Having stats for every stage of growth encourages killing of dragon children?

[ti'esar]

Debates about draconic child-raising habits miss the point: the basic point that the ABD is talking about (and Rich is criticizing) is that, since dragons of all ages - unlike humans or elves or even something like orcs - have D&D stats, and stats matter primarily for combat, there is an implication that young dragons are acceptable targets for PCs.

(Which I think was already said, but may have been missed judging by how quickly things got sidetracked).