[HPforGrownups] Psychologists say HP is wonderful!

[Jamieson Wolf Villeneuve]

No: HPFGUIDX 18366

Hello Everyone!!!

"Tandy, Heidi" wrote:

>
> Putting aside the whole "magic" issue for a moment, how is a seventeen year
> old crime solver who pretty much does what she wants a better person for a
> troubled child to model herself on than Harry is?
>
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I was talking to my friend Lee about this. She says that perhaps they are encouraging ND because it features a strong female character, likewise with the Hardy Boys. Now, from what I remember about ND, she wasn't really that strong, and just
kind of "accidentially discovered" things.

Aparently, people I know believe that there are no strong characters in Harry Potter. My friend Lee thinks otherwise, and reads HP to her two year old for bedtime. I feel that HP is like The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew all rolled into one, with
a little magic thrown in for good measure. It has lots of strong characters; everyone has their own strengths.

Just MHO...

Hugs to all, and much happiness

Jamieson (AKA J-Man the Wonder Boy)


"Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love,
and you cannot track it, not with a thousand
blood houds. And you cannot break it, not with a
thousand swords. And when I say you are a
coward, it is only because you are the slimiest
 weakling ever to crawl the earth!" - Buttercup
from 'The Princess Bride'

"There is a shortage of very perfect breasts in this world.
It would be a pity to damage yours." -
Wesley in The Princess Bride