It also probably helped that he has a stepfather, rather than a biological father at home...
What is your reasoning on that
Which would have been better? For his mother to remain a widow or for her to get married again?
I heard this stepfather is the only father he has ever known. Not certain what the background is, but at one point the SF said they had drawn up adoption papers before he was abducted and one thing Shawn told them on Saturday was he wanted them to process the papers and make him is father in every way.