If he had died in a car wreck, she would be blaming the car manufacturer. If he died of a drug overdose, she would blame the police for not arresting all the dealers. If he died in a hurricane, she would blame the National Weather Service for not warnig him properly.
At no point would her little boy ever be mature enough to make a decision on his own. Sad.
Their son was the mature one in the family...
I was looking for a way to frame that. You're correct--their son was more mature than these two will ever be. It gives me hope for the future that some children fall far, far from the tree.