"Would you rather kids not play outside?" Really? Kids have no place to play other than in the woods near a salmon-spawning stream during the time of year when brown bears with cubs are known to pass through the area? While I worked for Fish and Game I killed dozens of bears I deemed dangerous or that were too hooked on garbage and chickens to be safely moved elsewhere. I don't recall ever being threatened by any of those bears. So your insinuations are bogus. Fish and Game biologists kill bears they believe to be dangerous to the public. Each case is different. I don't have any more details than you do, but in this instance it appears as if four kids stumbled onto a brown bear sow with cubs in the woods. The sow responded defensively to protect her cubs. The kids received minor injuries because the bear broke off the attack after she neutralized the threat. APD went looking for the kids and stumbled onto the same bear. She has now left the area. Two incidents. No serious injuries.