CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake

[dzturtleshell]

No: HPFGUIDX 189414

Megan asks: "Seriously - what is wrong with Aunt Marge? What kind of person hits a 5-year old in the shins?"

AM responded: "But the idea that you shouldn't hit children is quite recent - I, and most of the kids I knew growing up were acquainted with the strap, hand, and ruler."

dzturtleshell responds: I understand it's a fairly new concept that hitting children can be abuse and shouldn't be done. But, was this situation ever really ok? I suppose I don't know being fairly young and sheltered, but it's very sad to think anyone would ever condone a woman hitting her sister-in-law's 5-year old nephew with a stick to keep him from winning a birthday party game against her own 5-year old nephew. It's one thing to discipline a misbehaving child, but this situation should have been beyond reproach in any day or age!

~ dzturtleshell :)