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Originally Posted by First Lady
As previously stated, I'm not going to go into particulars of agencies involved.
Let me put it this way:
If you are given a choice of having social services go in and grab your kids (who are all under 8 yrs old) with just the clothes on their backs and escort them back to Canada with two adult strangers
OR
going yourself, with another family member, helping them pack and decide which special things they want to bring home - which would you pick?
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I think it is fair to say that we don't know - it is impossible to predict how one would react to these situations.
If my daughter was being kept from me, I would probably make some irrational decisions and not necessarily good ones.
Which makes this all very complicated.
The question posed above makes the assumption that if you show up at his door he will be cooperative and simply hand the children over? Is that the case (asking honestly). Has he said that?
If not that assuming that's how it is going to play out may be a mistake, and leaning more on the agencies and authorities.
So I think that's part of what people are struggling with. What is the plan when on the ground there and to what degree is it known that the husband will allow the kids to be removed? Are the agencies/police accompanying everyone to the house?
My priority would be taking the path that allows the kids to return home with the greatest confidence of their safety. If that means leaving with their clothes on their back, with some strangers on a flight - it seems to me that would still be the way to go if that gets them back here safely.
But again - pretending to know how we would all react in a situation like this would be foolish.