One major pet peeved of mine is when people are like "AWW DANGIT A PYTHON GET THE GUNZ AND KNIVEZZ!!!!" as if they're slaying dragons.
It's only 4 1/2 feet. That's not even big for a snake. We didn't need to go commando over burms in the everglades, why would we need to for this 4 foot sausage? As far as the kids go, it would take a snake well over 20 ft to actually consider a toddler a potential meal. And a fat 20 footer. Honestly, you guys know often that happens. Only retics average at ≤20 ft. And they're the slimjims of the pythons.