Unconcerned parents

[Lea]

No: HPFGUIDX 128201

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> Potioncat:
> Well, this is a good question. But I think the explanation is more 
> literary than realistic. For the plot to work, the kids have to be 
on 
> their own. To a certain extent, adults have to fail. This is true 
> when you wonder where the heck the teachers were in SS/PS when 
H/R/H 
> went after the stone. 
> 
> To be honest, it was several readings into the books before I 
thought 
> to wonder why the Weasleys or the Grangers could just send their 
kids 
> off for ten months and think no more about it. It just has to be. 
> Might as well wonder how a broom can fly.
> 
> Potioncat: BTW, how does a broom fly? (I've seen a horse fly, but 
> I've never seen a broom fly.)

Geoff_bannister in post 128145 made an excellent point that, to those 
of us who reside in the states, wouldn't necessarily realize.  

While we (Americans) tend to coddle (and I don't mean that in a bad 
way, we just do) our children, the British don't necessarily.  They 
are accustomed to sending their children off to bording schools, and 
think of them as 'ready to handle' their own life problems while 
there.  So it's not that the any of the parents who send their 
children off to Hogwarts are bad parents, that is just what is 
culturally accepted.  

IMO, the WW is also something that the Grangers can not relate to, 
and just the mere thought of it may freak them out.  Therefore, 
Hermione simply doesn't elaborate on it.  It probably isn't a topic 
of conversation over dinner during holiday breaks.  

Just a thought ~ 
Lea