Did you ever read Golden Compass/His Dark Materials? Curious if you have any thoughts on it. My recollection (which I don't entirely trust) is that it really honored the main character's experience as a child in the world.
The fact that HP was well-written just reinforced its manner of character development & key plot points. Everything about those books acknowledged children's suffering, their value, their capacity to do real things. Children were and are starving for it.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1144558734678614016 …
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His dark materials is one of the greatest YA series ever
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Dare I say these also spoke to the child in every adult that may have still needed the same.
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Not just an adversary, Umbridge is a distilled essence of one evil of school: sanctimonious cant wrapped around petty domination. Worm did some related betrayal-by-authority even better.
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Yo imma let y'all finish. But Lovecraft was one of the best HP's of all time!
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Excellent article and HP analysis in thishttps://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/lifestyle/2013/01/parenting-wars-tiger-moms-versus-helicopter-parents …
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So true Anna, our kids need to have the experience where they as little humans can figure out things themselves even after failing multiple times they need to know that things can be done. Throwing a safety net around them does more harm than good. They are smart and capable s
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