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No: HPFGUIDX 20436


> 
> B.  Are the Dursley's bad parents?  or are they just blind to 
what's in
> front of them?  I know MANY a parent who doesn't see that their 
child is a
> junvinal delinquent.  I have seen it time and again when I was 
trying to
> help them  ( I did volunteer work for kids at risk) and the parents 
refused
> or could not see what I was trying to show them.  Now yes, that is 
a bit of
> bad parenting, but not completely horrible compared to what many 
children
> have to go through with they're parents.  And even in Harry's case, 
they
> were afraid, they were doing what they thought was best to get rid 
of the
> magic.  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.


The Dursleys were abusive, allowing Harry to be beat up by Dudley and 
his friends, hitting him from time to time, locking him in a 
cupboard, never celebrating his birthday, never taking him on an 
outing, and using him as the family scapegoat. Any child who must go 
to school with his glasses broken all the time is not in a good home.

Did he have a bed locked in the cupboard? 

Susan