If you had a new baby and were offered to have he or she microchipped at the maternity unit, would you accept?

Question

Based on the fact that it can be removed at age 16.

Answer 1

lol.... Yes, I am one of those paranoid parents who would want to keep track of the kids 24/7.  Maybe it is because I was lost as a child and I was petrified.

Answer 2

How awful... these are children .. not animals.. I never lost my two as I never left them... try it thats what Mothers are for.... not chipping them..

Answer 3

This sounds like the anticipated horrific future that awaits us, according to many.

Answer 4

I never lost one of mine, so i would say no thank you.  I can keep an eye on my child without electronic intervention. lol

Answer 5

Yes I would - so long as there was no risk of infection or any other health issues arising from it.

I can't see of any downside to it if it's safe.  However, it wouldn't make me any less paranoid about watching my children when they're out.

Answer 6

Yes I would..there are so many bad people in the world..what a great way to track..possible it would reduce the amount of abducted..missing children..it is  a horrible horrible..thought to think the world has got to this stage..but it has ..and to kid yourself your protection is enough..Murphy's law can always come into play..

May every kid  be safe.would be so good..

Answer 7

He or she?

You mean him or her?

Answer 8

Wow, heck of a question.  I'd have to say no.  There are plenty of GPS devices that can serve the same purpose.  Pretty soon you can just pin it on your child's clothing, or in their shoes, or on their backpack.  By the time your child has his first phone it has GPS device on it.

Answer 9

Wow, what a question!

Do you mean the same kind of chip they put in pets? or a tracking device type of chip?

I really am quite stumped by this, I can see why some would say yes because of the chance that their child was abducted or lost but then again it seems a bit extreme because how often does that actually happen?

I mean I know it has but not to the extent that people need to chip their babies surely!

I really don't think I would, my kids are 4 and 1 and I haven't lost them yet!

Answer 10

No, I would not!!

Answer 11

No,if the ethical and moral issues surrounding micro chipping don't disturb you then maybe the potential for health related damage in having a microchip implanted in your child for 16yrs would be food for thought, surely ?

Answer 12

never

I'm not one of these paranoid parents who thinks theres a possibility my kids going to be snatched everytime I blink

Answer 13

well if you ever become a parent "God forbid " you might find it would be a lot easier to just mind the children unlike your heroes the maccanns  failed to do

Answer 14

I am not sure if I would accept or not, it is something you would have to discuss with your partner at great length, so my answer is I don't really know.

Answer 15

h**l yes!

Not just a tracking system for mom and dad to know where child is at all times.  My 3 yr old has had a cell phone with GPS since she was 10 months because I don't trust her father taking off with her when he got visitation.  It was hidden in her diaper bag.  It was court ordered, she is not to leave the house or yard.  

When I seen her bag was on the move I acted quickly, I caught his mother driving with my child in the car, mind you they don't have a car seat.   I had the police show up and they did fine her and it helped with a protective order against him and his mother.  

Now there are tracking devices for kids shoes, necklaces, phones, why not chip them.  

I believe that a added feature to that would be medical records, insurance info, living will, etc.  Great idea for elderly people too.  

Problem is wouldn't it cause issues if you needed an MRI?

Answer 16

George Orwell's book 1984 comes to mind.

Answer 17

No, absolutely not.