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Eugine_Nier comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 27 August 2013 05:04:14AM -1 points [-]

Huh? What's there to be surreptitious about? The whole point is that magical parents are trusted to participate in their children's magical development.

Comment author: Sheaman3773 27 August 2013 07:20:32AM 0 points [-]

The students were not supposed to do magic over the summer, full stop. There's no official exception there. The leniency could be rationalized as "magical parents can stop their children from casting spells if need be, so we don't need to monitor them," but it's not "go ahead and do magic, magical parents are trusted to teach and guide their children's magic."

If the children are casting spells, then they are breaking the law. If the parent is teaching them without the child actually casting the spell, then there's no need for an exemption.