[HPforGrownups] How do Hogwarts' muggle-borns drop off the radar?

[Lauren Thibeault]

No: HPFGUIDX 127808


Sandra:
> So when, for example, the Potters and the Grangers
> send their 
> Harry and Hermione off to Hogwarts, what do they
> tell the local 
> authorities? Suddenly the kids aren't at school
> anywhere, and 
> there's no record any longer of either of them
> getting an 
> education. I assume the parents or guardians can
> still draw 
> child benefit payments, so either England is an easy
> country to 
> 'lose' your kids, or it's something else JKR
> overlooked. Or I did.


I always assume when matters like this come up that
JKR makes some assumptions that we can just guess,
(educatedly) that magic is involved. We are speaking
about the magic world after all. If the entire Witch
and Wizarding world and keep themselves secret they
must be able to do certian things to "cover their
tracks" so to speak. The modify memories all the time.
I don't expect JKR to explain all of these tiny
details, I expect that she assumes we don't need
everything handed to us and that we are intelligent
enough to figure out some things for ourselves. Just
my humble opinion. :)

"Lauren"