This to me actually gets at the heart of the OP: the odds of your kid getting snatched in a parking lot are low. The way you change your child by too zealously protecting them may be more likely to harm them.

(I wrestle with this tension daily. I have mostly, I think, been too protective of my children...so take the above as a confession not admonishment).

She probably isn't wrong, but I thought fair warning was warranted considering how hyper-protective I was feeling.