Contacting parents

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 55970

Maria (me) wrote:
The basilisk is different, though. That can't be considered as a mere
accident, and is also something the parents should know about... it's
their kid, after all. But somehow, I doubt that they were ever told 
about it. Once it became obvious she wasn't anywhere near death,
Dumbledore let out a great big sigh of joy at not having to contact
anyone, probably. 

Melissa replied:
If you're talking about not contacting Ginny's parents (I'm assuming
based on your text), Mr. and Mrs. Weasley *were* contacted about 
Ginny's
disappearance, because they were in DD's office at the end of CoS,
crying, when Harry, Ginny, Ron and Lockhart showed up. I have always
wondered if the parents of the petrified students were contacted, 
though,
and if not, why not - there is certainly no evidence that any of them
were told.

Me again:

No, actually, I was talking about contacting the parents of the 
*Petrified* students, like Hermione or Justin Finch-Fletchey. Sorry 
about being unclear. Apparently, Ginny's case is different because 
everyone believed she was dead or dying in the Chamber of Secrets, 
and it was impossible to go and save her becasue no one knew where it 
was. Of course her parents were contacted.

But as for the Petrified students - Dumbledore and everyone else knew 
that they were going to be alright, and that they were actually safer 
than anyone else. So, uh, extrapolating from the fact that 
Dumbledore, apparently, didn't tell the Weasleys about Pettigrew and 
Sirius Black, I conclude that the parents were not contacted in CoS. 
Feel free to disagree, though. <g>

Maria