Unconcerned parents

[Ravenclaw Bookworm]

No: HPFGUIDX 128169


CMC:
This passage implies to me that to some extent, Hermione's parents
keep themselves willfully ignorant about the WW, that Hermione has
tried to talk to them about Hogwarts (though probably not the
deadlier episodes) only to be met with varying levels of
incomprehension. 

Bookworm:
It doesn't have to mean that they are *willfully* ignorant.  I 
remember visiting my parents when both my sisters, my brother-in-
law, my husband and I were all present - all of us in the military.  
We frequently had to stop and "translate" what we were saying for my 
parents even thought they had both been in the military too (many 
years before).  

The Grangers may try to understand, but just have no reference 
points in this different culture.  Hermione holding back information 
(as I'm sure she does - how many teenagers tell their parents 
*everything*?) wouldn't help clarify their understanding.

Ravenclaw Bookworm