Why Were The Weasleys So Poor? 

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It's a tribute to their parenting skills that all their children ended up successful in life: Bill works at Gringott, Charlie is training dragons in Romania, Percy works at the Ministry, so did Ron before he went to help George with his successful business, Ginny became a professional Quidditch player. And their only son-in-law is the Boy-Who-Lived. That's a good track record right there!

Arthur is a Gryffindor. He would never lack the confidence to ask for a raise, I think it's just that he's too humble and too satisfied to do so

"Red hair, and a hand-me-down-robe? You must be a Weasley"

What’s ironic is how harry and Ron are both jealous of each other

He essential put 7 kids through one of the best private schools in the world on a government salary in a field with no prospect of moving up.

My prediction before watching the video: coz they had too many kids...

I absolutely disagree with your analysis of Arthur Weasley. Arthur wasn't a laughing joke among his peers,only among those who disdained Muggles and those who lacked integrity. In the books, Arthur was respected by many in the ministry. He was not respected, however, by many in power simply because he would not sell out his integrity and cater to those like Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge who were out for themselves. Lucius Malfoy's disliked Arthur because Arthur was a better man than himself. Men like Malfoy and Fudge are petty and would have taken pleasure in blocking promotions for Arthur. However, Arthur was respected by Kingsley, Amos Diggery, Lupin, and other members of the Order of the Phoenix. If he hadn't, he would never have been on patrol the night he was attacked. Arthur was not poor because he lacked character. He was poor because he had character and would not waver from his principles.

They had 7 children that's the biggest reason

Who else loves the Weasley house

It's implied in the books that Arthur wasn't promoted because fudge didn't respect him because "he lacked wizarding pride" i.e. he wasn't racist towards muggles. This is a very poor video, you didn't explore the mechanics of the wizarding world and how people can struggle for money in a world with magic

I thought the Weasley house was so cool. The Weasley's are like many Americans, Canadians, British, Irish, French, and so on about families just barely making a living and having little. That is why they are so relate-able.

Part of the problem was that the Weasley parents were horrible at managing money. In the first book, they bought Percy an unneeded luxury (a new owl), but poor Ron didn't even get his own wand, having to make do with Charlie's old wand, despite the fact that it's canon that new wizards should be individually "matched" with a new one. Also, when Arthur winds a large cash award, instead of sensibly putting it in the bank to use for their children's predictable future school expenses, they blow must of it on a fancy vacation! Though they do at least buy poor Ron a new wand first. While it's canon that the family had a lot of love for each other, it's also canon that a lot of them felt the stress of not being provided for, financially or emotionally. Molly couldn't even remember what foods and colors Ron preferred. And the antique dress robes she foisted on Ron were every bit as horrible as the oversized hand-me-downs from Dudley which Harry had to wear. It's noteworthy that NONE of the Weasley offspring emulated their parents by having a similarly large family. Ginny and Bill had three kids apiece; Percy, George, and Ron stopped at two. They loved Molly and Arthur, but they weren't about to subject their own children to what they went through.

I think another factor to consider is what Molly said of Cornelius Fudge at the end of the Goblet of Fire: "It is Arthur's fondness of muggles that has held him back at the ministry all these years. Fudge thinks he lacks proper wizarding pride". Because Arthur was so fascinated with muggles and their culture many people in the ministry especially those with strong beliefs in blood purity viewed him as a disgrace to the name of Weasley and that racist attitude held him back.

Isn't the issue of their lack of wealth because Arthur chose an administrative position that dealt with muggles. Even at Hogwarts Muggle Studies is considered a soft subject. I can only imagine that going into a Muggle Study-related profession would be similarly undervalued and hence undercompensated.

This is not the video I was hoping for. The Weasleys are an old pureblood wizarding family. To say they're "poor" only because of their income is ignoring the Weasleys from before. It's not like Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy have jobs, yet they're rich. They inherited a lot. So why did the Weasleys not? What is it about Arthur's lineage and Molly's lineage that didn't give them much to start off with? Did Arthur's parents also work middle class job with low ambitions, working for love and not money? What sort of family did Molly come from? Do Arthur or Molly have a ton of siblings? Have their family lines always been poor to middle class? (I agree with Darrow1991's comment that Ron's family is middle class rather than poor) This video only explains how the Weasleys are "poor" in the context of the Muggle world, not the wizarding one.

