Potterworld grown-ups are a sorry lot

[annahunny2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 31077

I'm sorry to say I don't think JKR has given us any truly admirable 
grown-ups, with the arguable exception of Dumbledore, in the first 4 
books.  The cream of the grown-ups are ineffectual at best.  By now 
it seems obvious that Harry is IT in terms of fighting the evil that  
could completely consume the wizarding  world.  Why the heck aren't 
these folks turning cartwheels to support Harry?  Makes for good 
reading, sure, but doesn't say much for the over-18 set in 
Potterworld.

Dumbledore withholds all kinds of  information from Harry which could 
seriously help in his fight with  Voldemort.  And if he's the most  
powerful wizard in the world, why  doesn't he just take Harry under 
his wing, so to speak, and teach Harry what he needs to know while 
giving him the protection he needs?  Or at least say, Hey Harry, I 
know the Dursleys are eligible for criminal charges in their abusive 
treatment of you and I know that I put and left you in their care for 
all these years, and I know you probably need serious counseling 
after having been locked in a closet every night for over a decade, 
but you've got to be with a blood relative in order to survive past 
the age of 16 and I've been way too busy to protect you.  Or whatever 
the reason.

And Sirius is, in my opinion, a rather selfish coward who makes for a 
pathetic god-father.  I'd say he should suck it up, be a dog 24-7, 
and stay by your god-son's side so he doesn't get assassinated.

The Weasleys (actually my personal  favorite grown-ups) seem to truly 
care about Harry, but don't do squat to help him -- aside from taking 
him to a  quidditch match.  

And please, don't even think of Snape as in any way remotely 
resembling an  admirable human being.  I truly don't understand how 
anyone could like a guy who consistently and sadistically  picks on 
powerless kids, no matter how cute the actor who portrays him is.

Am I wrong?
Maybe I'm ageist, or more likely, just cranky today, but that's my 
two cents.