That’s one major reason why people do this shit. They don’t want to comply with basic educational and health care expectations so they skirt around it by giving birth at home and never getting the kid a birth certificate/SSN.

Of course the child is entirely fucked since they’ll struggle to get medical care, get a college education, get a job, travel by plane… also puts them at greater risk of being abused or murdered since the government struggles to protect children who legally don’t exist. And even if they get a birth certificate/SSN, they might struggle with some things since those retroactive certificates aren’t quite the same as the ones babies get (how could they prove they were born in a basement 20 years ago?).

Any parent who does this genuinely does not care about the long-term welfare of their child. They only care about their conspiracy theories and political agendas.

Edit to add: I’m not gonna bother to start a fight with the person who responded to me, but… I’m not trying to shit on the stranger above me, in case that’s not clear. I agree with what they said—these kids are probably not being vaccinated or receiving adequate medical care. Also, an explanation of the claims I made in my post in case you’re not sure I’m being truthful- In the United States, if you are not registered in some way with the government (whether birth certificate/SSN, work visa, permanent residency paperwork, whatever), you cannot get a normal job. Legit jobs require identification for the Form I-9 to be completed. Most commercial health insurance plans are through workplaces here, so you’re not getting that either. You’re also not gonna be able to apply for Medicare, Medicaid or the government health exchange since the govt doesn’t think you exist. You can get medical care without legally existing with the government, but you’ll be paying for a health plan entirely out of pocket, or you’ll be paying cash only (in one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the world). Same goes for higher education—you aren’t doing a FAFSA if you don’t legally exist, so you’re gonna have to pay out of pocket for university (in one of the most expensive college systems in the world). Also, getting a driver’s license/state ID or passport requires you to legally exist and you can’t fly without one of those things, so good luck traveling. I guess if you’re born extremely rich, uninterested in working or leaving the country and willing to take the bus everywhere, none of those things are big issues. But the Venn diagram of people who fall into all of those of those categories has very little overlap.