Hermione's parents

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 102650

<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" wrote: We're 
assuming a great deal about Hermione's relationship with her folks, I 
think.  It could well be that, ...as long as Hermione seems to be 
happy and isn't coming home all dinged-up, they pretty much accept it.
Until Herself chooses to enlighten us, I will remain agnostic about 
Hermione's parents, other than to say that their daughter is shaping 
uncommonly well...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette (freely admitting that her snippage may 
obfuscate Mr. Oppen's meaning, and apologizing) says

I'm watching a home program on BBC-America, and the homeowners are 
two somewhat elderly dentists. Then I remember acquaintances who were 
only children of older parents.

These girls (the ones I knew were girls) were treated like tiny 
little grownups. They never heard baby talk, they didn't require 
discipline or supervision (remember Miss Minchin telling Sara that 
her father must have hired a French maid because he wished Sara to 
learn French, and Sara replying that he had hired her because "he 
thought I would *like* her") and they were incredibly self-possessed.

Besides, if you count up the amount of time an only child and its 
parents spend up each others' noses, they could easily have had quite 
enough togetherness by the time the kid is eleven.

--JDR