Do you think parents should teach their young children to memorize their social security number?

No? What exactly would the point of that be?

I agree.

Well, in a way I wish I would have been taught my SSN because my bf knows his by heart, and there have been several times I needed it…but didn’t have my card because my mom always kept it. However, if I had learned it when I was little, I probably would have blurted it out to everyone… “Hey, I know my SSN … :D”…bragging about what I knew…lol

I have to ask, I am very curious. What IS a social security number?

Well I don’t think its really necessary to learn it as a young child. I didn’t need might until high school, and more so after I graduated. Writing it on a crap load of paper work you memorize it really quick.

:O You don’t have them where you live? Hmm, I’m sorry…I didn’t know that. It’s basically a number everyone gets, that shows who you are, and it’s basically like your identity…I’ve had mine every since I was a baby… If it gets stolen, people can get all of your information from that number, and steal your identity.

Its a number assigned to US Citizens originally for tracking purposes for the Social Security system that was created back in the mid-30’s, and also tied in with taxes. Now its pretty much a persons ID in the US. Pretty much all gov’t paperwork, and many other legal documents require your SSN on it. It was never the intent for the SSN to become a universal ID for people, but it was just convenient since just about all US citizens have a SSN.

honestly no..i mean home address and phone # should be enough.

Thanks torurdchaos, you explained it way better. lol. :)

Well I mean you dont have to learn something at a young age to have it memorized? I have my drivers license number memorized? Didnt get that till I was 18. It is possible to memorize numbers later on.

True.

Ironic, that I had this same conversation with my dad a few days ago. :\ He told me, it’s a good thing to know because when he was a kid in Uzbekistan and in Moldova, everyone had to memorize their passports and other such information that was useful. Of course, it was probably a different situation back then when passports and ID numbers were required to memorize, and emigrating/immigrating was a lot harder than just getting into a car and driving to a new state.

In my perspective, I think it’s a necessary thing to learn. I grew up with my ma telling me to memorize my SSN, just in case I was required to write it down somewhere in the future. I also think it’s a good idea because you’re going to need to know that number later on in life when you apply for jobs and the military.

On the downside, children like to share secrets and other confidential information because some don’t understand how important such things are. A child under the age of 8 (with the exception of me and my sisters) don’t and shouldn’t need to memorize it because they’ll most likely give it away like it’s just a few numbers.

That’s just my opinion. :| This can kind of relate to why do Americans need to have passports? It’s not as necessary to have as it is in Europe or other parts of the world.

American’s need passports too.. in fact, to go down to Mexico just to get braces, I would need one to get back into California..

I agree some need pasports such as businessmen or travel enthusiasts. But the majority of Americans who stay within the borders of the Continental U.S. don’t really need passports. A passport serves no purpose to the majority. So what’s the point in paying thousands of dollars for one? You understand what I’m saying?

A passport is only exactly $145.00

i dont think they should learn it personally because then they might use it and play around with it.

Ok so its kind of like our IRD numbers, only for us they are pretty much only for tax purposes