First of all welcome to pet talk.
Do not be worried about the child, GSDs and pit bulls are usually good with children. With good, stable genetics the dog should not hurt the child. It was your daughter's choice to get the dog, so cut her some slack and open your mind to learning about this wonderful breed. I have actually met a lot of aggressive Labs. To be honest, I don't see Labs as great family dogs anymore as people are breeding dogs with less than stellar genetics and they just get out of control easily.
Never have I met a human aggressive American Pit Bull Terrier or mix.I work with dogs day in and day out at the shelter I work at and the APBTs are the sweetest, most gentle dogs and I would recommend an APBT before I would recommend a lab as a family dog. We have adopted out a lot of APBTs to homes with young children and they are doing very well and actually are those kid's best friend.
German Shepherds make great family dogs as well, but are harder to handle than an APBT and are not for the average pet home.
They are wonderful with children and were called "nanny" dogs in the past because they are so good with children and still are. Please open your mind and heart to learning about the wonderful American Pit Bull Terrier before making such harsh judgements that you hear on the media. Here are some links for you to read.
http://saveabull.com/2008/pitbull-heroes/
www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/pospress.html
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/breed.html
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.html
http://www.pbrc.net/breedinfo.html
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