As I said earlier and parental instinct is at work with me. I hear 500 adults die in a major accident, I'm curious how it happened. I hear two kids die from parental stupidity, I would be willing to kill the negligent parent myself. It's like Warch said,
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...as an adult, I consider it part of my duty to protect the young and vulnerable.
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Also, I think I need to clarify something. When speaking of potential I'm also including that portion which the adult has already experienced. No one should be cheated of the exhilarating highs and lows of growing up. Thus in Quazah's example of the thirty year old, the adult has most likely (I'm assuming US middle class for the sake of discussion) bought a car, been in love, hated his/her job and made love. A child has done none of these things. So, the child has more potential in the sense of having so many things to experience for the first time. Perhaps this is meaningless to Bugz and Quzah, but to me it's meaningful and incredibly important.
Oh, and for the record, that's why the news focus's on the two kids and ignores the adults. Every parent worth a damn I've ever met felt the importance of what I've been talking about while looking at their child. So the media panders to us, the parents, because we are in the majority.