# How to Hide Your Baby From the Government

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-to-hide-your-baby-from-the-government/
- Published: 2026-10-27T10:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T10:24:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Wired
- Original article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-sovereign-babies/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Influencers sell services for parents seeking alternative documents for children.
- One provider says she has helped more than 1,000 families.
- A lawyer reports cases have risen to around six a year.

## Summary

An online movement is encouraging parents in the US to avoid registering their children’s births, claiming this keeps them outside government authority. Influencers sell guidance on obtaining passports through alternative routes, turning long-standing sovereign citizen beliefs into a social media business.

One provider, LaHargoue, says she has helped more than 1,000 parents and charges $497 for videos and templates or $997 for personal guidance. Another influencer sells bundles for up to $555, while LaHargoue offers affiliates 15 to 20 per cent commission. The number of affected children is unknown, but a New York family law attorney says cases involving children without formal identification have risen from about one a year to six annually.

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