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Help! My child is a Potterholic!, A discussion for anxious parents

Rudius Hagrid View Member Profile	May 18 2009, 03:09 PM Post #1
Keeper of the Keys Posts: 2,280 Joined: 8:45am April 19, 2006 Location: Playing "Whack-a-Gnome" with Grawp	Many parents may feel ill at ease with allowing their child to read the Harry Potter series, and with many religious figures coming out against the books, who can really blame them? This thread is all about giving a concerned parent a bit more information into the books with regards to what other parents have experienced with regards to their children reading the books. Feel free to discuss how these books have affected your child (for good or ill.) If you are a concenrd parent, feel free to post questions here with regards to this topic as well, and we will be happy to address them as best we can. -------------------- Get all the news you wont find anywhere else at: The Quibbler

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potterlover18 View Member Profile	Aug 5 2009, 01:23 PM Post #2
Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 29 Joined: 10:21am January 21, 2008	It occurred to me that Harry was facing terrifying dangers and thinking about heavy subjects between the ages of 11 and 17, and even before and after that. He had comparatively little choice whether to face or deal with these things. It was all thrust upon him at a young age. It was probably much more terrifying for Harry to confront the dangers in actuality than it is for us to read about them. It amazes me to recall just how young Harry was when he accomplished and experienced everything we read about in the books. If you allow your children to read all the books, a good discussion point might be that Harry was able to face these dangers because there was a larger goal than his personal comfort. He did it because the whole wizarding world was depending on him. Harry sacrificed many things, even his life, for the greater good of everyone.

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Rudius Hagrid Help! My child is a Potterholic! May 18 2009, 03:09 PM

Mrs. Puckle Because their Mom is an avid fan, my two sons have... May 31 2009, 07:59 PM

ravenseeker My son is 12, and he has some learning/reading del... Jun 9 2009, 08:49 AM

NuttyAsSP I hate to ruin the religious whiner's righteou... Jun 20 2009, 11:13 PM

Flora Lovegood I was trying to figure out where to post my questi... Jun 29 2009, 10:58 PM

Fry_Fan In fairness there are a lot of insanely obsessed H... Jun 29 2009, 11:08 PM

Azkaban's_Angel QUOTE(Flora Lovegood @ Jun 30 2009, 04:58... Jun 30 2009, 04:41 PM

potter2005 My daughter spotted this topic while peeking over ... Jul 5 2009, 06:50 PM

Weird One QUOTE(potter2005 @ Jul 5 2009, 07:50 PM) ... Jul 5 2009, 07:28 PM

Azkaban's_Angel QUOTE(Weird One @ Jul 6 2009, 01:28 AM) Q... Jul 5 2009, 07:51 PM

Love4Fawkes I, like others, will make my child wait until he r... Jul 6 2009, 07:53 PM

potterlover18 It occurred to me that Harry was facing terrifying... Aug 5 2009, 01:23 PM

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