One of the forms that was filled out when Rachel was born last month (and Alice just over four years ago) was for a Social Security Number (SSN) and card. We just got Rachel’s card the other day and I noticed that there is a signature line at the bottom. Being just over five weeks old she obviously isn’t able to sign her name just yet. So I guess we’ll just leave it unsigned until at some point she can sign for it herself.
This just strikes me as very odd. Leaving something like this just doesn’t feel right. But having Sarah or myself sign doesn’t make any sense either. The next question that comes up is when to have the girls sign their cards. Alice can spell and write her name, but I wouldn’t call that a signature (she is only four). So they should be at least old enough to have developed some sort of signature. Or perhaps waiting until they turn 18 is the right thing?
I didn’t see anything in the instructions on the card indicating what the right thing to do is. There are plenty of people having kids so I know I’m not the only who has wondered about this.