Mamamerced
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I honestly can say I have worked with budding sociopaths who came from perfectly nurturing and engaged and involved families, where the siblings were kind, empathetic and socially well-adjusted, and the parents at their wits end about how to manage their maladjusted child, having tried everything.
Edited to add: There is a deep deep sadness in those systems I just described, , they are very difficult situations, for the parents and siblings both. You cannot even imagine what that does to such parents especially, to have such a child. However, I agree that in families of sociopaths where little nurturing is present, criminal behavior of the budding sociopath has a chance to run more rampant, as the child seems more unchecked.
I don't disagree with you in general. I do believe, however, that what goes on behind a home's closed doors often stays that way, sort of like Vegas. And people/families can be very adept at putting on a united front to hide their actions.