Hermione's family/CoS clue (was: Harry's lack of fear)

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I wrote:
>YES!!!  I am dying to find out more about Hermione's parents: how 
>they live?  Will we ever have the opportunity to read Harry and Ron 
>visiting her house?
 
> snip
 
>Could they perhaps not let Hermione go back to school because of 
>what has happened in GoF?  Do they not know that she is safer at 
>Hogwarts under Dumbledore's (and the rest of the staff's) 
>protection?

Rgina wrote:

>That might be a matter of perspective. As a parent, wouldn't you be 
>tad concerned that your daughter was petrified, and think that she 
>ight be better off at home?
 
>I wonder to what extent all the parents were informed about the 
>events in CoS. Hermione was petrified for quite a long time -- were 
>her parents notified, and if so, how did they react? If Dumbledore 
>never told her parents, did Hermione do so, when she got home? We 
>know Harry doesn't bother to tell the Dursleys anything, but tht's 
>understandable. But Hermione seems the type to share things with 
>her parents. She gets the Daily Prophet at home; I'm sure her 
>parents look at it, too, although AFAIK there was nothing about the 
>CoS problems printed. (Was there anything printed in the DP after 
>it was over? It would have been nice to publicly exonerate Hagrid.)

>If Dumbledore never informed the Grangers, isn't that an ethical 
>lapse? He'd certainly be doing what was easy, not right.
 

I should hope Dumbledore wrote to *all* of the parents of those 
petrified to let them know what happened.  I'm sure he smoothed it 
out by saying that they will be back to their normal-selves once the 
mandrakes are ready to unpetrify them, but in any case, being 
muggles, the Grangers wouldn't understand that concept anyhow.  
Maybe, being that the book is in Harry's POV, the Grangers did visit 
Hermione (if there's any possible way for them to get to Hogwarts), 
but Ron and Harry didn't know it since they were too busy trying to 
find out how to stop another attack. 

Therefore, the Grangers were okay with everything seeing as she is 
still in one piece and breathing and that none of the other 
petrifiers died.  But maybe with the turn of events in GoF, they're 
afraid she'll get killed because she does hang around Harry.  I'm 
sure Dumbledore will mention in his letter to the parents that 
Cedric died and Harry had to unfortunately witness the death and 
escape Voldemort.  I can't imagine Hermione not speaking of Harry 
and Ron so they'll worry about her hanging out with them.  I can 
imagine her keeping her mouth shut about her annual end-of-the-year 
events from her parents, unless of course there's more to her family 
than we know.

Does anyone want to suggest that perhaps Hermione is not only a 
witch, but something else?  Some superhuman qualities she inherited 
from her family?  Come on, we all know she's not normal...lol. ;) 
Just a very far-fetched/coming from left field theory on Hermione 
for a minute.

Greicy, whose favorite character is Hermione and who absolutely 
adores her. =)