[HPforGrownups] Re: Was Percy! now Percy/Molly/Hermione

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 35988



Hi,

Saturday, March 02, 2002, 10:56:25 AM, Sandi wrote:

> To this I add: any parent knows his/her child's strengths and
> weaknesses.  
> Who is independent, industrious, lazy, michievous, etc. and who needs
> to be 
> pushed.

Ideally they should, but in reality it's not always true.

Or even if the parents know, they don't always have the
right answers as to how to react to those strengths and
weaknesses.

Or they may not know how the child feels about certain
things that the parents don't see as important.

For example Ron's dislike of corned beef and the color
maroon.

I remember getting Marzipan from my grandma for every
birthday and Christmas, even though she was told many times
that my sister liked it, but I detested the stuff.

The first few years I didn't really care all that much, but
later on I did start wondering if my grandma cared at all
about me, or if she preferred my sister.

Ron might start feeling a little resentful, too, if his
friend/siblings seem to be preferred by his mom, while he gets
overlooked.

Or maybe we are just all projecting our own feelings onto
the characters <g>.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net