Muggle-borns

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49193

Cassie:"Did anyone stop to think that Muggle parents might be glad
their child was accepted into a Magic School? Not everyone is a
Dursley or Tom Riddle Sr."

Sure, all of us would be, but as you suggested, not many would be glad
the day they got the letter.  I mean, their world's been turned
upside-down, for starters, and their child is going away. 

It happens my older daughter turned 11 in July. If I suddenly found
out she was going away to a place like Hogwarts, it would be what they
call an *issue*.  Having a daughter that age also makes me realize
something about the characters: they were really, really young when
they faced the dangers they did.  My kids would be as helpless as
infants if they saw a full grown mountain troll or landed in Devils'
Snare. But I digress.