Under the circumstances of extreme fear that Stephan lived with for years, this was a significant example of courage on his part. Amazing. I doubt any one of us can imagine the kind of psychological bondage that keeps a young person like that under the control of his captor. It defies our ability to comprehend.
exactly, we should all learn from Steven Staynor how children become attached to their captor's even when they hated them, and Steven hated Parnell.
It was only when Parnell took another child that Steven decided he wasn't going to let another child go through what he did and he saved that boy!
Timmy White spent two weeks with Parnell and Steven waited for the perfect time to get Timmy out of there.
I have a feeling that Shawn likely would have done something similar if the cops hadn't gotten to him and Ben first.