Muggle Parents and more

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184054

 
> Carol responds:
> While I agree with you that most parents wouldn't want their 
children
> to attend a boarding school, much less a school that would lead them
> to become alienated from their parents, I suspect that the 
proposition
> is presented to them in glowing terms--their highly talented and
> unusual child is being given a unique opportunity for an education
> geared toward his or her special talents--rather like being offered 
a
> scholarship to Guilliard.

Potioncat:
Keep in mind, Hogwarts exists in a culture that favors boarding 
schools. So it wouldn't be as alien an idea as it would in the US. 
(Although I'm seeing more and more families choosing boarding school.)

I don't agree that Hogwarts alienates the Muggleborns from their 
parents. While Hermione spends a lot of her holidays with the 
Weasles, that is situational. I agree with Carol, Hogwarts would 
promote the positive reasons for attending.


Carol:
> Anyway, I think our model here should be Dumbledore and his contract
> with Mrs. Cole via a blank sheet of ("everything seems to be in
> order").
** A nice, lasting Confundus Charm causing them to be happy to
> have a witch or wizard in the family** would do the trick better 
than a
> Mamory Charm, which would cause them to forget that they had a child
> and leave the child with no place to go over the summer holidays.

Potioncat:
Look at the **______** section. Carol, you're a genius! The Potters 
were confunded! It makes so much sense. When we first see Lily 
performing magic, Petunia reminds her that Mummy said not to. Later 
we have a pair of beaming parents. Yep. No doubt about it. 

I used to wonder if Eileen had ever spoken to Mrs. Potter. Although 
that doesn't seem too likely, and I'm not sure she'd be the best 
witch to represent Hogwarts. (I still think she was expelled.)