I’m sorry. I disagree with this 100%. She’s a mother of 7 children. She loves them equally and worked so hard for 20+ years raising 6 boys and 1 girl with little to no money. Her and Arthur worked endlessly to protect them and keep them from harm. Because if you don’t remember they had all of the kids during the first war. Imagine trying to keep a calm mentality and be equally gracious to them all during that as well deal with the grief of losing your brothers. Also keep in mind that she actually homeschooled all of them before they went to hogwarts which I personally know to be a very daunting task. She has to be one of the toughest and hardworking characters in the book.
Bill - Every mother wants what’s best for their son or daughter so she’s going to be protective over him/her and have their best interest at heart. In the case of Bill and Fleur. Let’s keep in mind of how condescending Fleur was around the house. That made Molly think Fleur wasn’t really marrying him for who he was but just his looks. Imagine having a gf/fiancé insulting your family’s way of life under their own roof. Yeah not cool. She was stuck up but redeemed herself in the end. About her only bringing up him being Head Boy and Prefect, that’s not true. She also talks about how good of an example he was to his younger siblings in OTP and how he was never one to cause much trouble. She was in full support of his career as well because she and Arthur, instead of complaining and asking him to come home, they went to Egypt to visit him over the summer with the whole family. That doesn’t sound very smothering to me. Sounds like family bonding. Yeah he and Charlie had long hair, and what mother doesn’t say “cut your hair” at least once?
Charlie - You can’t ever prove that she smothered him so much that he moved to a different country. There’s nowhere in the book that suggests that. That’s based off of bias assumption. Here’s a fact from the book though: Charlie moved to a different country because that’s where the dragons were more populated. It was also illegal to have dragons in England. So he went to a different country to study and train them. He went where the work is. She also went to visit him over Christmas with Arthur, instead of asking him to stop his work to go home for a few days.
Percy- Also a bias assumption. Not in the books... Percy was always portrayed as a lover of the rules and success of the ranks by narration and Harry’s POV. She never pressured him into anything. She was supportive of his love for business and rule following. She appreciated that he was well behaved. Percy was a grown adult and let his obsession with business and success blind his reasoning and understanding of what is most important- Family; something that Molly and Arthur always taught their kids.... they taught them to be humble to live within their means and TREAT EVERYONE equally. Percy didn’t do that. He was the “rebellious middle child” who wanted to be different. He was never outcasted. He villainized them. Here’s a perfect example: he said straight to Arthur and Molly’s face in OTP that he has always had to battle against his dad’s “Lousy reputation” at the Ministry. And said that his fascination for Muggles and interest in a simple job he was passionate about made the Weasley name look like a joke and inferior at the Ministry. This is coming from a son of a large poor family. He was picked on by his siblings yes, but what siblings don’t bicker and fight? He was the one who ditched them for power and HE was the one who came apologizing in the end... Doesn’t sound like Molly’s fault to me.
Fred and George - literally, Fred and George were so mischievous and always caused chaos and Mayham… And there were two of them. Their older brothers never did that and it frustrated Molly because of how busy she was and how worried she was for their safety and for the rest of her family… again, she just wanted what was best for them and so that is why she was hesitant about them making a business out of their jokes. She took away their jokes in GOF for that reason. Also, they exemplified perfectly immature and inappropriate use of their jokes on Muggles which is something Arthur their father sees as undermining the belief that all people, magical and non-magical are equal…But she says she was wrong about their specific career goals and even admits that in the end when she sees how successful their passion for jokes was. She complements them on their creativity and Hardwork in HBP. 
Ron- I will admit, Ron definitely was treated a little differently than his older brothers and Harry… But never in a psychologically abusive way like the Dursley’s did to Harry. He was just a little shadowed. But that’s part of having a big family. You feel a little less important at times but it’s not always the case. I still think a lot of that has to do with his personality and his desire to prove that he was good enough. That’s mostly just who he was and not what Molly made him into… Again she loved them equally and wanted what was best for them... she went out of her way to shop for his school things and what does he do? He yells and complains because they weren’t new. He was pretty ungrateful for what he had. It may not have been much, but it was the best that she could give him. He complained a lot right to her face and even had to be shut up by Arthur more than once. He eventually understood the value of family and not money in the end.
Ginny- I don’t see how any of that is Molly‘s fault… God forbid Molly finally gets to have a girl that she can do cute girl things with after six boys. Why is that even a problem? Also, growing up with all boys isn’t any easy task even if you have a mom to look out for you. The boys will still make her feel like she needs to be tough and it’s how she learned to grow... and she never really grew out of the girly stuff. She just became more and more powerful... example: in HBP, she still enjoyed playing with cats, she literally asked her mom for a pink fluffy pigmepuff, and according. To Harry, always smelled like Flowers.... Molly let her daughter grow into whoever she wanted to be.
Saying all Molly did while the kids were at a good school getting a good education was knit, clean, listen to music and make food for her and her husband is stupid nonetheless because there’s nowhere in the book to back that up. It never talks about her life when the kids are at school. And why would that be a problem if she kept the house looking good and fed her husband? It’s an admirable thing to keep one’s property looking well kept. It’s a kind and admirable thing to take care of the little things that can make a family a family and a home a home while Arthur works to help pay for those same things.... you need money for food and you need to know how to make food to eat it. It’s a teamwork thing and that’s Molly and Arthur for you. ALSO. While the kids were still at the house before hogwarts she was homeschooling them. Which is a lot to do for one mother and while the father is working. She did that all on her own. And for half of the years that the kids were in school, Molly literally was in the Order doing things for Dumbledore because THERE WAS A FREAKING WAR GOING ON. She didn’t have time to work.... and the story ends before Ginny finishes school, and keep in mind Arthur got a promotion at work so she never actually needed to work.
People like her because she was a strong wife and mother. And not just because she was “nice” to Harry. Yeah she was nice to Harry and rightfully so. She was a mother figure to him as well. She took him in as one of her own whenever she could....
So in conclusion, Molly doesn’t suck. People who don’t at least appreciate her even just a little, do. @weasleyyy :)
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