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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / July 2004Fingerprinting an infant
Hello, Has anyone had their infants or children fingerprinted? Do any police stations provide this service, or does one have to purchase a DIY child fingerprinting kit from such places as the one supported by "McGruff the dog" on the Internet? Thanks to anyone who might share his/her experience with this. Debbie C. mother of a 2-month-old dskerner@hotmail.com wrote: >Has anyone had their infants or children fingerprinted? Do any police >stations provide this service, or does one have to purchase a DIY child >fingerprinting kit from such places as the one supported by "McGruff the >dog" on the Internet? I haven't done it, but I don't see why you couldn't just use a stamp pad, annotate the results with the child's name and the date, and put it in a safe deposit box. --Helen > dskerner@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > --Helen Usually at events like fairs and carnivals, the police will have their booth up to do this and to make photo ID cards/kits for children as a public service. They keep a copy on file, and give one to the parent. It was a big deal when my choir performed at one of these, and we were very late getting back (and I was frantically calling every parent on my list) because every child wanted to get it done. > Has anyone had their infants or children fingerprinted? Do any police > stations provide this service, or does one have to purchase a DIY child > fingerprinting kit from such places as the one supported by "McGruff the > dog" on the Internet? I just got an ad from a local Toyota dealership that's giving away free Child Id kits that include fingerprint kits. Check your local dealerships. Laura > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Debbie C. > mother of a 2-month-old Depends how old the kid is. I tried getting fingerprints (or even handprints) when mine were babies; their hands would reflexively curl up, so I have lots of finger and hand smudges. What prints nicely are their feet. I used paint or a stamp pad, and took foot prints annually until they were about 6 or 7. Rupa I have found there are services for fingerprinting and other safety identification kits at local events, such as craft fairs, or any child oriented events given by our local government. Once a local bank was holding them. I think the collection of data on your child included fingerprinting, data cards (height/weight/eye color/hair color), but also a q-tip swabbing of the inside cheek for a dna sample too. I beleive it was called Iden-A-Kit. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Debbie C. > mother of a 2-month-old > I think the collection of data on your child included > fingerprinting, data cards (height/weight/eye color/hair color), but > also a q-tip swabbing of the inside cheek for a dna sample too. I > beleive it was called Iden-A-Kit. ?? Because you couldn't just do your own swab, or collect a strand of hair yourself? Seems a bit of a waste of money, considering the limited usefulness of these things. tristyn www.tristyn.net The service was free! > > I think the collection of data on your child included > > fingerprinting, data cards (height/weight/eye color/hair color), but [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > tristyn > www.tristyn.net |
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