I'm of two minds. Obviously, if my children were ever abducted, I'd want every law enforcement officer everywhere looking for them, and doing whatever was nece

I'm of two minds. Obviously, if my children were ever abducted, I'd want every law enforcement officer everywhere looking for them, and doing whatever was necessary to find them. On the other hand, I dislike the construct that I as a parent am required to have a "permission slip" from my wife to take my kids camping north of the border. Honestly, I think this could pretty easily be solved with a technological solution. Just some (optional) system where parents can alert the government of neighboring countries "I trust my spouse and they can cross the border with my kids at any time" or "we're in a custody arrangement/domestic dispute don't let them through!" Tie it to the digital info they already have related to passports, and this becomes frictionless.