@TheChip
The low risk from infection for kids makes more sense to me since it is well known that the majority of kids are affected so little that without a test, there can be little to no evidence that they are actually infected. How that pans out long term, as in way down the line, I really don't know.
But that feels like a better option than a vaccine that could come with its own effects.
To me, there's a risk either way, but it feels with the vaccine that I could be potentially adding an unnecessary risk of negative effects that might never have happened without it.
I can understand that way of thinking. I have wondered before if it’s because having your child have the vaccine is an active choice, that parents would feel guilty if something went wrong, whereas you don’t deliberately infect your child with covid so feel less to blame.
However, I think it really depends on how much you’ve seen of the negative effects of covid. Like you, if all the kids you’ve seen have been fine, it must seem silly to be so keen to vaccinate. Then from my perspective, I’ve seen ds with long term effects which have changed his life, a friend on his football team (also previously perfectly healthy) was left with asthma, I work with a couple of kids who are on part time timetables due to fatigue/recurring illness after covid, and through the support group for long covid know other kids who are really struggling too.
The long and short of it is exactly as you said, we’re just making the best decisions for our families based on the info we have. Which is why it makes me so frustrated when people (not you! 
) misrepresent the risk of the vaccine as they’re effectively taking away one of the tools people can use to make an informed decision.