[HPforGrownups] Re: Working mothers

[Edna Nathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 181953


> Lynda:
> ...snip...
> Babysitters get expensive.
> ... snip ...
> Perhaps this is
> a case of Rowling being practical. Could the
> Weasleys really have afforded a
> babysitter? If Tonks had lived, maybe she would have
> gone back to work.
> Come to think of it, she did!


Edna:

I think that if Molly Weasley wanted to work outside
the home, she would have once Ginny started going to
Hogwarts,  Her oldest kids were on their own and the
younger ones lived at school all year except for
Christmas and Summer vacation, maybe even Easter. Once
Fred and George left school to start their business,
Ron and Ginny were the only ones their parents had to
support. Arthur worked all day and came home in the
evening. Molly had all that time to herself. As for
Tonks, I think she loved her job too much to give it
up. She probably did give it up when she had the baby,
but when the war started, she may have felt that she
had to fight. She also knew that Remus had a hard time
keeping a job because he was a werewolf. I think JKR 
shows us a variety of mothers, each with different
personalities and circumstances.

I'm a bit curious here, what schools do young witches
and wizards go to before they're old enough to go to
Hogwarts? 




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