Location Tracking

After thinking for a while about this topic of location tracking with children, I actually think that it could be a good thing overall for them. It would help solve many kidnapping cases and help parents keep track of their kids. Once the children are old enough to think for themselves, then at that point they should not have the chips for tracking. I only feel that it is productive and a good idea when the kids are very young like 5 and younger as mentioned in the question. It is a complete invasion of privacy when you think about it, but for such young and helpless kids it is a good thing. Parents will have one less thing to worry about while caring for their children. Certain risks are that once the little child is of older age, how do they take the chip out? That could be a cause for concern, but other than that I do not see too many risks with this idea. As far as the Bill requiring a chip goes, I cannot say that I will ever agree with this. Although it says children under 5 which is the age I personally think it would suit well for, I don't think it should be a law. Parents should have the right to do it at their discretion. They should not be forced to do so because if they clearly don't want a GPS chip inside their kid then they should have the right to say no. Making this a law would be a huge invasion of privacy and I am sure that it would have a lot of negative feedback and I can't say I could ever see it passing anyways. Older people with Alzheimer's could fit in the same boat as the young children five and under for me. At the discretion of themselves and their children/caretakers, they should have the right to choose whether or not they would like to implant a chip or not. It could serve well just as I feel it will for children. Overall, I do find this to be a positive thing and the good heavily outweighs the bad in my opinion, but I would never support a Bill trying to be passed to require such things.