What happened? Such Nice People blames mental illness. The Sibling blames sibling rivalry. Halo blames Billy’s parents for being oblivious and withholding. These families are all so committed to everything being perfect that they look the other way while their sons murder neighborhood pets, develop Nazi fetishes, and curb-stomp weaker kids. By the time they can no longer ignore the monster in the house, it’s too late.
From the perspective of the twenty-first century - and multiple mass shootings committed by teens and men that stakeholders (such as parents) insisted were fine right up until they slaughtered a bunch of people - that's sounds pretty accurate.
