Poor Molly? The Lack of Information

[Nicole Lewis]

No: HPFGUIDX 95900

Danielle <drdara at yahoo.com> wrote:
> And I said she was wrong for treating Sirius that way
> and that she still thinks of Harry as a young child,
> not a young man. Doesn't make her right, makes her
> understandable, she loves Harry and just doesn't want
> him to get hurt any more. And she thinks, although she
> is wrong, that giving Harry too much info will hurt
> him, yes, she tries to shield him as she would any of
> her children. Remember she tries to keep all of her
> children from knowing anything. 


Here's something I just thought of... what if the reason Molly 
is so over protective of Harry is because she didn't fight in 
the first war?  She and Arthur must've been old enough, but we 
don't know why they didn't fight.  Maybe Molly and Arthur didn't 
fight for selfish reasons or because they doubted Dumbledore, 
and now Molly feels extra bad, given what happened to Harry.  

As well, I'm wondering if she is so protective of her own kids 
because she doesn't want them to make the same mistakes she did 
(a common parental feeling.)  Now I realize their is debate over 
when Molly and Arthur went to Hogwarts, but what if Molly was in 
seventh year when she became pregnant with Bill?  And because of 
this pregnancy she was never able to pursue a career?  She is 
protective of her kids (perhaps too protective) because she wants 
them to do better than she did.  I feel that Molly, although being 
a good mother and housewife, always seemed better suited for some 
kind of job beyond the home, and ended up at home by default.  Just 
a thought.

"Nicole"