Will dermatoglyphics help children succeed in life? Urban parents are rushing to bring their children to a dermatoglyphics analysis service with the hope of understanding more about their children’s abilities.   “A person's fingerprints are formed when they are in their mother's womb. You need to know the secret of the fingerprint to help them develop their abilities. With VND3 million, you will be able to help your child succeed in his life,” a parent wrote on an education forum. The parent, an office worker, said she had heard about the service from a seminar. After some thoughts, she decided to test her daughter’s fingerprint. “If you understand your child better and know his strength and weakness, you will be able to help him develop his abilities and minimize the disadvantages. This is science, not superstition,” she said. Using dermatoglyphics analysis to plan children’s future is a growing tendency in the large cities of Hanoi and HCM City. The service fee would be lower if service providers offered discounts to a group of many clients. An officer from K Company said the service fee would be VND2.6 million for a group of 15 children.   Urban parents are rushing to bring their children to a dermatoglyphics analysis service with the hope of understanding more about their children’s abilities. Le Bich Huong in Xa La residential quarter in Ha Dong district said at first, she did not have confidence in the services, but later changed her mind. “The dermatoglyphics analysis is reliable. It shows many characteristics of my son,” she said. In general, parents can receive results of the analysis after seven to 10 days. However, many questions and doubts have been raised about the service. What will happen if the dermatoglyphics analysis is inaccurate? A parent may think that his child has great abilities,and there is no need to spend much time to educate him and will succeed in life. Meanwhile, another parent may think that it will be of no use to educate his child, because the child will never succeed. What worries many parents is that there is no state agency which examines the quality of the service.  The service provider hasn’t said much about which data and technologies they use to provide the service. Meanwhile, a parent in Cau Giay district said she will never use the service, because she fears the information may be used by criminals for illegal purposes. Thanh Mai, VNN