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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Saitaina" <saitaina at w...> wrote:
> I'm sorry but, that would not get him taken away in the US.  Not 
feeding him
> would but even could soup is food, and that is all the law 
requires.  I know
> it sounds horrible but I have seen worse things pass a social 
services
> investigation.  I once only had rotten apples and they didn't do a 
damn
> thing against my mother when they came to investigate.
> 

Of course it depends. On the worker, on the day, on the County, on 
the state how the child abuse laws are interpreted.

However, there is no doubt in my mind that Harry was 
abused/neglected/scapegoated, and that Dudley was spoiled rotten.
No child does well when he gets everything he wants, is allowed to 
beat up and bully another child, is praised for wrongdoing and has no 
guidance/limits.

Susan