school in OoP

[perenelle13 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15844

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., zora_djevojka at y... wrote:

> What I'm wondering about are the reactions of Muggle-born kids and 
> their parents.  Personally, if I found out that my (hypothetical) 
> children were targeted by a hate group that was gaining power, I'd 
> try to insure their [yes, yes I know, relative] safety, or in this 
> case transfer them to the local schools. Lily's parents either did 
> not have such qualms or were persuaded [by Dumbledore, MoM, Lily 
> herself?] to allow their daughter to remain at Hogwarts,  and I'm 
> curios to find out what  Hermione's parents will do in this 
> situation.

hmm.  good point... but (assuming that this hasn't been discussed to 
death already; i'm fairly new here!) i'd be interestes in 
hearing some thoughts on how well-acquainted Muggle parents of wizard 
children are with the whole Voldemort and dark magic scenario.  i'm 
sure that kids talk with their parents at least somewhat about the 
goings-on in the wizarding world, but how much do they really share 
about everything?  (hey, how much does *any* kid really tell their 
parents about "what happened at school today"? ;> ).  would they be 
inclined to describe in morbid detail all about the dark forces 
maligned against their entire community?  if they did, wouldn't any 
reasonable Muggle parent be scared half out of her mind and pull 
her child out of school faster than you can say "Voldemort"?  how 
much do the kids that, unlike our three heroes, are somewhat removed 
from the evil-fighting racket think about Voldie's return to power?  
i have a feeling that public opinion isn't necessarily going to be 
swayed towards Dumbledore et. al., as people are wont to be in denial 
about BadThings, despite staring them in the face.

mm.  this is getting a bit too stream-of-consciousness, so i think 
i'll leave off here.  thoughts? 

-cyn
[hoping this hasn't already been hashed and re-hashed, but i can only 
lurk and dig through old posts for so long!]  :>