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Title: Grandpa Knows Best 27 May 2009 10:40 pm
Reviewer: Ginny Potter (Signed) [Report This]
    Ahhh..... Harry really should be nicer to Lexy though that wasn't very nice. But I can see why he would act like that.

    Author's Response: yes, well, Harry's going through a jealousy stage now, but he'll start growing out of it soon enough.  he's not really a jealous type.
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 12 Jul 2008 3:19 am
Reviewer: brenda-wood (Signed) [Report This]
    like that you are not sugar coating that harry simply needs to accept that things are different and that he needs to think before he acts

    too many kids seems to never have to learn that lesson and they are awful brats for it

    Author's Response:

    You're absolutely right, and I see the results of kids never learning that lesson everyday in B&N.  It's amazing what you can learn working in that bookstore.  You get all kinds of customers and see all kinds of parenting styles. 

    Harry does have  alot of adjusting to do, but I think Tobias and Severus are being more than fair, trying to divide their time between both kids and make Lexy feel welcome as well as pacifying Harry.  Jealousy is a common theme when a single parent starts seeing someone again, especially if said girlfriend also has a child as well.  But it's also something that can be gotten over, if handled properly.

Title: Grandpa Knows Best 02 Jul 2008 11:49 am
Reviewer: mik (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Funny, I thought they weren't being very fair to Harry - oh, and I'm a girl, so it's not gender bias. Frankly, if I was in Harry's shoes, I too would've wondered why I wasn't getting a special day for myself with my Dad, something that is always recommended for single parents who begin to date again to do. Lexy's offering of a fish at first would seem like a slap in the face(Honestly, she knew he didn't get a bite yet, so asking if he got one is just pouring salt in the wound), and if Harry had said exactly what had happened probably might've earned her a timeout as well - she did kind of provoke it.
    Anyways, Harry was already sharing his dad, so Lexy only sharing her mom and getting two in the deal wouldn't seem too fair to any child unless they get the idea explained to them first ("because I said so" doesn't cut it - never did with me at any rate...) And, besides that, Grandpa has two knees - he could've shown them both how at the same time, or he could've just knelt between them and demonstrated to both - but then, most adults don't consider how their actions look to children.
    Oh, and the homework on Friday? If I was Sev, I would've offered Harry a choice: he could do it right then, or he could do it in place of his bedtime story, and make sure he's in bed by the same time, no exceptions. Harry probably would've jumped at doing it then (he likes his stories.)

    Author's Response: Actually at the end of the last chapter, Severus does tell Harry he has a special day to spend just with him whenever he's off, since Healers don't get regular days off but he did promise him that.  As for the fishing trip, kids will usually argue over stuff like that, I know my three nephews did, and inevitably one of them would get in trouble for it.  And Tobias did eventually get around to explaining how he still loved and always would love Harry, it just took him a little longer to realize why Harry was acting that way, since normally he behaves around his grandfather.  And the homework, that was a good idea, but Sev didn't think of it.
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 11 Jun 2008 4:40 am
Reviewer: Alexis8907 (Signed) [Report This]
    Poor Sev probably didn't expect THAT question so soon! :)

    Author's Response: Got THAT one right! LOL! Glad you're reading again, I missed your reviews!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 04 Jun 2008 7:19 pm
Reviewer: Elphaba (Signed) [Report This]
    Wonderful Chapter!!

    Author's Response: Thanks!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 02 Jun 2008 5:56 am
Reviewer: DrSnape (Signed) [Report This]
    Loved it. It was sweet and funny and I can well understand Harry's jealousy. He's never had to share people before in his family. The baby question was hysterical too!

    Author's Response: Great! And thanks for all your reviews--you're awesome!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 30 May 2008 3:40 am
Reviewer: kreacher (Signed) [Report This]
    good chapter i am so glad my parents didn't come up with time outs for unfinished homework, i think i would still be there, harry needs to deal with his jealousy as he will frighten lexy away and she's a nice kid, i giggled abit at severus when he was explaining how babies came into the world, that was funny

    Author's Response: Ha, yeah mine too! And eventually Harry will stop being jealous of Lexy.  And the baby question is one of my favorites!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 30 May 2008 2:45 am
Reviewer: slytherensangel26 (Signed) [Report This]
    i just love it! Harry and Lexi are so cute...and Harry's opinion about girls is so on target...

    i love how Tobias and Snape react to Harry's questions...it is so funny!

    I swear that you are nothing less than a master story teller!

    Author's Response: Thanks so glad you like it!  I love writing Harry and Lexy, they crack me up!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 29 May 2008 11:49 pm
Reviewer: snarky Beth (Signed) [Report This]
    Poor Harry, jealous yet again. He sure acted like a brat, but I understand why he got upset when Toby was spending time helping Lexy, whereas he was just being ridiculous over the fish.

    I couldn't help but laugh at the reactions of the adults when Harry asked about how babies are made! When you mentioned that in the shout box, I knew it'd be good. And then Lexy, acting all smug like she knew what she was talking about, it was just to funny ^^. I love those kids, they are awesome.

    I think it's really sweet that Harry asked Lexy to share her mom with him, I felt like going "awwwwe!". I felt so sad when poor little Harry was talking about his mom though, and how he and Sev were very upset! Glad Harry and Lexy forgive each other after their fights, but I'm also glad you have them in the story because it makes the situations realistic. It'd be just a too perfect world if Harry didn't have normal reactions and get jealous over sharing his family all of a sudden.

    I think Tobias's gift for Sev is so sweet! I'm sure he’ll be touched when he sees it. And I think his nicknames for Harry and Lexy are cute too. Hmmm, I have to wonder what it’d be like if Sev and Alaina had a child. Maybe you’ll make another sequel where they have a baby? Pleeease! *puppy-dog eyes*

    P.S. I loved watching The Jungle Book when I was little, and Bagheera was awesome ^^. Little Inky sure has grown! It'd be quite a sight if the panther tried sitting in Sev's lap one day when Inky is full-grown, lol.

    Author's Response: yes, well all kids go through the jealousy stage at one time or another and Harry is no exception to the rule.  Little kids tend to fight at the drop of a hat and then five minutes later are friends again. And harry really does want a mother, but he has to wait until Sev finds the right one. which I think he has.  AS for a sequel . . .I don't know yet, but if Sev & Alaina do get married, I'll be sure to give Harry a new baby brother or sister.  Bagheera's always been my favorite character in The Jungle Book and after him Mowgli and the wolf pack.  It would be funny if Inky sat in Sev's lap now, LOL!  And all kids ask the baby question sooner or later!
Title: Grandpa Knows Best 29 May 2008 11:24 pm
Reviewer: Judy (Signed) [Report This]
    Another awesome chapter! I felt like I was talking and arguing with my sons. And the pregnancy question was hysterical. Especially the part where Tobias spit out the soda and then told Harry to ask Sev!

    Author's Response: Thanks! I liked that part too, LOL!

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