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Given that Tesla fires are so rare that they're a news story every time, it doesn't make sense to sacrifice Tesla families safety by giving children the opportunity to open doors while the car is moving.

the rest of the car industry has already solved that non-issue with child safety locks

No kidding.

So if my car is on fire, I can get out using the manual release, but my kids have to kick their way free? Or climb out the front? Or wait for me to break the window from the outside somehow?

How is this even legal?

I've had no idea.....how is this even allowed? It's even the law to have a manual lever in the trunk of a sedan.

One can not expect The Musk to follow mere laws. He has demonstrated that time and again.

How does this make cars any less safe in any way that car door child safety locks don't also do?

I can open an unlocked door with a child safety lock engaged from the outside of the car.

The key word there is "unlocked". I can't think of any cars that have keyholes on the back doors, and if the power door locks were working then you wouldn't need an emergency release.