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I just started Harry Potter And The Half-Blood and i'm on the bit where Dumbledore comes to the Dursley's House! I don't get the bit when he says that the Dursleys have been mistreating Dudley!? I thought they thought of him as a king and gave him everything he wanted!. How can they mistreat him with treats!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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He was referring, I believe, to the way that they've spoiled him!. His weight is mostly due to bad genes and being given whatever he wanted!. Dumbledore was being ironic, saying that he thinks they have done him an injustice by raising him the way they did - with little comprehension of the real world!. And they certainly didn't do any favors to his health!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes the Dursleys treat Dudley as a king, but treating a kid as a king is actually not good for them!. In allowing Dudley to have eveything he ever wanted Dudley never really gets to realize he's not so perfect!. Dudley's overweight from overindulgence in treats!. Dudley presumably won't know what to do as an adult when he doesn't get his way because he's never been taught to control himself or his temper about anything (the temper tantrums when he didn't get what he wanted)!. Overindulging a kid is actually bad for them because while parents can make sure a kid gets what they want when they're a child they can't do that in the real world!

What happens when Dudley likes a girl and she doesn't like him - he's not used to not getting what he wants and doesn't know how to react!.

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mistreating in the way, they're spoiling him!. They are giving him everything he wants (exact opposite of Harry) and thus Dudley is going to have an hard time growing up and realizing you don't get everything you want!.
He is also obese and could have serious health danger ( I think)
Sometimes giving someone too much is bad
and too less as well!.
Basically the Durselys suck at parenting - they don't have a happy medium!.
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What Dumbeldore means is that the Dursleys have been mothering him too much!. After all, it's the parents responsibility to bring up children so that they move about in the big, bad, world!. Can you even imagine what Dudley will do once he has to live alone!? He wont know anything! besides, Dudley is already obese and horrendously over loaded with fat!. That is a serious thing you know!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

His parents mistreated him by allowing him to become spoilt and a bully!. They did not do their job as parents which is to instil good manners, compassion for others or any of the other lessons a child needs to learn to become a decent member of society!. Basically the ruined him with kindness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Dumbledore doesn't mean that they're mistreating Dudley, like being mean to him!. He means that the Dursley's should treat him like a normal child, and not to be so mean to Harry!. Maybe Dudley doesn't like being treated like royalty!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

he was referring to the dursleys spoiling him!.




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Dumbledore doesn't mean mistreating him in that way!.
He means that they are mistreating him with too many sweets

ConfusingWww@QuestionHome@Com

They gave into his every whim and demand, and spoiled him terribly, this is what Dumbledore means!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think maybe because they spoilt him and well give him everything he wants!. It maybe a good thing for dudley but people from outside see this as a bad thing!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

the very fact that he always has been given whatever he wants and is a spoilt, obese brat, who thinks the world owes him!.
That's abuse!.!Www@QuestionHome@Com

id like to know the answer too as im a potter fan and dersley was always a spoiled bratWww@QuestionHome@Com

Because he is obese and spoiledWww@QuestionHome@Com