Because mostly kidnappings are custodial in nature.
Child abduction by a stranger is rare.
Is your child likely to be snatched? No, but there is always that potential.
There is always the potential of danger in everything.
Including getting out of bed in the morning. Also staying in bed. Some poor dude had a sinkhole open up underneath his house and he fell into it and was never found.
People have been watching TV and have had speeding vehicles come through their front window and kill them.
It is not arrogance, it is simple fact. We can not protect them at all times and we have to raise them into functional adults that face the world with bravery.
Currently we have raised a generation of child-adults that are unable to make a choice about anything because they are afraid.
The original article has nothing to do with custodial kidnapping. It has everything to do with thinking children are safe wandering around on their own when non-custodial kidnappings occur right in front of the parents!
How about asking a parent who lost a “free-range” child to a kidnapper and never saw that child again? Ask them what they think of parents who ignore reality. Ask the police officers who have to deal with these cases that turn into nightmares for families.
I wish none of us had to worry about people with evil intentions, but we’re stupid if we don’t take precautions.