Malfoys and Dursleys

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 47427

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grace Saalsaa" <SaalsG at c...> wrote of 
Lucius:- 

> >>I think that he does care.  Lucius is wealthy and most probably, 
doesn't  need the job of being one of the school govenors.  Yet, 
that's what he is.<<<

I just thought I should say at this point, that school governors are 
unpaid positions in British schools.

>>>> Among reasons other than the prestige of that position, it has 
to do with  the fact that Draco is there at school and he cares what 
his son is  learning - any by whom (Hagrid, Lupin). <<<

Whilst this may well be true, I personally am not convinced. We have 
no evidence that Lucius became a Governor because Draco started at 
Hogwarts. It is equally possible that Lucius has been a governor for 
years, and is trying to dictate the way the school - a microcosm of 
the WW itself - is run, and hence the WW itself.

>>>He cares enough to get Dumbledore to step down not only for the 
reasons of his plans in CoS, but because  Dumbledore keeps hiring 
these people whom he doesn't approve of. Dumbledore lets students 
into the school who are not purebred - which means his son  will have 
to brush shoulders with these kind of "inferior" people.<<<

I'm sure that this would irk him, but once again I do not believe 
that his interest in getting rid of Mudbloods began because his son 
might have to interact with them. Indeed, Lucius was in Voldemort's 
inner circle when Draco was only a small baby. 
> 
 
>>>> Lucius appears overly critical of Draco - but perhaps he has 
learned that  expecting perfection and making Draco work for the 
praise is the best or only way to motivate Draco. Perhaps Draco takes 
the easy way out whenever he  can, and if Lucius wants Draco to 
manifest those Slytherin characteristics, he needs to work harder at 
being cunning; to develop those skills. <<<

It is certainly true that a few people do perhaps work better when 
threatened with a stick rather than rewarded with a carrot, but 
modern day motivational experts seem to prefer a much softer 
approach. I think that Lucius expects the best, and demands the best, 
but I personally believe that his attitude has nothing to do with how 
best to motivate Draco, but rather how he wants to act. Draco will do 
as he says - or else.

Lucius
>>>> cares enough about Draco to buy the whole team broomsticks.  Not 
cheap ones  either. And Draco gets an owl bearing treats every day.  
If Lucius was so  opposed to this sort of pampering, he'd put a stop 
to it. Being a stern  father doesn't mean you don't love your kid.<<<

Does providing presents and material goods mean that you love your 
kid though? I don't think so. To me the broomsticks were a bribe, an 
ostentatious show of what money and priviledge can bring, they had 
nothing whatsoever to do with love.

Ali