I'm not sure where in the world it is a 'problem' for children to walk dogs unsupervised. My 12 yr old daughter walks Moog unsupervised (all be it just across the road to the playing fields and not very regularly) and I'm not aware of people thinking she is causing a 'problem'.
Obviously it depends on the individual child, but generally its not something I like to see, for the reasons already mentioned; children are less likely to be able to deal with an accident or incident than an adult, and they or the dog may end up hurt or frightened as a result 
There seem to be more and more adults about who think its acceptable for their dog behave badly towards others - and then shout abuse at other owners if their dog ends being put in its place by another dog. I'd hate for a child to be on the receiving end of this kind of verbal abuse; it would be really scary for them 
firstly i'm so glad jack has a cocker memory (ie sieve like!) and seems to have shaken off his ordeal!! lots of manly cocker snogs from jarv to jack.
it is VERY frightening seeing your dog attacked when there is no warning and no provocation - and i agree with everyone who says it's bad owners not bad dogs....
re children walking dogs - i'm also a bit wary of this....
i see an 11 year old boy walked (or dragged) by an enormous and very strong black lab around these parts - the dog is lovely but there are many others that aren't 'nice' around here and i doubt whether the boy could control the dog should there be an incident like the one with jack...and i also worry (i think too much
) about dog theft and how easy it would be for someone to steal a dog from a child...
i don't doubt that your child can handle your cocker moog - but i would worry about the other dogs and bad owners out there..and there are a lot around.....
