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Hermione Discussion #14: Relationship with her Parents

Hermione is one of the rare characters who's parents are not dead yet we don't really know too much about. All we do know is that both of her parents are dentists and seem generally supportive of her wizarding training. What do you think Hermione's parents are like, and what is her relationship with them?

I think that her realtionship with her parents was more strong when she was little. Little is mentioned of them by her. I think as she grew older in a "different" world, they just backed off

Yeah, I think she'll always love them (as she proved when she made drastic efforts to save them in DH), but I guess when you are a witch and SO involved in this "other world," it's hard to relate to muggle parents.

I agree with you guys, I think they really support her when she's home and love her a lot, but it has to be difficult to be involved in something like the wizarding world, that you just can't be part of unless you're born to be. Like, she sends them presents at Christmas, and recieves presents from them...

Also, her parents probably really trust her in order to ledt her go with strangers in the magic world

I agree, all three of them must have such a strong trust bond because truthfully I would be a bit worried if at the age of 11 I had to go and send my daughter off to a school I knew nothing about. I also think her parents would be proud of their daughter, especially when they realised how much Hermoine had to go through to save both the wizarding and the muggle world.

Agreed - Hermione would have a strong bond with her parents.

Because they're dentists, they seem like very down-to-earth people - like their daughter, who is the smartest witch at Hogwarts.

As Muggles, they would have known nothing about the wizarding world they allowed their daughter to step into - however, the fact that they allowed her this implies that Hermione had persuaded them to let her. This proves their trust in their daughter, and that they want what's best for her.

They seem like tolerant people, too, when seen tlaking to Mr. Weasley upon one of their infrequent visits to the Wizarding World.

All in all, considering Hermione's attitude towards them, they seem to have a close and open bond with their daugter.

So, yeah, the above comments seconded

I truly agree with paintbrush.

It's nice that she goes home at Christmas time to see them and get back to the muggle world for a time. Although I think she would find two weeks couped up at home a bit boring, she wouldn't be using her brain! I think she will have a good relationship with her parents as she is an only child and I think only having one child and her being away for most of the year would be quite sad! I bet they really look forward to her coming home :-)

I think that Hermione has a great relationship with her parents since she always went home at Christmas to spend time with them, I think that she loved them and they loved her, they seem to support her wizard training.

I think Hermione's parents were very supportive of her and that she loved them very much. You can tell that from the novels.

I couldn't imagine that they weren't supportive and loving, y'know? I mean, they let her leave in the summers to go spend time elsewhere, which I interpret as them trusting her and wanting her to have fun with her friends.

At the same time, as dentists, they may not have had a crazy amount of time to spend with her anyway, but I've always had it in my mind that they loved her wholeheartedly and had a great relationship with her - especially since we never found her complaining about them.