I probably would...
I'm all for trying to give my kids the same sort of freedoms we had when we were kids...the freedom to go out all day roaming and exploring with the rule 'make sure you come home when the street lights come on'.
Mobile phones help with that to a certain extent...I know the kids can contact me if they're in trouble, and I can also give them a call if they're either away too long or I just get one of those funny feelings.
I would see it as a freedom enhancer tho...not as a leash. I'm not interested in knowing what they're up to every second of every day, but if chipping would allow them to be located IF something did go wrong, then I'm all for it.
CeeJ can tell you what my kids are like, very self sufficient, and independent...and they don't get that way being mollycoddled to death.
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