never dream of hiding anything in there.
The only way to stop these bastards is to try and anticipate where they will try and attack soft targets and the methods they might use.
Nobody expected someone to pull a knife on an MP last week.
In normal times, it would be outrageous to search a child's bag.
Sadly, these are not normal times.