[HPforGrownups] Re: Concerns for Harry's Well-Being

[Lea Moggach]

No: HPFGUIDX 53606

 
 grace701 <grace701 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Has anyone ever taken into consideration that Harry is premature.  
>Aren't premature children smaller than others throughout their 
>life?  Being that Harry is small could mean he was a premature 
>baby.  Mabye Lily was so stressed about the whole Voldemort thing 
>she caused herself to give birth earlier than expected.


Being pre-mature is one thought on the issue of Harry being small.  Although there are pre-mature babies who who catch up with their internal growth clocks and end up being 6' tall or whatever.

However, there is also the fact that the Dursleys seemed to take great pleasure in feeding Harry less than his cousin Dudley (no wonder Dudley got so big - he was no doubt eating Harry's portions too!).  The Dursleys were responsible for Harry's diet since he was only a year old, which is when a child/baby certainly needs lots of nourishment.  The Dursleys greatest punishment seemed to be locking him away and not feeding him.

I know that Dumbledore had made it very safe for Harry to be at 4 Privet Dr, but it has always bothered me that for someone who always knows where Harry is (ie the delivery of Harry's Hogwart letters), why did he condone child abuse or neglect, however you want to word it.  It's as if Dumbledore was able to make it safe for Harry from the OUTSIDE, but not from the INDSIDE (meaning the Dursleys).  Why is it so important that Harry live with "family"?  Wouldn't it be better if he lived somewhere where he was loved and didn't have to suffer at the hands of his cousin's bullying and his aunt & uncle's obvious disdain.  We know that Dumbledore has made mistakes, why can't he just admit that it was possibly a mistake to leave Harry with the Dursleys and set him in a SAFE and LOVING environment?  And if Dumbledore really does the know whole situation, he'd know that the Dursleys would give up Harry in a heartbeat if someone wanted to "take him off their hands", so to speak.

Or did Dumbledore consider Harry's treatment to be good training for what would obviously be ahead in life for him (ie bullied by Draco Malfoy and the return of Voldemort)?  Maybe Harry wouldn't have been able to handle those situations as well if he'd been pampered early in life.  I don't know, I just know that the treatment he received from the Dursleys has always bothered me hugely.

I apologize if this has been discussed before - being fairly new to this Board, it's possible I have missed prior discussion on this topic.  But it has always bothered me and I thank you for letting me air my thoughts on the situation.

Lea :)



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