It's showtime isn't it. These people are condemning Shawn to a life as an object of curiosity. He will never be "Normal" due what has occured to him at the hands of Devlin, and the family has now contributed to making the problem worse.
A welcome home event with family and friends should have been enough if at all.
Tell that to the media that would have camped outside of his house until they could snap that horrible photo that the world is dying to see. Better to get out right away and let the media take all the pics they want and then go heal.
You can't do that with daily reminders sitting outside of your house.
Ironic, now that Shawn is free, some of the reaction is probably not much different than what the perp told him it would be.