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04-12-2007, 01:19 PM
| | |  HP ranks among top Parenting changes
Parenting magazine is celebrating its 20th anniversary in their May 2007 issue. They included an article, "The biggest changes in the past 20 years: The advances and trends that have shaped family life, for better and worse". The list includes things like the reduced rate of SIDS, a resurgence of breastfeeding, the internet and... Harry Potter?
That's right, Pottermania has its place among the biggest changes and trends in family life in the past 20 years. No other book or movie (though Disney animation in general is included) graces the list. Quote:
Originally Posted by Parenting Potter casts his spell
In 1997, J.K. Rowling, a single mom formerly on welfare, starts churning out novels about a young English wizard and proves that even 10-year-old boys will read 300-800 page tomes if they're actually fun. Pottermania becomes a global pheomenon, with more than 325 million copies sold of the six books that are out so far. Although the seventh and final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows doesn't go on sale until July, as early as December 2006 it is the number one book on Amazon.com based on preorders alone. Source: Parenting Magazine  | |
04-12-2007, 11:42 PM
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ahh thats awsome
i think its great how the preorders is the post bought book on amazon
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04-13-2007, 12:26 AM
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Rupert is My Man!
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Originally Posted by Biochemkris  No other book or movie (though Disney animation in general is included) graces the list. That's because the media shouldn't be involved in parenting ...
And where's Winnie the Pooh? Sure he's been around forever but for the past 20 years he's suddenly exploded ... I swear Winnie has controlling interests in Disney which is why they're pushing that stuffed little ... 
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04-13-2007, 01:29 AM
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| | Faerie
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Cool! 
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04-13-2007, 01:37 AM
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|  Tonks Is My WomanKneazle
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That is true.It is a big part in some people life.
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04-13-2007, 02:01 AM
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| Vair StalkerishMissing Sirius Erkling
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Yay! Brilliant!  | |
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04-13-2007, 05:14 AM
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| | Unicorn
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Golden Coast
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Thats wonderful! HP Mania really is amazing.  Congrats to Jo. <3 | |
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04-13-2007, 06:31 AM
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| Keeper of Dan’s GrinLuvs SiriusK.O. Harry's love for DD Crup
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that is just soo awesome!
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04-13-2007, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indiana
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Seventh Year | Hufflepuff for Life Certified Math Nerd
Cool! That's b/c HP rox!
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04-13-2007, 09:07 PM
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| | Faerie
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that's cool
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04-13-2007, 09:15 PM
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Ha, I can believe it! Especially since HP is so popular with kids AND their parents!
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04-13-2007, 09:51 PM
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I always knew that HP was really important to me but I did not know that HP effected lives that much.  | |
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04-13-2007, 10:35 PM
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|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
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That's more than true *nods* Where would I be if Harry Potter wasn't part of my life?
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
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04-13-2007, 11:17 PM
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04-14-2007, 12:53 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: boarding school room
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that's great!! | |
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04-14-2007, 06:36 PM
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Wow Brilliant! Potter is changing lives, who would've though this would happen?
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04-15-2007, 07:08 AM
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Well, it IS a phenomenon, but I don't quite see clearly how it affects parenting, or has shaped family life... for better and worse -- which?? That's another question they didn't seem to answer  (°•.¸(¨*•.¸ RUPERT GRINT FAN CONVENTION ¸.•*¨)¸.•°)
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04-16-2007, 01:10 AM
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04-30-2007, 05:17 AM
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| LPFC Pressie Runespoor
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I think this is amusing. HP shouldn't be a Parental change... I mean it doesn't fit in with the otheres really... but then again, not surprising really, becasue HP is making every other list in the world lol
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