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'''Instead:''' The only one who sees him somewhat regularly is his [[MuggleBornOfMages Squib]] neighbor Mrs. Figg (who deliberately bores him when she watches him so the Dursleys don't catch on, and apparently never passes on word of Harry's mistreatment to anyone else). Harry is left alone and abused, without knowing why. Added to [[spoiler:the Horcrux that occasionally influences his behavior]], it is a '''''damn miracle''''' [[AngstWhatAngst that he's as stable and good-natured as he is]].\\
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'''Instead:''' The only one who sees him somewhat regularly is his [[MuggleBornOfMages Squib]] neighbor Mrs. Figg (who deliberately bores him when she watches him so the Dursleys don't catch on, and apparently never passes on word of Harry's mistreatment to anyone else).else, since Hagrid's first meeting with Harry and the Dursleys is the first time anyone else in Dumbledore's circle learns that Harry hasn't been told about his parents and the wizarding world). Harry is left alone and abused, without knowing why. Added to [[spoiler:the Horcrux that occasionally influences his behavior]], it is a '''''damn miracle''''' [[AngstWhatAngst that he's as stable and good-natured as he is]].\\
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First, the ending of Book 5 has most of the Order of the Phoenix threaten to intervene if they hear about Harry being mistreated again (and as far as I recall it's the only time someone from Harry's support network gives the Dursleys anything resembling a "threat"), so I would hardly say there's no work done towards "a long-term resolution". Especially considering that by that point, the Dursleys being intimidated into permanently backing off was probably the best anyone could've hoped for. Second, Sirius is only able to join Harry's support network after Book 3, and he never intervenes because Harry can make Vernon and Petunia back off by merely pointing out that he exists.
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'''As a Result:''' Harry's abusive upbringing gives him severe trust issues, ''especially'' when it comes to adults and authority figures, and a stunning lack of self-preservation. [[PoorCommunicationKills This causes a lot of problems throughout the books, and brings about several situations where the problem could have been resolved much quicker if Harry had told a trusted adult about what was going on.]] The situation is made all the more egregious in that among Harry's allies are some very powerful Aurors, one MamaBear, [[BigGood Dumbledore]], and his [[PapaWolf godfather.]] And even when they do intervene, it's usually with one-time threats, and nothing for a long-term resolution. Even [=McGonagall=], after a day of spying on the Dursleys in cat form during the prologue, can tell that it's not the environment that Harry should grow up in.
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'''As a Result:''' Harry's abusive upbringing gives him severe trust issues, ''especially'' when it comes to adults and authority figures, and a stunning lack of self-preservation. [[PoorCommunicationKills This causes a lot of problems throughout the books, and brings about several situations where the problem could have been resolved much quicker if Harry had told a trusted adult about what was going on.]] The situation is made all the more egregious in that among Harry's allies are some very powerful Aurors, one MamaBear, and of course [[BigGood Dumbledore]], and his [[PapaWolf godfather.]] And even when they do intervene, it's usually with one-time threats, and nothing for a long-term resolution.Dumbledore]]. Even [=McGonagall=], after a day of spying on the Dursleys in cat form during the prologue, can tell that it's not the environment that Harry should grow up in.
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As far as I recall, Dumbledore was the only one of the good guys who knew that Harry would be instrumental in defeating Voldemort (or at least he was the only one who knew about the soul fragment attached to Harry's soul).
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'''You'd Expect:''' For somebody to check up on him periodically as time went by, to verify that he's being well cared for, and to gradually introduce him into the Wizarding World. Several pivotal people know how important he is in defeating Voldemort, and as future books and movies would show, leaving a young witch or wizard untrained, in an abusive environment, or forcing them to suppress their powers can have '''extremely''' dire consequences. For example, ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' has Harry blow up Aunt Marge when he's provoked enough, and that's possibly the '''best-case''' scenario. The worst-case scenario? One word: '''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Obscurial.]]'''\\
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'''You'd Expect:''' For somebody to check up on him periodically as time went by, to verify that he's being well cared for, and to gradually introduce him into the Wizarding World. Several pivotal people know Dumbledore for one knows how important he is in defeating Voldemort, and as future books and movies would show, leaving a young witch or wizard untrained, in an abusive environment, or forcing them to suppress their powers can have '''extremely''' dire consequences. For example, ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' has Harry blow up Aunt Marge when he's provoked enough, and that's possibly the '''best-case''' scenario. The worst-case scenario? One word: '''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Obscurial.]]'''\\
