Another angle on Hermione's parents

[Jim Ferer]

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Debbie: "I don't agree with those of you who think that Hermione was
being  insensitive when she modified her parent's memories. <SNIP  I
think Hermione's actions were always out of love. Her parents  were
not comfortable in the wizard world, so Hermione tried to  protect
them from the uglier side of it."

I never saw anything that suggested her parents were particularly
uncomfortable with the wizarding world. Parents naturally have some
difficulty with situations where their children are in an environment
the parents don't understand.

Chris: "I have to say I agree with you as well, when I first read that
Hermione had modified her parents' memories and sent them to Australia
I saw it as a very powerful act of love and protection for them. It
must have been heartbreaking for her to do this to them but as you say
it stopped the grief for them if she didn't return. It never entered
my mind that it was a terrible thing to do and only made me think of
it when I read the posts here.

IMO what Hermione did to her parents just shows how much she loved
them and wanted to protect them."

Yes, but it also shows her decisiveness and courage to take a huge
step that must have been painful.

Jim Ferer