Harry Potter's parenting.

[lightofdaye]

I;m too lazy to google and I'm hoping for discussion. When was Harry born? 1981 was it? And his kids. What kind of age difference is that? Basically how would the kids be by the time Harry retires? Their thirties?

I'm reading this smutty_claus fic which is heavily featuring Harry and Ginny as parents to teenage kids and I'm just wondering what kind of parents people thing they would be? Good, Bad? Close? Distant.

Which is more likely and which is more useful storywise?

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[nutmeg-44.livejournal.com]

Well, we know that James Sirius started Hogwarts this year so that puts him at 11 in 2015 and Harry was born 1980. You can do some quick Maths to figure out Harry and Ginny's age at time of conception, which I think would affect what kind of parents they would be.

I think the fact that Ginny had a big happy family and Harry didn't get to have a family at all growing up would make them very loving, hands-on and doting parents. Harry would be a little awkward about it not having a template of affection from childhood to emulate but I think Ginny would encourage him and his own natural affection for his kids would help.

Edit: corrected year of Harry's birth.

[lightofdaye]

aaagh. I just lost my reply by accidently backpaging :(

But that makes James 24 years younger than Harry with the other kids being two/fours younger still. That makes them late forties-mid thirties when he retires. hmmm. was hoping they'd be younger.

That's a lovely idea of how they'd be. :)

[nutmeg-44.livejournal.com]

I hate when that happens.

Well you could argue that Harry could choose early retirement for reasons like spending time with the family, slower pace, coaching Quidditch, or Auror injury. That could put him at retired and his kids still being young.

My favourite part of story writing is developing the backstory and plotting the details. It's the actual writing that usually causes me problems. I love the plotting.