[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione's parents

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 102899

Luckie:
>
>  I'm not denying Mr. and Mrs. Granger are probably hurt by the loss
>  of their daughter... It isn't until befire her fifth year she spends 
> most of her
>  breaks with her friends.
>
>  ...Because Ron grew up in the Wizarding World, I'm sure Mr. and Mrs.
>  Granger understand HE cannot come and stay with them. But more
>  importantly, breaking away from your parents is a part of growing
>  up, especially when you go to boarding school...

I'm sure that Hermione must seem strange to he parents. Scary strange 
even.  It probably started even before she went of to school.  Can you 
imagine what must have happened if she had done something akin to 
George's turning a teddy bear into a spider when she was a kid?  I 
expect her parents feel a bit of guilty relief that others who 
understand their daughter are nurturing her.

Ironically, I live in Miami with many Hispanics.  It is not uncommon 
for hispanic (Cuban) mothers fight against their daughters (or sons) 
leaving home to goof to college at eighteen.  I've heard mothers argue 
that their daughter is too young, too immature, etc. to face the 
dangers of college life.  Formal chaperoning is not thought of as a 
quaint custom from the ancient past, rather it is a concept that needs 
to be adapted to fit modern day life.  Not every hispanic of course, 
for there is a Catholic boarding school tradition too.  I can't count 
how many times I've heard that Americans (moi) are cold, since they 
force children (not me personally) out or the home at eighteen, sending 
them away to college, etc.  Can you imagine if they had to make choice 
about an english style boarding school for an eleven year old?  I love 
it.  It makes me seem almost warm hearted for a change, and I kind of 
like that.

Barbara (Ivogun), who is told that she is a cold American

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