Why Snape is more culpable for having been loved?

[TK Kenyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 171481

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at ...> 
wrote:
>> Bart:
> A few months ago, in terms of Morty, I did some research on 
psychopaths/sociopaths <snip> Harry, on the other hand, had no 
(canon) excuse for coming out the way he did. Certainly, he was 
loved for the first year or so of his life, but, after that, he was 
placed in a house where he not only received no affection, they went 
out of their way to ensure that he was as miserable as possible 
(canon: Mrs. Figg saying that Harry enjoyed going to her home, the 
Dursleys would have not let her babysit). 
> 
> So, the question is not why Morty and Snape came out the way they 
did; the question is, why did HARRY come out so well?
> 
> Bart
>
1. Excellent post. 

2. There's some research in the psychology arena (not as 
scientifically rigorous as psychiatry, I'll grant you, but probably 
not entirely invalid,) that in the first three months of life, a 
baby forms 50% of its beliefs about the world as far as, "when I 
have needs, they will be met by someone who loves me," or "when I 
cry, someone will comfort me," or "the world is a kind and caring 
place." 

The next three months (3-6 mo) form another 25% of a child's world 
outlook. 

In those formative 6 mos, Harry had both parents. Tom had no one. 

Just wondering if JKR read the same literature that I did while I 
was researching psychopaths, 

TK --TigerPatronus! 
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