Springfield Lodge Day Nursery in England is now taking the overly cautious step of fingerprinting parents to make sure they are really the parents of the children inside the nursery.  Unfortunately, parents have bought into the hype that their children are in danger and most have agreed to be fingerprinted as a safety precaution.

Linda Berryman, the owner of the nursery, said the measures were for the “safety and security” of the children.

But the charity Kidscape, which aims to protect children from harm, described the measure as “paranoid and overkill”.

Michelle Elliot, director, said it gave the wrong message to youngsters.

She said in reality of the 11 million children in the UK, on average seven to 10 were abducted and murdered each year.

There you have it.  Parents are now going to be placed into the British fingerprint database because someone has overreacted.  The only thing the parents are guilty of is having children.

“There is no actual information recorded, only the information that we’ve already got,” she said.

Uh, yeah, that means the parent’s fingerprint information.  You have to record that in order to make a match when the parent shows up?  Do they really think that by merely saying they aren’t recording anything that people are that stupid and they believe it?  Oh wait, I forgot for a moment where I was.