I've often wondered if the Weasley's remained poor after Fred and George finished school, not because of their business, but because they had only two children in school, reducing their biggest annual expense substantially. They are a magic family so they didn't have energy bills, and they also saved on their food bill as they grew their own Veg and had Chickens for eggs, and who knows maybe other animals as well. (Considering how much they ate I doubt food was expensive.) So the only real expense would be Tuition fees for Hogwarts.

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What i didnt get is why molly didnt go to work after ginny was starting at hogwarts. She was the last child to be supervised, after ginny molly would be alone at Home all day every day for most of the year. She easily could have gotten a job, she obviously was a great witch!

because they had so many kids, lived in a high cost of living country, and only one parent had a paying job. The financially independent children never came back home or sent back money either I don't think. It costs about $1m to raise a child today, so that's a lot of money... As bad as it sounds, I often notice that the richest families in the western world have max two children, usually only one or none. The poorest ones in the developing world have 6+ kids each so that the children can support the parents when they are no longer able to work...

The reason the Weasleys were so poor was because they had to pay fo fred and George's hair dye They realy aren't ginger

Why dont they have wizard benefits...

Could you please discuss the theories about the giant squid? I've seen this thing on the internet which says that JK Rowling stated that if goderic griffindor had an animagus it would be a giant squid which really makes me curious regarding the creature in the hogwarts lake. Maybe not only slytherin left a "little" pet behind..

Molly didn't work? She looked after 7 kids! That's work, just not paid work

1:24 you are wrong because they were poor from the start. When Bill was in school, his penpal asked him to visit but he declined because his parents couldn't afford it.

My question was never "Why were the The Weasleys so poor?" Rather it was how were Harry's parents so Rich?!

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I don't think they were poor. they were rich with love, children and happiness. they had food and shelter. not everyone has to have the best money can buy.

Why does this need an answer ?...it's common sense A British lower class family With one working parent, with so many kids

"You think my names funny, do you? no need to ask yours, red hair and a hand me down robe, you must be a Weasley".

As a parent... It's because of the kids. 😂 Little buggers are expensive.

Simple answer: what other wizarding family do you know with THAT many kids? Any family with that many kids is gonna be poor especially with only 1 parent as the breadwinner and that parent works in an obscure government office that may be shut down at any point because most people think its a useless office/profession

This always bugged me; The Weasley's were not poor. Ron always said that, but Ron saying it does not make it so. They had a home that was theirs; this immediately makes the Weasley's far richer than most. Arthur also had a steady middle class job; his wages were likely above average for Wizards. (Ask yourself, who made more money, Arthur Weasley or Stan Shunpike (or Cattermole)). While the kids had a lot of hand me down things, they never really wanted for anything. Also, they had savings at Gringotts; not as much as Harry's, but having savings and being poor often don't go hand in hand. The Weasley's were not rich by any definition. But they were not poor either. They were a large middle class family with all that entailed.

I didn't think it was because of Arthur's lack of ambition (though I don't imagine he would have had much), but because of the Weasley reputation. They were well known to be a pureblood family that didn't despise muggles as the others did (the fact that Arthur was a such a muggle enthusiast didn't help him either), to other noble pure-blood families, they were an abomination in the wizarding world, and given the 'fitting name' blood-traitor. "My whole family are blood traitors! That's as bad as Muggle-borns to Death Eaters!" -Ron Weasley The most influential people in the ministry were for the most part, pureblood.

I knew kids in school who came from big families like the weasleys and didn't have as much money as my family did. But I was an only child and my dad moved us around constantly so I was always switching schools. Looking back, I remember those types of kids always seemed happier and more popular than I was. I was always really happy when I made friends with those types of kids because their families were typically very accepting of me

Molly: How many kids do u want? Arthur: Yes

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"Molly Wesley, in particular, was a stay-at-home mom, so she did not work." Excuse you?

I loved the Burrow. The books make it sound like the home I grew up in and the movies made it look like the home Harry longed for. The home-made gifts, the too small supper table, the too busy having fun to notice we're poor attitude, all reminded me of home. It really hurt to see the Burrow in flames. But a house does not make a home.

0:22 "The Weasley family really did squeeze every penny" I think you mean Knut 😂

I'd say my favorite family in the movies would be the Lovegoods. They are so underrated and in the movies and books they only get a few lines and scenes.

