Would you tag you children the way people do their pets??

No no no no no no no no no!!! What are we coming too? This is molly coddling gone mad. Perhaps the safest thing to do is give all children and any other dependents a shot that incapacitates them. That way we can put them in front of a TV (shielded by shatterproof glass in case the TV explodes) all day and know precisely where they are. Children get lost occasionally. Mothers (and fathers) go frantic over it, but the answer is not to chip them. We start doing that and then slowly but surely we will leave the chips in and reprogramme them to do other things. Just think how handy it would be if the Government knew where we all were at any given time. Brrrrrr. I don't want to give this Government any more excuses to watch and snoop thank you.

It is cruelty and sad that strange things have to be inserted into animals just for their personal intrest.

I think this is a great idea. It protects the child somewhat and that is a responsibility of being a parent. Sure kids need their independence and some freedoms, but they are still children. I don't see how this would take any of that away from them. Why shouldn't parents know where their kids are? There is too much controversy in our society over the importance of children's privacy. We have parents for a reason and good ones will "invade" a child's privacy to teach and discipline so that their children will grow up to be respectable people. I would love to have these for my little ones.

Hmm, that is a good question. I can see the pro's for this. If the child becomes lost or kidnapped, you would know exactly where they are and send the police for them. Also, once they got older, if the child ran away, then you could do the same. I think that I would be for this, because how much independence and freedom does a child need? They could deactivate or remove the chip once they become 18. I think if this were possible this would give me a world of peace of mind.

I saw a programme which featured this the other day and it left me split in the way I feel about it! I do think that rather take away freedom and independence it actually would lend those things to the childs life as their parents would not feel as scared to let them out of their sight and would know they could always find them. I do worry about starting down that road however as I feel that it is hard to think of putting anything into your childs body that does not absolutely have to be there! xxx

Cinderella- No, I would never chip a child. It's an invasion of privacy. Yes, children do get lost or worse stolen, but that's always been true. That still doesn't justify a chip residing in my child. I read somewhere that eventually children will be "chipped" at birth. I hope moms have the right to refuse if this happens. America creates and feeds upon our paranoia, always reminding us of possible dangers and then controlling us by offering help.

I would have it in my children while they were smaller, so that if we went away we could have a bit more peace of mind if they were lost or something. It would be great if it had a tracking device on it too so that if they were snatched there was a way of finding the child fast through that. Like they have in certain cars! I would not have them tagged as they became older.