because i love harry potter and because i love someone who comes here:

the dursleys treatment of harry during his childhood and adolescence is characterized by both types of child maltreatment: abuse and neglect.

emotional abuse is defined as a non-physical behavior by a parent or caregiver that causes the child psychological harm or anxiety..depression, anxiety disorder, undermined sense of self-worth.

emotional neglect involves withholding emotional nurturance, support, or bonding necessary for normal child development. This gives the child the message that he is unloved and defective.

examples of child maltreatment in the harry potter series:

NEGLECT..
-the dursleys ignore harry whenever possible
-harry is made to live in the cupboard under the stairs and is sometimes locked there for weeks
-harry is not taken care of as his food is withheld from him as punishment
-harry is imprisoned in his room around the clock..bars fitted on his window..his food is given to him through a flap in the door..he is let out only to use the bathroom in the morning and evening
-uncle vernon tries to banish harry from the house after a dementor attack, despite harry's life being in obvious imminent danger

EMOTIONAL ABUSE
-uncle vernon screams .." I WILL NOT TOLERATE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!"
-the dursley's scapegoat harry or blame him for things either out of his control or that he did not do
-the dursleys frequently and overtly treat harry worse than dudley to make dudley feel better
-.."the dursleys never spoke about harry and he was forbidden to ask questions"
-uncle vernon frequently threatens harry with physical abuse.."youll wish you'd never been born!"
-the dursleys tell aunt marge that harry attends St. Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys

PHYSICAL ABUSE
-uncle vernon dragged harry up the stairs roughly
-aunt petunia "aimed a heavy blow at harry's head with a frying pan"
-uncle vernon puts "two purple hands" through the window and closes them tightly around harry's throat
-harry avoids getting too close to uncle vernon as "long experience had taught him to remain out of arm's reach of his uncle whenever possible", implying a history of physically abusive behavior

sunshine,

too many Dursleys, not enough Weasleys in this world.

V.

can you imagine what some of us survivors would do to our "dursleys" if we could use magic?

i love the weasleys violet :P

and i REALLY wish i could use magic haha

Awesome Post!!!

There is a book out i forget its name but its about the psychology of harry potter it was a great read.

anyways the Weasleys are a fantastic family i wish mine was like them.

sunshine at the risk of sounding corny, you CAN use magic its called imagination.

,Chris

chris, thats where i got that information
i love that book
i've been reading it
along with the harry potter series :P
i'm on the half blood prince just started it
and i love using my imagination..i think i use it too much sometimes

im reading the order of the phoenix right now almost done with it and then will be joining you on the half blood prince most likely tomorrow afternoon.
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you can never use your imagination to much.

yay
its so good
but i'm freaking out already
about snape :P

lol it only gets worse

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Sunshine,

A young survivor once told me how much he liked reading and rereading the Harry Potter books. I asked him was there any reason in particular and he said, "Yeah, he makes me think you're not a loser just because your father threw you down the stairs on your birthday."

Much love,
Larry

i know i will read them again
i love the story also
makes me feel like i'm not the only one so dysfunctional
it also reminds me of my boyfriend
we both love the movies and the books, although i read and just tell him about it hehe
thanks Larry

I no snape ended up being kinda good but i still dont like him.

just thought i would throw that out there

dont tell me how it ends! haha
need to read for myself
also should be doing homework and i'm not
oh well

i didnt give anything away sorry though thought you had read them before let me know when you finish what you think

,Chris

oh my gosh
no i'm behind :P
but i cant wait to find out
i'll let you know

Csthy