Low-jacking your children

IF the option was available to put a chip into your children (like under the skin) to track them would you?
This chip wouldnt be harmful in anyway, but you would be able to track them until they were 18, when they could legally get it removed.

It is a horrible and sick idea! Everyone is entitled to their privacy and chips just take that away. Me as a teenager enjoy having a sense of privacy in my life, if I were to have a tracking chip under my skin, I would never be able to rest easily outside of my house, knowing that my parents were watching me.

If you are thinking of getting a chip for your child, I would strongly urge you not to.

absolutly not!!!

I think it would be a wonderful idea- one more element of protection against the sickos in this world.

but then the underlying statement to the child could be- you are my property
which could be a valid argument against it.

if it came up for a vote- I would vote for it.

Just to give you my perspective:

I would vote yes for this chip for numerous reason's.
-Kidnapping - the children could be found so much easier
-Teenagers - parents DO have the right to know where they are and what they are doing - because they are their parents responsiblity until they are 18 years old and anything they do as a minor could fall back on the parents.
-It could save your children's lives - by finding them before something bad happens.

I agree, I think that would be a good idea in case they are kidnapped, lost or ran away.

hell no thats just crazy =/
never never never

I wouldnt because I would keep my children by me a lot!! I always stuck by mom and I never got kidnapped because she told me about those things when I was very little and to watch out for it!! if your kid is smart enough it will listen!! lol

I guess my point is - as a teenager you are supposed to obey your parents anyways. So if you are where you are supposed to be - what does it matter if your parents can see where you are. This isn't about snooping on your children - it's about protecting them.

I think it really would save a lot of lives. There would probably be less kidnapping too because they know they'd find the kid. =)

yea I would totally do it if it was for my childs safety...but I dont think I would tell them about it just to make them think im not watching them but I always am watching and they dont know how...hehe

Yeah that would be a great idea definately I'm all for it

I'm undecided on this one. In younger children I would probably say yes. Parents deserve to know were they are. The kidnapping thing though- how many children get kidnapped? 1 in a million?

I would say it would need to get stopped at about the age of 14/15. 18 is way too old. I think by my age your responsible enough without having your mum knowing your every step.

I think it would be a great idea. if it causes no harm, no harm done. if a parent says their child can't go somewhere (knowing it's for their own good) then it's best to have it. there's tons of reasons children should have them. if this was to begin or if it would've began a long time ago, America would probably be a tolerable place cause I can't stand it here.

No.

I would love to be able to do that to my 3 kids. Not so I can know every little place they go to when they are teenagers but so that if someone were to kidnap them then I would be able to find them.

Most teenagers will say no but when you have children and are faced with the very real threat of some sick pervert taking them...you'll do whatever you have to to protect them.

I say yes, a microchip is just to indentify who someone is. Example a man was on Oprah a couple of weeks about he is about in his 40s he was found behind a Burger King dumpster naked and beaten to a pulp, He has no idea who he is or where he came from. Now with saying that, if he was microchipped then the cops would know who he was, where he came from and would be able to tell his family he is alive. This is just for Identifaction purpose only, not Tracking. There is nothing sick about it.

It's a good idea, and it's not an invasion of privacy, because it's not like the parents would have a map with a little icon on it that showed the location of the person.

Likely, it would be accessed in case of emergency by the police.

we were talking about this in my sociology class last week. I think the idea is good, but how long would it take the kidnappers and teens to find a way to disable it? or even worse, a kidnapper could cut it out of a child or a teen could cut it out of themselves.

OHHH common, this honestly upsets me that so many people would want to put a chip into their kid. give the child a life for goodness sake...I would never implant a chip into my child. The ONLY way I would allow that, would be if the plant was implanted in the child and it was only activated ( meaning you can only access the where-abouts) when the POLICE are looking for the child, or the child came up missing. Other than that reason...would you have wanted one in your body when you were that age? NO. you wouldn't have...I really do think it's an invasion of privacy. But I also agree iwth dl03081990...if they're willing to kidnap/rape the person, they're willing to cover it up...

I agree with jamminlexie.

To me this is would be a huge invasion of privacy. I get the idea of protecting your child from dangers and maybe for a child up to 10 years old, but older that that I would say NO. Even children need privacy and I would never do that to any child.

I know it's the parents responsibility to protect their children, but knowing the exact whereabouts of your children 24 hours of the day seems a bit obsessive to me. Like jammin above said, if its activated just in case of emergencies, maybe.

no I dont think it would be a good idea if you cant keep up wid ure children on ure own then you dont really need them