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Would you Microchip your child?

141 replies

clumsymum · 15/05/2007 14:09

this article in the Times today points out that it is technically possible.

But is this really where we want to go?

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J20BABY · 16/05/2007 17:08

yes, but would prefer a tracking device

UnquietDad · 16/05/2007 20:40

Anyway, if you try and put chips in your kids you'll have Jamie Oliver to answer to.

(Move along, nothing to see....)

corblimeymadam · 16/05/2007 20:44

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kimi · 16/05/2007 20:55

I thought it was a good idea but DP (who is very tecky) says that other people could also track your child, not so sure now

SweetyDarling · 16/05/2007 21:01

Surely the tracking devise would only be activated if the child went missing? Like an EPERB used by off-shore yachtsmen?
These can't be tracked until they are activated by the wearer (or possibly remotely using a code I think).
If this were possible with a microchip then I would consider it.

Georgie11 · 16/05/2007 21:15

Unquiet Dad
Your comment made me laugh out loud. Would the chip come with tomato ketchup? If not, my daughter's digestive system would reject it immediately ...

Georgie11 · 16/05/2007 21:21

My comment about tomato ketchup is ridiculous as the idea of 'chipping' our children. Has the world gone completely mad ... given the probability of a child being abducted (tiny), it's like taking a pneumatic drill to crack a marshmallow. Let's also remember that a huge amount of children who 'disappear' do so in countries so poor that they cannot afford to eat, let alone afford a chip for their children (probably about 10 years wages).

nappyaddict · 16/05/2007 21:23

i would. if people do it for their pets and should think they'd definitely do it for their kids.

Georgie11 · 16/05/2007 21:30

A far more sensible solution would be to chip any person convicted of any sort of sex offence. Their civil liberties should not enter into the equation. Granted, it would not track unknown/unconvicted offenders but it would more often than not lead to them ...

shonaspurtle · 16/05/2007 21:42

You would be putting a foreign substance into your child's body. That in itself would carry a risk. Probably tiny but then the purpose of the chip would be to attempt to reduce an already tiny risk.

Yes people have implants of various types for medical reasons but in those cases the benefits outweigh the risks. What if your child got a massive infection or suffered an allergic reaction?

squidette · 16/05/2007 21:52

I could micro-chip my children, or myself. I could never get in a car, or turn on an electrical appliance, or go out of my house. Or travel anywhere on any type of transport. Or go to work. Or stay at home. Because its all too dangerous.

Or i could keep myself safe and teach my kids how to keep safe, to the best of our ability. And live a life of hope rather than an existence based in fear.

nappyaddict · 16/05/2007 22:02

metal would be easily detected though. would it be possible to make them out of plastic or something? wouldn't want to make it removable cos then as you say weirdos would just try and cut it out. i think it should remain inactivated at all times and only activated if something happens to the child.

Georgie11 · 16/05/2007 23:01

Everyone seems to be talking about the physical aspects of chipping a child. What about the psychological aspects? Surely the most important part of a child's development is letting them carve their own future ... they will make mistakes and learn from them etc .. To be constantly tracked and monitored will take this away from them.

nappyaddict · 17/05/2007 01:10

they wouldn't be constantly tracked though. it would only be activated in an emergency.

Chandra · 17/05/2007 01:20

We are not yet over debate about ID cards and now we are talking about microchiping? If it happens it will be in the next millenium.

IMO Microchipping would not help to prevent a crime as much as teaching children ways to stay safe. It is just a mere locating device that may reduce parents' anguish but wouldn't keep the children out of danger.

Chandra · 17/05/2007 01:22

Thinking of that, would part of their 18th birthday celebrations include microchip removal? ( wondering about the implications of it...)

nappyaddict · 17/05/2007 01:23

i am guessing you wouldn't remove it just deactivate it.

Bectheneck · 17/05/2007 03:03

Maybe we should all just staple our children to us and that way they will never be out of our sight.

I can't believe people would seriously consider this. Of course if I don't microchip my children I obviously don't care about them at all and secretly want them to be snatched away from me.

CoteDAzur · 17/05/2007 13:12

Bectheneck - Err... huh?

Nobody is talking about stapling kids to parents, and certainly nobody is suggesting parents who don't feel like putting a gps device in their kids don't love them.

That is not "sarcasm overload", by the way. It is hyperbole.

pagwatch · 17/05/2007 15:23

Hi
I would prefer to microchip myself and then my kids could come and get me when they wanted me instead of just standing in the hall and shouting really loudly...

lovemybed · 28/05/2007 15:54

just came across this, i would do it in a second and pay any ammount of money that they asked for, i dont have any problem with it at all.

paulaplumpbottom · 28/05/2007 17:49

They would still shout

Minniethemoocher · 28/05/2007 23:30

Yes I would, anything to avoid the living hell and agony of the McCanns right now.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 28/05/2007 23:32

We've already done ours. Took them to the vet.

Wotsit · 28/05/2007 23:33

No