Hogwarts Letters to Children with Muggle Parents

[beatnik24601]

No: HPFGUIDX 113122

Angie:
> If my child got a letter stating that he/she had been accepted to 
a 
> school for witchraft or wizardry, I don't know if I'd be happy 
about 
> it.  Does the school assume that everyone who receives such a 
letter 
> will be overjoyed and will enroll their child?  
> 
> Or maybe those families who don't want their children enrolled are 
> simply horrified, like the Dursleys, and keep it to themselves?
> 
> It just seems like a risky business to me when the MOM works to 
> prevent the Muggles from knowing about the wizarding world.
> 
> 


I believe that JKR said in an interview (sorry, can't remember which 
one), that a representative of HW is sent to Muggle families with 
the child's letter, explaining about the school; so, the parents 
wouldn't just be sending their children off into the unknown.  Also, 
if a rep was sent with the letter, the Muggle family wouldn't have a 
chance to discuss the strange letter with other members of the non-
magical community.

If the parents were still reluctant, I'm assuming memory charms 
could be used to ensure the continued secrecy of the wizarding world.

Beatnik24601 (who feels obligated to include parenthesis after her 
signature, because everyone else seems to do it)