"It wasn't personal to me. I don't think he'd want to be anyone's mentor. Harry had a bad experience with his first one." Molly thought about that for a moment and then added, "though I think if he did, it would have been reversed. I wouldn't want to pick him. Not from anything he did, but he meant so much to me, still does, that it's hard to see the disappointment, you know? Which is why I didn't tell him when I got my powers."

Which 20/20 hindsight - that was a stupid move on her part.