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I think it is a horrible idea to implant computer chips into children, or any human no matter the age (unless they can agree to it). First of all, animals are much different than humans. If you implant a computer chip into a pet or farm animal, they will live their entire life not knowing this. Children on the other hand may not know for the beginning years of their lives, but once they reach a certain age it is their right to know. However, by the time they are told about the computer chip, it may be impossible to remove it, or maybe the computer chip has already created serious health risks for that child, or the removal of the chip is too risky to even attempt. I think it is an extreme invasion of privacy and I understand that parents of young children do not want to lose their child, but I think the parents should not rely on technology but rather put extra effort into parenting. Even though the parents technically by law have the right to implant the chip when their children are under 18, I think when the child grows up and realizes what his or her parents have done, he or she will lose a lot of respect for the parents and possibly even feel violated and lose complete trust in the parents. I do not think parents have the right to implant a chip into a teenager however, because the teen will be completely aware of what is going on and he or she will feel like his or her every move is being watched and this will create a hateful relationship between the teen and parents. Not to mention, teenagers are smarter than young children so if teens get lost, somehow they will find a way back home. So, ultimately the chip would be mostly for the parents to spy and that should not be allowed. If there was a bill in Congress that required ID chips in children under the age of five I would not support it. I think psychologically this will negatively affect the children in the long run and I am also not convinced that this chip is 100% safe for the body. Yet, I think this is not a horrible idea for Alzheimer patients because if there are health risks that occur after many years, they sadly might not even live long enough to experience the health risks, but also they can agree to this or disagree. Plus, even if they forget that they agreed to it, if you asked them again they would probably agree again, and vice versa with disagreeing.