Weasley Poverty, Working Wizard Women; Molly & Arthur / Percy

[Pyros Wife]

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Kristen Wrote:
> To me good parents do not spoil their kids with toys but rather 
> teach you values, support you, believe in you and love you even 
> when you make mistakes.  I think this is the lesson JK is trying
> to teach.
>
> I'm not saying there are not things that I'd like to see Molly 
> and Arthur do better.  But I don't think they should take a 
> different or 2nd job just so the kids can have more toys or 
> "cooler" belongings. 


Tayla Now:

I have to agree with many of the things that Kirsten says in her post, and 
I snipped much of it down *sorry* but let's look at all of the Weasley 
children.  Did they suffer, no.  I am sure that they took the child's 
perspective as Ron does at times, but all in all, they were raised well and 
are very balanced (except for Percy, but I will get there) and well adjusted.  
They are good kids, and as a mother of two, I pray that I have children as 
adjusted as they are.

In every family, there are always going to be those kids that no matter what 
you do, the values that you try to instill in them just won't take.  I think 
that is where Percy comes in.  He sees things so differently from the rest 
of his family, and therefore doesn't see the value in something that is 
intangible.  Perhaps he will learn, but I don't think it will be a lesson that 
he learns before the end of book 7.  If the lesson didn't take as a child or 
teenager, it becomes a difficult lesson to learn.  Percy isn't a bad kid, just 
a bit misguided by his own strictness.

Tayla


		
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