Definitely agree that our children are wonderful, glorious... stardust - the greatest honor I've had in life is to be the co-creator of these wonderful beings.
Not in agreement about this sentence, though: "What I meant as a sarcastic, likely misplaced remark, is actually the motto of the average American who has children." While that might be how some feel, I certainly don't think that's the 'average American's' sentiment. While we hear almost daily of people who are beyond ill-equipped to be parents, I think the majority of parents - anywhere - would give their lives for their kids because they love and treasure them. I get what you were saying, but suspect you didn't mean it the way it came out.
You're right. "Average" is inaccurate. A better way to say that is "a staggering number of".
The point is to bring awareness to the fact that of the estimated 150 million parents in the US, there are 3.6 million cases of abuses reported involving 6.6 million children every year, and we average 1 million abortions every year in the US.
That's a staggering number of people who treat their children like dust. Thank you for the clarification though, I realize I'm not the only one who loves my kids.
https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/ http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/