poor Grangers

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 130628

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "larriepam2000" 
<larriepam2000 at y...> wrote:
> "monika_zaboklicka" wrote:
> > Don't you think that Mrs and Mr Granger are the most wronged 
> characters 
> > in entire series? These kind people brought up their girl well, 
> taught 
> > her to study, to be a decent person, to help those weaker that 
> herself 
> > And what did they get in return? They 
> > hardly see their darling, who shares her time between Hogwarts' 
and 
> > Weasley family, cuts short holidays with her devoted parents and 
> > experiments with her teeth against better advice of the two 
> dentists 
> > who love her dearly?
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> You have to think like an only child, which Hermiome is. We crave 
the 
> family we never had.<snip> Hermione is an excellent example of the 
only child. 
> Book smart but lacking in any social skills what so ever, 
> understandable, who would she ever practice on?
> 
> <snip>

I disagree with the stereotype of an only child.  Research does not 
support that only children lack in social skills compared to sibling 
children.  The only factors that are indicated by research are that 
only children tend to score higher on IQ and achievement tests.  
Everything else is not significant.  Actually, with Hermione being a 
muggle-born wizard and her parents BOTH being dentists, one can 
infer that she was in a school setting, either public or private, 
and nto home-schooled.  Therefore, she would have had as much if not 
more practice with social skills than some kids born into wizard 
families.  While canon may support her need for tact when she first 
arrived at Hogwarts, I see this as more personality characteristics 
than attributing this to her being an only child.  Remember, JKR did 
originally intend for her to have a younger sister, and I would bet 
that her character development in the literary sense was already 
established.

Julie