Since you asked.....My opinion is that Nancy was a very needy woman and required a vast amount of attention and love to the point of being in competition with her own children. The children learned very early that they could not win, therefore, if they were in direct opposition to their father, they could at least, gain attention and control of their lives. His father and mother have been back in the news recently and he has become more vocal, aggressive and public, which speaks to how he has learned to direct attention towards his own person. I think we would find that throughout Reagan's career, his son's actions coincided with major news coverage of his mother and father. Betcha!