I think CW’s understanding of women, and personality or lack thereof, has been shaped by his mother who I believe has an authoritarian personality, e.g. hypercritical, prejudice, shaming behaviours, intrusiveness, hatred and a need to punish. MrsW has displayed these qualities in her interviews with the media. To release her vitriol on his pregnant deceased wife and blame her for the deaths of Bella and CeCe is absolutely abhorrent and repugnant to me.
A major role that parents play in a child's life is to socialize them to the values and expectations of their culture. How this is accomplished can vary dramatically based upon the amount of control they attempt to exert over their children. Even after he chose to plead guilty to all counts, she’s still trying to take control of his life and he’s 33 years old. She spent a lot of time talking about his high school days. Why? Because for her, those were the good old days when he was living at home and still under her thumb. Now that Shan’ann is no longer, she’s trying to reclaim that control.
Authoritarian parents set the rules and have a "my way or the highway" approach to discipline. There is little room for negotiation and they rarely allow their children to make their own choices. While parents with this style have high expectations and strict rules, they also do not give their children much freedom to demonstrate that they can display good behaviour and make good choices. Rather than letting their kids make decisions on their own and face the natural consequences for those choices, authoritarian parents hover over their kids in order to ensure that they don't make mistakes. This is MrsW to a T.
The children of authoritarian parents tend to exhibit these effects:
They may act fearful or overly shy around others;
Often have lower self-esteem;
Have difficulty in social situations due to a lack of social competence;
Tend to conform easily, yet may also suffer from depression and anxiety;
May struggle with self-control because they are rarely able to make choices and experience natural consequences.
Shan’ann was the antithesis of his mother. No wonder he love bombed her. He realised his life could be so much better with someone, anyone, other than his mother.