Why are *all* Muggles so tolerant of their wizard chi...

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 47355


Jazmyn:
 
> Like.. WHO would believe them?  You run out and tell everyone about 
a
> secret world of wizards and see if anyone believes you?  It takes a 
wand
> to even get into Diagon Alley.  You got one?  How would you prove
> anything?  And how about the fact that people only believe what they
> want to believe. Even if you got your kid to do magic in front of
> someone, they would explain it away as something else.  The MOM is 
in
> fact more paranoid then it even needs to be..

Indeed. They'd consider it a *trick* - you know, all those carlatan 
tricks that fool the eye... A Muggle seeing magic would only think 
that and wonder how the trick was done. But the forbidden underage 
magic is there to encertain that the parents don't use their kids as 
a show-off. That would be the temptation Muggle parents would find 
hard to resist (though Lily *did* seem to transfigure teacups at 
home - did she do a carlatan trick only Petunia could figure out?)

Also, more importantly, why should a parent prevent a child from 
improving a talent the child has, just because the parent doesn't 
happen to have it? Not just magic, but any creative, artistic talent 
where the kid is a real genius in... A parent is usually proud enough 
when it's not generally admitted geniusness, but when an *expert* of 
a say, music-school says the kid has talent and *invites* their child 
to the school - the fact that a school *invites* the kid, no need to 
send an application... I think the parents would be proud indeed. 
Like Lily and Petunia's parents: they were proud to have a witch in a 
family.

Besides, schooling in magical school would mean less magical 
accidents if any; no uncontrolled_magic-caused trouble in school...

-- Finwitch