Could you imagine if Molly did go to work, leaving Fred and George alone together is NOT a good idea.

Mr weasley spent too long contemplating the purpose of a rubber duck and forgot to go to work which made him lose all his money

I think it's more likely that Arthur was working at a position that he loved but that just didn't pay very well. I can't imagine the ministry considering the study of non-magical muggle artifacts to be worth much. Like many people in the world, he just fell in love with an area of study that didn't pay well and loved it too much to quit.

This family actually showed that happiness doesn't matter with money They were a happy and precious family

"Red hair and a hand-me-down robe, you must be a Weasley" DRACO FANS WHERE U ATTTT

Mr. Weasley did not discover the muggle invention, condoms. My thoughts before watching the videos.

Can you explain the limbo? where Harry met Dumbledore after he 'died'

Poor Arthur. He's a good man, and I'm glad that Molly never pushed him to be something he wasn't

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This stuff is all painfully obvious, anyone over the age of 12 should understand these contributors? I watched because I assumed they wouldn't just make a pointless video and they'd have something interesting to say

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How come a wizard/witch be poor? If they can't transfigure money, they can do others. Like transfigure grass to chandelier, table, chair etc. and sell them in muggle world. Then take the muggle money and exchange it to wizard money. And my home would be made by transfigured grass, soil and all the free stuff. I would only spend money for food

Poverty family but loving=weasley Rich but arrogant and cruel=malfoy.. Now which one u like

At least they are one of the most decent purebloods. Not like the majority who are arrogant and rude ❤️

This makes me cry! 😣😣😣 Seeing those twins cheerful and together and now....😑😑😑 why JKR why? :/

They may be poor in the inside but they are rich in the inside

I think what they lacked in money, they made up for with love and family.

i love that even when just reading passages out of the book about this family, a certain feeling of simple joy and warmth just kinda hugs me.

While growing up during my teenage years, I really thought my family is like the Weasleys lol. I have 4 other younger siblings, plus grandma, that's 8 persons living in a small-ish apartment. Was shitty tbh, but still there's a roof over our heads and I'm thankful.

'Don't need money to make you happy' yeah right, if anything it suggested the opposite, with Percy leaving the family, Fred and George running rampant trying to make their own money and Ron's jealously and resentment..

George Weasley became an insanely rich sorcerer after starting Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes Ginny Weasley became a professional Quidditch player after Hogwarts so not all of them were poor P.S. love your videos

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The Wesley is the polar opposite of Harry. Ron had a family of 7, Harry had no one but his aunt and uncle. Harry had a big stash of gold coin, Ron was poor, Ron had two loving parents, Harry had two hateful gardian. It really puts in into perspective for Harry for what he was lacking and it really shows the audience the importance of a family. Rowling really thought this series through.

Being stay-at-home mother of that many children is like the exact opposite of "not working".

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"Arthur's problem was he lacked the ambition to work harder or ask for a raise" And this is why slytherins rule Fellow slytherin where you at

They were rich by heart ❤️

The amazing thing about the books is that the Weasley children all pretty much end up in their dream job and successful depsite growing up poor. Bill- Good Banking job and married a beautiful, successful woman. Charlie- Dragon caretaker who my guess would become a best selling autor on the subject. Percy- Moved through the Ministry of Magic ranks quickly. He was very hardworking and good at his job even if it when against the family values. Fred & George- Successful entrepreneurs with Harry's help. Both extremely gifted at options and charms(probably the most talented wizards in the family). Fred died a hero, and George continued his legacy. Ron- Best friend/husband to two of the most powerful wizards of all time. Successful auror career as well. First male to the Minster of Magic. Ginny- Professional athlete in quiddich. Married the most famous wizard of her generation, but was also very independent and didn't rest of his laurels. Became the sports editor for the biggest Magical European paper.

I feel like this video begs the question of how economics works in a world where most items can be replicated and/or transfigured.

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They started out poor and 7 kids didn’t help. Makes sense why literally every kid only had 2 kids of their own. Credit to the parents for raising successful kids

This is unrelated to the video but his politeness is something that warms my heart. his content of course is very good also. Keep up the good work and thank you

My question for you pertaining to the Weasly's is, well where are the Weasly's grandparents? Ive read all the books several times and they are never mentioned once. Love the videos by the way!

