Why the heck have we still banned children from getting the vaccine? This article doesn't address this 1 time, and this is IMO the most important issue related

Why the heck have we still banned children from getting the vaccine? This article doesn't address this 1 time, and this is IMO the most important issue related to covid today. Quite frankly, I don't care if anti-vaxers get COVID (there is some nuance to this, but basically true). There is only 1 large group in the US that is banned entirely getting a vaccine, and that is children. We need to find a way to un-ban this thing now. Vaccines are safe & effective. Just let doctors and parents make their own decisions about giving children vaccines. I have 3 children, 6, 5, and 2. Covid is about half as dangerous as drowning for them. Sure, that isn't a ton, and not as much as the elderly, but I worry about them drowning! I would give all of them a smaller dose right now without hesitation. But I can't have that option, because the government has banned it. We keep making the same mistake. "Lets ban vaccines for a long time, run tests, and let people die so that people have confidence in the vaccines." Then, here we are, with like half the country turned anti-vaxer. Banning vaccines is a complete and utter disaster from a policy perspective.