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[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 20411

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., JamiDeise at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/7/2001 7:12:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> saitaina at w... writes:
> 
> << They teqnically did nothing that could get Harry taken away from
>  them (he was feed, clothed and had a bed) and while it wasn't 
REALLY the
>  best thing to do, it was all they knew to do. >>
> 
> Locking him in a room with bars on the windows and feeding him cold 
soup and 
> bread once a day would get him taken away. At least in the U.S.  
Maybe in 
> Britain that's a common way parents use to toughen their kids up.
> 
> Jami

As a Brit, I had to step in and say of course it isn't!  Social 
services not getting involved with Harry and the Dursleys is 
something I have always been amazed about.  Prior to his moving into 
the bedroom, poor Harry spent much of his time locked in the cupboard 
under the stairs, always had broken glasses, was probably often very 
bruised because of the beatings from Dudley and his gang and had 
clothes which were obviously too big for him.  I am surprised that 
the only thing we hear about Harry's teachers is their complaints 
about his strange behaviour.  This leads me to believe that Harry 
never complained - probably very introverted and used to keeping his 
head down.

Catherine