[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's parents

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 102753

| From: allison_m_otto
| Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:28 AM
<Snip>
|
| (on a personal note, I've been home from school for rare vacations
| during times when my parents were working, and we didn't exactly have
| a lot of time to hang out when they were gone most of the day).
|
| It's probably just as hard, or near impossible, for her to go off for
| a skiing holiday when her mind is on her friends who had to run from
| school in the middle of the night.  She has no reason (yet) to
| believe anything will happen to her parents; she does have reason to
| worry about Harry and the Weasleys.
|
| I think, as involved as Hermione has been in various events - which,
| since the end of PoA, remain unresolved because Peter has escaped and
| Sirius is still a fugitive - it must be very difficult for her to
| take a long break and concentrate on her family who don't understand
| what's been happening to her.  This doesn't mean she doesn't like
| them, it just means she has things weighing on her mind that distract
| her.

[Lee]:
All wonderful thoughts, including the snippage, with which I can agree.
And, I like this next part:

[Allison]:
|
| PS - presumably, like Dean, she doesn't tell her parents about her
| near-death experiences because she doesn't want them to worry over
| her or forbid her from going back to school.  The fact that they're
| out of the loop doesn't mean they don't talk about other things.  I'm
| guessing there are plenty of things Ron hasn't told Molly - for
| example, I'd be very surprised if she knew the whole story about him
| being out on the grounds shackled to a werewolf in PoA.

[Lee]:
<Grinning>
And don't forget that the twins kept a lot of stuff back from Molly, too.
Not that they didn't love her...not at all...but they knew she wouldn't
understand them nor would she try to because they were operating on a
different path than she desired.  They didn't tell her about the money Harry
had given them; they didn't tell her about betting at the QWC; they didn't
tell her about being taken by Bagman... Etc.

It's often really tough for parents; they build up these big dreams for
their kids and then have to suffer a huge crash when the kids strike out on
dreams of their own which are in complete opposite to the dreams of the
parents.  And, unfortunately, that's when the rifting process may start.  I
congratulate parents who realize that they can only go so far with their
kids and then have to let them chase their own dreams, even if they
seem--uh--harebrain. :-)

Cheers,
Lee :-)

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