This article drew my attention this morning. Recently I know of one in our own Nation of Canada
who has gone through a battle with the secular system in her right to home school her child. We are
admonished in the Word of God to train up our children in the way they should go. That way is
God's way. Yet, we put our children in a secular school and wonder why they come out at the
end of that schooling tainted by the world.
I am not saying home schooling is for everyone but there are many good home school programs
and children have graduated from these programs with more skills to help them in this world
than that which they received in the secular system. Do...we want our children taught things that
are contrary to the Word of God. Of course not! I do recall in high school myself having a history
class many times a week that taught us evolution and it was taught in depth. Thankfully it did not
sink in, perhaps because I had a foundation of at least going to Sunday school till I was twelve.
We have seen God taken out of our schools, school shootings and many lives destroyed. It is with
sadness we remember the shootings at Columbine High School and only a week later one
in Tabor, Alberta with the loss of precious young lives.
The secular system who has removed prayer from the schools and does not want the Lord
mentioned has had sadly lacked the ability to protect our children and instil good values into them.
We are told in the Word of God, woe to those that call evil good and good evil. Plainly there are
Christian parents who do NOT want their children tainted by an ungodly world system. As parents
we are responsible before the Lord to train up our children in the way they should go and that did
not say to turn them over to the government to do our job.
So...it is with this thought that we are posting this article about the battle in Sweden that a
family is having in the right to home school. Pray for them and let us be praying fervently
for our children daily that the Lord keeps His hand on their lives for His glory.
Prayerfully we need to ask our Heavenly Father what He wants for our children and whatsoever
He says to you do it with all your heart!
Blessings,
Patricia Hamel
Swedish Homeschoolers Urgently Ask for Help from Homeschooling Families in the USA
by Jeremiah Lorrig : Feb 16, 2012 : HSLDA.ORG
http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Sweden/201202140.asp
http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Sweden/201202140.asp
"Swedish families are now fighting for their basic rights and are looking for support from other freedom lovers abroad. I am asking all of my fellow citizens to join me in supporting the Himmelstrands and other families in Sweden who want to homeschool." -Michael Donnelly
(PURCELLVILLE, VA)—Amid increasing persecution in Sweden, beleaguered homeschool families look to the United States for help.
One homeschool family, the Himmelstrands, chose to homeschool their three children for years before they were denied permission from their municipality in 2008. Now the Himmelstrands face fines in excess of $26,000 (US).
Jonas Himmelstrand, president of the Swedish Association for Home Education, appealed yesterday to the supporters in the United States and around the world, "We ask our fellow home educators to email the Swedish authorities on a mass scale about the situation in Sweden. We want to let Swedish officials know that their actions have drawn international attention. Please write to the Swedish Embassy in your country on our behalf." (Photo: Swedish Association for Home Education)
Although it is likely that there are fewer than 100 homeschoolers in the country of 9 million, Jonas says the persecution "is against all international conventions on human rights."
Homeschoolers in the United States have started to respond. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of the family. Michael Donnelly, HSLDA's Director of International Relations, explains the gravity of the Swedish, "Homeschooling is legal in the United States and in many other countries only after decades of tumultuous legislative and legal conflicts. Swedish families are now fighting for their basic rights and are looking for support from other freedom lovers abroad. I am asking all of my fellow citizens to join me in supporting the Himmelstrands and other families in Sweden who want to homeschool."
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Visit us online at www.HSLDA.org. Click on the source link for more information on how to help.
(PURCELLVILLE, VA)—Amid increasing persecution in Sweden, beleaguered homeschool families look to the United States for help.
One homeschool family, the Himmelstrands, chose to homeschool their three children for years before they were denied permission from their municipality in 2008. Now the Himmelstrands face fines in excess of $26,000 (US).
Jonas Himmelstrand, president of the Swedish Association for Home Education, appealed yesterday to the supporters in the United States and around the world, "We ask our fellow home educators to email the Swedish authorities on a mass scale about the situation in Sweden. We want to let Swedish officials know that their actions have drawn international attention. Please write to the Swedish Embassy in your country on our behalf." (Photo: Swedish Association for Home Education) Although it is likely that there are fewer than 100 homeschoolers in the country of 9 million, Jonas says the persecution "is against all international conventions on human rights."
Homeschoolers in the United States have started to respond. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of the family. Michael Donnelly, HSLDA's Director of International Relations, explains the gravity of the Swedish, "Homeschooling is legal in the United States and in many other countries only after decades of tumultuous legislative and legal conflicts. Swedish families are now fighting for their basic rights and are looking for support from other freedom lovers abroad. I am asking all of my fellow citizens to join me in supporting the Himmelstrands and other families in Sweden who want to homeschool."
Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Visit us online at www.HSLDA.org. Click on the source link for more information on how to help.
