Ginny/Molly

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I'm a day late catching up on posts.  Allow my two cents.  Ginny seems
immature (holding her mom's hand at the station as she departs her first
year).

I've seen both sides of this coin with my friends' children.  1/   She's the
only girl, she's the baby--two reasons she would be very sheltered.  And as
some of the other posts have pointed out, I agree with Arthur's dark mark
comment/
theory that there's a missing Weasley, (should have been the third child?)
Yet another reason to be overprotective.   One of my dearest friends walked
her
youngest, then 6th grader (about the age of 1st yr. Hogwarts) to the bus
stop, one block from her home, every day!  And she didn't have to stand
alone at a rural stop, there were other kids in this suburban neighborhood.
I remember being embarrassed for this girl, and I consider myself a somewhat
over protective mom to an only child.

  2/  Her other option would be for Ginny to be the rough and tumble tomboy
that was always tagging along with the boys.  I think JKR opted for the
sheltered version as she needed someone more vulnerable for plot purposes,
and she already had Hermione as the female sidekick.

Enjoying the heraldy info!
Dane from Ravenclaw