[pmbailey]

Listening again to all the ideas thrown around about identifying the father at birth. I think this is a great idea, like Chemda said for a lot of possible reasons (sickness, etc later in life). But I think it probably should still be up to the woman weather or not to tell her current partner, or chase down the real dad for child support. But I think the biological father (if it can be identified from DNA) should be listed on the birth certificate.

I don't think the woman should be able to just name the father on the birth certificate. It should either be "Unknown" or "N/A" or the real father -- not just some name the woman pulls out of her ass that she wants as the father.

Also I think the kids should know from as soon as possible that the "father" they live with is not their real father. But I don't know how you'd go about enforcing that. You obviously can't really bring it up until the kid is old enough to understand where babies come from.

But it's really not fair to the kids if they are raised their whole life thinking one person is their father, only to find out in their 20's (or later) that is not their real father. I could see where that could fuck up some kids, finding out that information so late in life.