DNA identification kit for children

[Dogmom]

There is a flyer at daycare about a child-safety day this Saturday. There will be photos and videos taken of your child with a booklet to fill out for a complete physical description and a DNA identification kit. All of the materials go home with the parents and the sponsor does not keep any records of attendees, according to the flyer.

I can see the value of having pictures and video of your kid, but I have been waffling on DNA samples. Has anyone ever done this? I can see the usefulness of having the samples just in case, but I don't like the idea of sending them in and having them databased somewhere.

Any thoughts?

[Loveone]

There is a flyer at daycare about a child-safety day this Saturday. There will be photos and videos taken of your child with a booklet to fill out for a complete physical description and a DNA identification kit. All of the materials go home with the parents and the sponsor does not keep any records of attendees, according to the flyer.

I can see the value of having pictures and video of your kid, but I have been waffling on DNA samples. Has anyone ever done this? I can see the usefulness of having the samples just in case, but I don't like the idea of sending them in and having them databased somewhere.

Any thoughts?
They just had this a few weeks ago here. It's a really great thing to have just in case. What we got was a DNA kit that they send home with you, and you do it yourself. You swab your childs mouth with the q-tip thing and then stick it in the vial and thing stick that in a red envelope (put your child's name and birthdate on the front)and then you keep it, you don't have to send it anywhere. You keep it and god forbid anything happend to your child, but in the case that something does, you then take the envelope to the police. That's it. I hope this helps you out.

[Scarlet]

we have them, you just need a recent photo, height, weight, eye colour, birthmarks and a strand of hair with the root attached. They were free, but you could make the exact same thing by hand or a printout from your computer.

Oh ours also has a fingerprint too.

[Dogmom]

They just had this a few weeks ago here. It's a really great thing to have just in case. What we got was a DNA kit that they send home with you, and you do it yourself. You swab your childs mouth with the q-tip thing and then stick it in the vial and thing stick that in a red envelope (put your child's name and birthdate on the front)and then you keep it, you don't have to send it anywhere. You keep it and god forbid anything happend to your child, but in the case that something does, you then take the envelope to the police. That's it. I hope this helps you out.


Thank you for the info! I think we will go, it sounds like a good thing to have on hand just in case. :)

[abcNKH]

When DD#1 and DD#2 were little, some organization at a street fair or something had a fingerprint booth set up for the kids. They had these little cards with a pic of flowers growing, and they did kid's fingerprints in pastel colored ink to complete the flower. It was really cute, and I put them in a big baggie with photos and stuff in my safe deposit box. I have hair w/follicles and fingerprints for DD#3 in my box now, but no flowers...

[Scarlet]

How much are they charging?

[holychicken]

This is one of those things that kind of rubs me the wrong way. . . but I guess if all of that information is given to the child when they turn 18, I have no problem with it.

[abcNKH]

This is one of those things that kind of rubs me the wrong way. . . but I guess if all of that information is given to the child when they turn 18, I have no problem with it.so if my child then disappeared after she turned 18, I would have nothing to give investigators to help locate her? No way - this is my child forever, I don't care how old she is - I'm keeping it.

[Dogmom]

How much are they charging?

It's free. :)

[Book Wizard]

For the same reasons, we should get Tashi micro-chipped. As often as I joke about turning him in for a new model, we would never do it. He is ours as long as he lives...

[Dogmom]

For the same reasons, we should get Tashi micro-chipped. As often as I joke about turning him in for a new model, we would never do it. He is ours as long as he lives...

I assume you are talking about a dog or cat. :lol: And yes, get the microchip! I have heard of dogs being lost for years and being reunited with their owners because of the chip. My cat is chipped, the dogs are microchipped AND tattooed (yep, I'm paranoid :paranoid: ) so that I can identify them officially (chip) and quickly with the tattoo number.

[holychicken]

so if my child then disappeared after she turned 18, I would have nothing to give investigators to help locate her? No way - this is my child forever, I don't care how old she is - I'm keeping it.
If you give it to her and she wants you to keep it for just such a situation, i see no problem with it. Morally, however, she should know about it and it should be her decision what to do with it once she hits 18.

[Book Wizard]

Yes, Tashi is a dog, but since we have no children, he is just as precious to us. Even though he is very stupid. I don't think he would run off, but I am not convinced he is smart enough to find his way home if he did!

You can, at least, teach your smalls their address and mommy and daddy's name... I think all kids ought to have a DNA kit!

[Loveone]

Thank you for the info! I think we will go, it sounds like a good thing to have on hand just in case. :)No problem, your very welcome!

[Loveone]

If you give it to her and she wants you to keep it for just such a situation, i see no problem with it. Morally, however, she should know about it and it should be her decision what to do with it once she hits 18.My kids know about it, and they won't be getting it when they are 18 that's for sure. They might get it when they are oh 21 or so....Afterall just because they turn the magic 18 doesn't mean they will be adult enough to keep it safe.

[abcNKH]

If you give it to her and she wants you to keep it for just such a situation, i see no problem with it. Morally, however, she should know about it and it should be her decision what to do with it once she hits 18.So it is morally wrong for me to keep something of my child's in case something happened to her? She already knows about it, as we update the pic once a year and she goes to the safe deposit box with me. I don't understand what the moral issue is with a parent keeping something like this. I also keep many pics of her, drawings, report cards, Christmas ornaments she made, that macaroni neclace all kids make for their mom at one point or another, ribbons and awards from this and that. Is is morally wrong to keep these, too?