Muggle Parents and more

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184068

 
> zanooda:
> 
> Not necessarily :-). Mummy forbade Lily to jump from the swings, 
but 
> this is a very normal mother's reaction to her child doing 
something 
> dangerous. Lily's parents didn't know yet it was magic, and their 
> attitude could have changed after they found out the truth. 

Potioncat:
Lily does two magical acts in that scene. First she "flys" down to 
the ground from the high swing. That's when Petunia says twice that 
Lily isn't allowed. From the way it's written, I don't think it's 
simply the jumping from the swing that the parents are concerned 
about.  

The other act is making the flower move. Petunia says it isn't right. 
It isn't clear if that's just her opinion or the family's. It seemed 
very weird to me--at least by the way it was described. Obviously at 
this point, no one knows about the WW, because Snape is the one 
telling Lily about it. 

Probably the Hogwarts representative wouldn't have had to confund Mr. 
and Mrs. Evans because Lily was already set on going. On the other 
hand, I think she would have confunded them if she had to. (I know, 
she wouldn't know how. But look at what she's already doing!)

I agree with earlier posts, perhaps from earlier threads. If your 
child has been doing these strange things, and someone shows up who 
can explain them and says there's a place where your child can thrive-
--you'd go for it.