Agree with you there, min. If a kid gets attacked on the plane, we should look at it the way we look at crashes- a chain of events, break one link and it won't happen. In the case of the alleged assault, if true then the parents and CC didn't brief the kid adequately (she should have been aware that the FAs could help), and the FAs should have been a bit more vigilant. I know the CC don't have an easy job but is it really too much to look in on the kid once in a while?