Since I'm the one that brought the words
pit bull into this thread I'll expound a little. The OP's 3rd criterion was a dog that was good with kids. I said all dogs, even dogs with bad reputations like pit bulls, can be very well mannered, and be child friendly. However, some breeds seem to have propensities to violence. These breeds were bred to be muscular, so adding to their propensity of violence with a strong build spells bad news.
A study said:
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... pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question.
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Source:
http://www.dogbitelaw.com/Dog%20Atta...%20Clifton.pdf
We're getting away from the topic though. Again, my vote is Lab.