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Well, I have some examples of kids turning to witchcraft after reading Harry Potter.

The first is my niece. At the age of 10, she started reading the Potter Books. At the age of 11 she told me she was a witch. Yes, not the fantasy type of witch with the cute spells, but she actually joined a Wiccan coven. It was all the rage, and her mother supported her decision. I'm her Godmother, so I took the liberty of explaining to her that she could not claim to be both a witch and a Christain. She was shocked. She really thought it was OK to both. (The books make it seem so innocent, you see.)

My older kids are 12 & 13, and they tell me about their Harry Potter crazed friends at school. Last year, one of my sons told me his classmate was "going nuts with witchcraft". He kept bringing new witchcraft books to school, and spoke of little else during recess. The books started as Potter, but ended with Wiccan theology. He now considers himself a witch.

Today, my son's class went on a field trip to see the new Harry Potter movie. My son asked me not to make him go. I supported his decision. These two incidents freaked him out so much, he decided to stear clear of the Harry Potter craze on his own. We actually had one of the books in our house, but I was the only one who read it. It was a gift to the boys. They still haven't opened it.

Sounds like, no disrepect to your niece's parents, these are exactly the kind of kids I'm talking about. They have no firm moral background so they are easy prey for anything that comes along.

I repeat, children who have firm Christian groundings will not be threatened by Harry Potter. They may not enjoy the books, either, but they will not need to fear them.

What a blessing your post was!!! I personally know some real Witches and Wiccans and one Family Tradition witch. They adore the fact that the occult and witchcraft is presented in such a positive light.

I truly don't understand why it isn't understood that fiction or non fiction, a presentation of evil is not a good thing for children.

...and her mother supported her decision.

YIKES!!!! How can you blame a book when there is one very screwy mom at the helm??

Sounds like you are doing the democrats "poor victim" response instead of calling the mother on her lack of personal responsibility in rearing her child.

I'm sorry but the only "craze" that the Potter books caused around here was the reading craze.

Maybe you should consider moving???