[HPforGrownups] Re: accidental magic

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 47346



Alina wrote:
> 
>
> > > I kinda get the idea that a wizards powers don't really start
> > > to kick in till they are at least 10-11 years old.  Or they would
> > not dare let kids under 11 have wands!
> 
> That's what you said, right? If that was true then Harry's powers
> would
> never have kicked in, even during stress, and Neville would've gone
> "splatter" on the pavement rather than bounced to the road.
> 
> Alina.
> 


What you are missing is the word REALLY in what I said.  ie. their
powers are weaker, undirected, unreliable and they lack the attention
span to focus to learn to properly use it untill they hit about 10-11
years old.  Seems that Harry's magical 'incidents' were becoming more
and more pronounced as he got older, by the time he was 11, it was time
to get him into a school that could help him learn to control it.. 
Otherwise someone would have sought to train him or others like him at
an earlier age...

Jazmyn