wnoise comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 7 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wnoise 18 March 2011 09:00:53AM *  1 point [-]

In canon, the detection spells can't even tell the difference between Dobby's use of magic and Harry's. Telling the difference between a kid's magic and his parents' would appear to be even harder. For the wizarding kids, if their use of magic can't be told apart from their parents, there would be no way to sanction them. At that point the detection spells are only effective for muggle-borns. I'm not aware of any in-canon detection of children living with magical parents. (This would also let the wizarding families train their kids even when not at school, as a convenient way to bolster their status).

Comment author: TobyBartels 14 April 2011 04:06:54AM 0 points [-]

I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that Wizarding families themselves are expected to keep an eye on their children when at home.