I know a family on our block with a schizophrenic son. He’s in his mid 30s. They have had him committed as often as our system allows. Cops have been in standoffs with him a few times.
The mom is worn out. But she told me once that she and her husband feel a responsibility to always take him back. In her thinking “she brought him into the world, so it’s her responsibility”. She said that if she refused him and turned him loose on the streets, she would be to blame if he hurt someone.
I was floored and had no response. It’s tragic and hard o impossible to deal with.
I can’t imagine being a parent dealing with this.
One of my Mother’s neighbors in St. Louis had a mentally ill adult son who eventually murdered his father.
They were people of modest means.
The Reiners were millionaires many times over.
They certainly had the means to pay an attendant or security person to put a 24 hour watch on their son.