[HPforGrownups] Why wasnt Harry sent to either a lightsided wizarding family or a muggle family?

[Jutika Gehani]

No: HPFGUIDX 150115

John <clark.kentjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Why not simply put him with a light or neutral sided family 
> (Weasleys, Boneses, Abbotts, Longbottoms, Diggories, Patils, 
> Lovegoods, Changs, etc. etc. etc.) and have him go to school with 
> knowledge of the world he was going to be inhabiting, instead of a 
> frightened boy with little social skills and a hero complex?  
>
> Tell the world on Oct 31, 1981 that Harry defeated Voldemort, but 
> that he died in the process.  <snip>
> 
> I know what will be said, "What about the blood wards?"  Blood wards
> didn't stop the Basilisk, blood wards didn't stop the Peter 
> Pettigrew, blood wards didn't stop the dementors, or Dobby who 
> could've easily been sent by the Malfoys to kill him, or anybody 
> else for that matter. 


IMO, the "blood wards" you are talking about, protects Harry only from Voldemort.

I mean hypothetically, Harry could still fall off his broom from a great height and die. The blood ward cannot protect him under such circumstances. 

As far as living with the Dursleys' is concerned, that was the only way Dumbledore could assure that Lily's sacrifice would act as his protection. If Petunia would have refused to take Harry in, the charm wouldn't have been sealed, leaving Harry unprotected.
 
Just IMO....
   
Jutika.