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After watching this I find myself wondering what happened to the Weasley family goul after the barrow burned?

Harry: rich but no loving family Ron: poor but with loving family Hermione: muggle but beats all purebloods, halfbloods and all muggles in their year Draco: My father will hear about this

Its ironic how Ron sees himself as poor yet Harry sees Ron as extremely rich.

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the reason they are poor is because they are poor? great explanation.

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Sunshine Merlot well said.Arthur Weasley is one of the Harry Potter characters I respect most.He really did taught us that money isn't the most important thing in the world and the fact that we should love our job not because it is our money source but because we does not get tired by that and love it.I find it funny the fact that Arthur is obsessed with muggle stuff but I don't say anything about it because THAT OLD MAN DESERVE SOME FUN IN HIS LIFE. About The Burrow.. Whenever there is a mention of it,my heart beats so fast and it feels like home.I'd like to live in a home like that with loads of siblings.It represent the warmness of a happy house. :]

They made this apparent in the book series why they didn't have hardly any money. Too many kids. Not enough ambition. Only one working parent. Worst part is, it is even implied that Arthur was offered better positions within the ministry that he refused because he was happy where he was. You'd think they would have taken that into account with Fred and George when they said they wanted to start a joke shop but hey.

Molly Weasley DID work, She worked to raise her children and take care of the home. Just because she didn't get paid doesn't mean she didn't work.

Because Arthur didn't know how to keep it in his pants

this is like really casually sexist

Brilliant, one can honestly say that they might not be the wealthiest family but they are the richest when it comes to love and care.

The weasley are a social indicator to understand why the whole wizard society was sick and not just because of vodlemort. The weasley are the typical archetype of the gryffindor/hufflepuff : brave, worker, kind, curious. They are the idea of kindness and that's for that reason they're poor, because the society is controlled by slytherin mind people. Arthur Wesaley was probably too honest, Lucius prevented him to access more important grades i think. Well, or it was just the idea "do what you like the most, even if you don't gain a lot of money" (he loves muggle stuff), that's the message Weasley handed to his children. That's guts man

Here"s a muggle item Arthur should've look into for the sake of his wallet: *C O N D O M S .*

pretty simple. molly didnt work and arthur had a job in a sorta pushed aside section of the ministry that probably paid fairly well, but not well enough to raise over 5 children going to private school

i remember in the book Draco (mr. entitled Only Child) making fun of the Weasleys for "having more children than they could afford". Ironic given that the Malfoys definitely could have afforded a large family, without any problems at all.

Perhaps having dealt with Voldemort demonstrated that the higher up in the ministry made you a target so that was unappealing to Arthur having fought in the previous conflict and since they didn't think Voldemort was gone entirely. Dumbledore knew that it was likely horcruxes existed and this knowledge may have been shared in the order.

As soon as I saw the title, my immediate thought was, “Gee, maybe cause they have like 5 kids, plus they took care of Harry every once in a while?”

I like the part when you say she didn’t push him enough like most men need. So it’s mrs. Weasley fault that her husband was okay being average/mediocre. I’d like to point out also that mrs Weasley probably grew up comfortably if you look at her aunt the one that shows up a bill’s wedding. I think she probably just took her life with Arthur like a breath of fresh air.

You forgot the very important fact the he worked for the protection of muggles. Wizarding society notoriously did not care about muggle welfare and thus probably did not pay people working for their protection much. Reminder that his department only had two people. He followed his passions in life to a profession that had low upward mobility unless he gave up on some of his morals or changed jobs. After the dark lord's return he does change his job to help the wizarding world and does much better off financially. While this was partially cause of trying to please Harry, the books provide further proof that he was good at his job and a good worker. His low wage could be more representative of wizarding society at large's disregard of muggles and their welfare and NOT some inherent fault of his.

Being a humble, hardworking wage-earner who won't compromise ethics for ambition is admirable. Being a homemaker who is frugal, grateful, supportive and kind and does not nag the wage-earner is also admirable. There is nothing shameful about being poor. There is shame in greed and being unscrupulous however.

I DONT CARE HOW POOR THEY ARE! THEY ARE THE BEST FAMILY IN THE WORLD!!! PERIOD

I think they were as rich as any family could hope to be. The children were raised much the way we were with very similar results. Not bad for a bunch of Muggles ! I agree with Mr. Potter. Their's was a Brilliant Home.