[HPforGrownups] Re: Food in wizarding world

[Przemyslaw Plaskowicki]

No: HPFGUIDX 76440

Steve wrote (2003-08-10 17:11):

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>>Kim I'm beginning to get a bit concerned about the enormous amount 
>>of food consumed by everyone at Hogswarts.  Hardly a healthy diet, 
>>even for growing teens.  Also, apart from lessons, theredoesn't seem 
>>to be any supervision by adults.  Students go to bed just when they 
>>think they will, sometimes not until the early hours. How sad am I to 
>>be worrying about fictional characters putting on weight or not 
>>getting enough sleep!
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>As far as bed time, I think it is a good lesson in responsibility.
>True they let you go to sleep when you want to, but if you oversleep,
>it mean no breakfast and detention. Both very good incentives to make
>it up on time.
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Yes. It's the same as with young kids (age 2-6), who often don't want to 
eat. There are two aproaches: one advice parents to force them to eat, 
and other one states: "in home where is plenty of food, child can't 
starve."

I also would like to point out, that Hogwarts is a completely controlled 
enviroment, in fact it is similar to prison -- you can't leave when you 
want. And 11 years olds should be enough self-sufficient.



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