A child is, by definition, WRONG

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 120062


chrusotoxos wrote: 
> In a way I admire him [Harry], he's so brave and all, but at the 
same time I'm like, Calm down, 
> adults know what is good for you!


Meri: I have been lurking for the last few weeks reading the threads 
about Harry's character and I didn't feel the need to jump in until 
I read this post. To say that Harry should sit back and trust the 
adults in his life to do what is best for him is to ignore the fact 
that the adults in Harry's life don't always know what is best for 
him and didn't always act in his best interest. Case in point: the 
Dursleys. For a decade Harry lived with him and learned that he 
couldn't look to adults for help or care or trust. They certainly 
never acted in Harry's best intersts, whether it be by practically 
starving him, forcing to sleep in a tiny cupboard, punnishments that 
kept him locked up for days at a time or barring his windows. Ten 
years of these kinds of experiences will train a kid not to trust 
grownups to do what is best. 

In SS people criticize Harry for going after the Stone. But 
remember, first he tried to go to Dumbledore and explain the 
situation, and then he confessed everything to MM. But DD was gone 
from the castle (as part of Quirell!Mort's plan) and MM *didn't 
believe him*. He told her the truth and instead of taking him 
seriously she dismissed him. And he was right: someone was trying to 
steal the Stone and if Harry hadn't made it there when he did, there 
is every possiblilty that Quirell!Mort would have figured out how to 
get the Stone from the Mirror of Erised. 

snip 
Children can be cute, 
> but they are not always right!!

Meri: Grownups aren't always right either, as DD says in Order. And 
just because Harry's a kid doesn't mean that every decision he makes 
is wrong! 

Meri - defending Harry...