I'm writing this tomarry timetravel fanfic where Tom was raised by his father and the more I write, the more I realize how wild is for families of muggleborns to allow their children to attend Hogwarts.
Hermione was stuck in the hospital as a cat and then for months as a statue when she was 12. Were her parents even notified? And if they were, could they even go see their daughter?
I cannot, for the life of me, imagine any parent worth their salt deciding to just trust some random dude who shows up at their house and tells them their eleven years old child HAS to attend this specific school far away in Scotland. No, there are no other school options. Yes, you have to pay for the school, it's essentially a private school, those aren't cheap. No, you cannot come and check out the school, silly. It's in a secret location that muggles cannot find. What if something happens to your child? Ah, nothing to worry about, you won't ever find out anything happened. It's a boarding school. The child can only come home for Christian holidays and summer. You're not Christian? What a pity. Well nothing to be done about it.
