Crunchy mom horrifies with refusal to get her newborn child a birth certificate: 'This + homeschooling = entire lost generation'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Jul 12, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

It can feel like there are a thousand different decisions to make in the wake of birth and new parenthood, and everybody chooses a slightly different route. Is it going to be a hospital or home birth? How are you going to feed them? How long are you going to wait until you let family visit? 

However, there are some things that pretty much every parent does. One of these is getting them a birth certificate, the first official document that you will ever receive. It's a requirement for doing a heck of a lot of important things, and for some reason, there is a minority of parents who choose not to get one for their child.

One such mom recently caught heat on Twitter after boasting that she hadn't registered the birth for her first child and would be doing the same for her second. Unsurprisingly, everybody thought this was a terrible idea—way to screw up your kid's life before it has even begun.

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    ★TAMZ⭑ @omgitstamz Follow Tf are people on. Now people aren't getting their kids birth certificates??
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    Niarah's Boutique niarahsboutique 1w How do I show proof of birth to get like insurance and stuff? Reply Send gift ministerlalieashaer... Follow 4,224 When I opted out of the birthing certificate, Q I decided to make sure the United States Corporation had no Jurisdiction over my baby! And I'll be doing the same for my second baby! When you understand the business, you know registration is not mandatory or required, and that's what a BC does to a child; you are essentially registering them like a
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    PEACE n LOVE @sullibible-04 Jul Replying to @omgitstamz It's fmu bc it's like yea the govt still has Jurisdiction over ur kid ur literally on US soil ijbol
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    Gia @FinalGirlGia ⚫6d Replying to @omgitstamz why do they need to add unnecessary problems for their children? Like those kids can't even get a legal job.
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    HispanoAmericano... @GoldenCoastCA Replying to @omgitstamz Follow It's law in every US state that home birthed children are expected to be registered by the parents or parent. My uncle had many issues because he was born at his Louisiana childhood home in the early 40's. It's been an ongoing pain for him even years later with renewals & credit.
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    Zorro's Mom @Pho2Geek. 6d Replying to @omgitstamz How is this not child abuse? Gateway to no formal schooling, no bank accounts, no drivers license, no passport, no SSN, NO JOBS
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    ReluctantActivist @ReluctantActvst 6d : Replying to @omgitstamz do these people not understand their kids won't be able to fly on a plane, get a job, get a drivers license, vote, and a thousand other things?
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    Alycia @alyciadotj .04 Jul Replying to @omgitstamz They are wholly unprepared for what's coming when everyone's citizenship will be scrutinized.
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    kk. @_marystcloud 04 Jul Replying to @omgitstamz I know a "sovereign citizen" who has been doing this with their children. Smh
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    soo @SooTrueBlueToo 04 Jul Replying to @omgitstamz I guess it can work if they're like in an Amish type of community where you're not gonna ever leave from so won't ever need it
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    K @Karensespresso. 6d Replying to @omgitstamz If they don't have a social security number (because a birth Certif is required) than they will not receive any social security benefit or payment when they are elderly.
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    plain jane @LilyGirllisa . 6d Replying to @omgitstamz Please report these people to their local government. Their children will have no high school diploma. Or any sort of Id and with the way the government's going now they won't receive any help
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    • Maxx Crowley @Crowley Maxx + 6d Replying to @omgitstamz We have a new guy at work whose parents forced him through the "Sovereign citizen" . They've legit ruined his entire life. Everything is a struggle for the guy, and I'm he doesn't know, constantly baffled by and has to ask about.
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    FloSZN @Flo10SZN • 6d Replying to @omgitstamz Literally the only evidence to prove you actually existed at one point
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    FLOOR yve is seeing AJR 7/14! @yvelitza13 Follow Replying to @omgitstamz Jesus Christ I thought I was a terrible mom
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    name cannot be blank @radseed 03 Jul There's a BUNCH of these kids hitting 18 or so, posting on reddit and elsewhere for advice and legal help. Families were often fundamentalists or various cults. Absolutely screws the kids.
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    Big Red @Hassan Sayyed 03 Jul • So you are CHOOSING for your American child to be an undocumented citizen?
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    Inquisitor Himbo Juan @MozarabMagi Follow in coherent countries, you do not have the option to "opt out" of a birth certificate if you are born in a hospital and there are mandates that if a doctor discovers there was a home birth and no birth certificate exists, they are obligated to make one
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    you @MissZindzi ⚫03 Jul Her kid is really going to have a hard time getting ANYTHING later in life. Also, I seriously worry about any kid whose parent doesn't want any official record of them anywhere
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    south holland mexican... @annietwobagels Follow This + Homeschooling = entire Lost generation
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