[HPforGrownups] Typical Mothers (was: Molly & Harry)

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 125335


  Marcelle wrote:
>
>  The way that Molly has been attacked makes me think that I'm the
>  only person who had a mom just like Molly, ... and while she is a tad 
> psycho,
>  *honestly folks*, what MOTHER isnt?  Or do I just live in the
>  southern US where all mom's are overbearing yet perfect (because
>  they want their children to be perfect...)????
>
>  Agreeing that Molly is Conflicted, but what Madre isnt (!),
>  celletiger

You are not alone.

<Sigh> The new book needs to arrive soon.  The list has been picking on 
all the good guys for the last few months--Hagrid, Lupin, McGonagall (a 
failed attempt, I believe) and Dumbledore.   With Dumbledore?  I was 
shocked. He has his faults, but he is the still the best (the "goodest" 
of the good.)

And now Molly is attached.  She is a quintessential mother. She's a 
little too paranoid perhaps, and worries far too much.  And while these 
traits are a source of unhappiness, they may save the Weasley's from 
getting into certain dangerous situations.  What I don't t find its 
that she is particularly overly protective.  Overly protective? You 
should have seen my mother and grandmother.  They would have viewed 
Molly as not having protected her children enough.  (I also come from 
the southern US.)  And let's face it; the wizard world is dangerous and 
treacherous.  It seems to be in the middle of something akin to the War 
of the Roses.  And these kids are still young and see things in a black 
and white manner.  Easy prey, I would think, to all sorts of wizarding 
trickery, even if they were very talented.

Actually one has to feel some compassion for any mother who has twins. 
With twins as bright and spirited as F & G, it is almost a form of 
parent-abuse.  I can almost hear the other wizard mothers talking about 
Molly with the twins were young..."Poor Molly"..."twin BOYS" ... "red 
hair... "She's really going to have a time of it..."poor Molly"

Barbara Roberts, who purchased a rose last year because of the name 
"Fair Molly"
Miami, FL


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