The Norwegian State vs. Parents

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Kristiansen says her son is smart, outgoing and well-liked in their neighbourhood but had been repeatedly bullied at school since the fall. When boys in his school began telling him before the Christmas holiday they were going to kill him, Kristiansen and her husband decided to pull their son from the school on Jan. 3.

She says they informed the school and filled out paperwork and wanted her son to change schools, but she says the school called in Barnevernet, the child welfare agency.
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Homeschooling is legal in Norway, but Kristiansen says Barnevernet officials told her family they were concerned their son would not receive “socializing” while being homeschooled.

“We were only temporarily homeschooling until we agreed to a good school to transfer to. It wasn’t meant to be long-term homeschooling at all,” Kristiansen said.

While she admits the family has been struggling financially since arriving in Norway almost two years ago, Kristiansen says her son is well-fed, and there are no issues of child abuse, or alcohol or drug issues that would provoke child welfare authorities to intervene.

“This would never happen in Canada,” she insists, adding that before she arrived in Norway, she thought Norway was one of the best places in the world to live.

Lawyer Mike Donnelly confirms that Norwegian authorities have not alleged that Kai is facing any neglect or abuse.
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Won’t happen in Canada… for now.
Norway has a track record of this type of abuse of power. From 2016 (emphasis mine):
Norway’s widely regarded as one of the world’s most progressive societies, yet it’s at the centre of an international storm over its child protection policies. Campaigners accuse its social workers of removing children - some from immigrant backgrounds - from their parents without justification, and permanently erasing family bonds. Tim Whewell meets parents who say they’ve lost their children because of misunderstood remarks or “insufficient eye contact” - and Norwegian professionals who call the system monstrous and dysfunctional.
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This is what happens when you let the state get too involved in the family. Yes, there are legitimate instances where a child needs to be removed for their safety, but nowadays it seems that any number of things can be called “abuse,” and used to separate a child from their loving parents.
 
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