Unconcerned parents

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128123


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Donna" <donnawonna at w...> wrote:

Donna:
> I'm relatively new here so be patient with me.
>  
> I'm a parent and I've wondered about Hermione's parents letting 
> her go to the WW with all the ugly stuff going on.  I'm wondering 
> if Hermione is keeping things from her parents.  Most 15 yo girls 
> do keep things from their parents.  It's been awhile since I have 
> read OotP, so please refresh my memory.  Was all the fighting in 
> the DOM taking place during the school year or during the summer 
break?  If during the school year, I can see how Hermione kept
> her parents in the dark, if she did.  If during the summer break, 
> I don't see how her parents could let her out of their sight 
considering she's in school 10 months out of the year with only a 
> brief break or two.  If they are aware of the goings on, why didn't
> they pull their only child home?  If they are aware of the goings 
> on, they sure don't seem too concerned about the possibility of 
> losing their only child.

Geoff:
The battle at the Ministry of Magic is almost at the end of the 
school year.

Harry's vision of Voldemort and Sirius occurred while the students 
were in sitting their final exam (History of Magic) and the 
confrontation with Umbridge - leading to the incodent with the 
centaurs and their departure for London on the Thestrals - takes 
place almost immediately afterwards.

So the really ugly stuff is happening very close to them leaving for 
the summer holidays. Mr. and Mrs.Granger will not know about these 
events until Hermione is home, always assuming that she will tell 
them....