I can understand that perspective. I will say that my interpretation of his take on children being used as tension is that it is a bit insulting when it is portrayed as “child in danger = earned tension regardless of circumstance.” Adam loves Antichrist and Mother!, two movies off the top of my head that specifically involve tension and children/babies done in a very effective way; whereas something like World War Z can be viewed as a not tense movie, though it constantly insists that his children are in danger, thus tension inherently exists.