NORWEGIAN BOY CHASED, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY AUTHORITIES FOR BEING HOMESCHOOLED~PARENTS ARE CANADIAN CITIZENS

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NORWEGIAN BOY CHASED, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY AUTHORITIES FOR BEING HOMESCHOOLED~
PARENTS ARE CANADIAN CITIZENS 
BY HEATHER CLARK
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
 NORWAY — “Barnevernet is stealing our child in Norway because we want to 
homeschool!” That’s what one mother is heard shouting in a viral video posted 
to social media.

According to the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), Leif
and Terese Kristiansen removed their 12-year-old son Kai from school
after he was being bullied and officials did not move to stop the
mistreatment. They decided to homeschool for a time until they could
find a better school for their son.


“We repeatedly said the school is not a good fit for our son, but they did not listen,” Leif Kristiansen relayed to HSLDA.
“In the end, we were worried about his mental and physical health. So,
in the New Year, we notified the school and decided to temporarily
homeschool until we agreed on a good school to transfer to.”


However, as Norway doesn’t take well to homeschooling, Barnevernet
child welfare agents and police arrived at the Kristiansen’s home on
Feb. 9 and sought to take Kai into custody pursuant an order. A video
posted online shows Kai running away from officials, and being tackled
as Terese Kristiansen calls out, “Can somebody please help us?! Help!”

The family is currently only being allowed to see their son once a week for two hours. A hearing is scheduled for today.

According to Ray Skorstad, founder of the legal assistance group
Barnets Beste, the government took Kai because they believed the child
needed to be in school for “socialization purposes” and thought that the
family was “avoiding them.” The Kristiansens deny that they had avoided
contact with Barnevernet.

The family had lived in Canada for a time, and then returned to their
home country of Norway. They said that they were disappointed with how
the government treated them just because they wanted to keep their son
safe and in a good environment.

“We had hoped that we would be welcomed in our own home country,”
Terese Kristiansen stated. “But I am living a nightmare; I can’t believe
what they did to my son.”

“An attack like this is an attack on homeschooling,” HSLDA Director
of Global Outreach Mike Donnelly said in a statement. “Parents are the
ones who have the right to decide how their children are educated and
what is best for them. Parents do not have to give a reason for
homeschooling, but the Kristiansens were well-justified in taking their
son out of school in order to keep him from being bullied.”

“Homeschooling is no justification to take a child by force,” he
continued. “This action was a gross violation of Kai’s human rights and
his parents’ rights. We are calling on Norwegian officials to
immediately return Kai to his parents. We will do whatever we can to see
justice done for Kai.”

The organization has launched a petition drive to call upon Norwegian authorities to return Kai to his family. Click here to sign it. 

As previously reported,
in 2015, Barnevernet seized the five children of Marius and Ruth
Bodnariu on charges that included “Christian radicalization and
indoctrination.”

“The process of confiscating the Bodnariu children started when the
Vevring School principal, the middle school attended by Eliana and
Naomi, called the Barnevernet and expressed her concerns regarding the
girls’ religious upbringing, her understanding that the girls are being
disciplined at home, and that she considers the parents and grandmother
to be radical Christians; an overriding concern that the principal’s
perception of the parents’ and grandmother’s religious beliefs inhibit
and handicap the girls’ development,” Marius Bodnariu’s brother,
Daniel, wrote on social media.