The birth certificate is a transfer of property form. When the mother signs it, she is transferring her child into trustee care of government. Is she really transferring ownership of her child to government? No! But she is making it look like she is doing so in the eyes of government. This means that she will have to battle in court to get her children/property back from government. It's why government can require their form of schooling, even with home schooling to some extent. --- The easy way is to sign the birth certificate, "non-assumpsit, Signature." "Non-assumpsit" means "no contract" in Latin, legal language. Government know right from the start that the mother hasn't transferred her property to the State. Yet she is adhering to customary "law" by signing the birth certificate.