Sirius as Surrogate Parent (was Re: Dumbledore, Leader of Men (and Women) )

[John and Peg]

No: HPFGUIDX 84011

Kneasy:
> Oh, dear.
> Can we inject a bit of realism in here please?
> Just what sort of surrogate parent would Sirius be?

Pippin:
> We have Dumbledore's assessment: "you were coming to 
> regard Sirius as a mixture of father and brother."  

> In real life, that's a recipe for disaster. There are all sorts 
> of workable parenting styles, from strict to permissive, but no 
> parent can succeed if there is any confusion about just who is 
> the parent and who is the child. 

> Harry keeps having to parent Sirius, 
<snip>

> But Sirius had trouble letting go of his own child self, and he 
> could never have been a successful parent as long as he wanted to 
> treat Harry as a pal.


Ok, just an idea here... but this is a book and not real life... therefore J.K. could have made it work for Sirius and Harry.

"notjustone"