I have 2 children and through my work I deal with children who are institutionalized on a daily basis. Every child in that situation handles it in a different way because of course, no 2 kids are alike. There are instances of misbehavior and negative attitudes which is to be expected for children in that type of environment. However, Will has been with Bill and Jen for quite some time now, and his behavior plus his attitude and aggression, especially towards Jen is completely uncalled for. He has been in their stable environment for a long time and I frankly don't see much of anything that one could call positive at all. He knows if he throws a big enough fit that he can pretty much have what he wants. What I can't tell is if they don't know how to get the message across to him that he cannot continue down the path he currently is or for whatever reason, can't identify and understand what it is they are seeing. It's always easy to sit back from a distance and judge people, but his actions are truly disturbing and if not corrected soon, will lead him to be put in Special classes because teachers will refuse to deal with a child that obviously you cannot reason with.
Another issue that is completely ridiculous is the diaper situation. And yes, he is still in diapers. If you pay attention to the last few episodes, you clearly see the diaper bunched up under his pants plus the diaper waist band. There is no reason for him to still be in diapers. Unless he has some extremely severe learning disability, which they are always trying to vehemently deny, or they are truly failing the child. I noticed a previous entry that someone suggested that when Will reaches school that no child will relate him with cake. That may be the case but you can bet there will be parents that take offense to the Kleins, there are always parents who hate everybody for being different, and those kids will either have it drilled in his/her head that " Will is a spoiled brat that still wears a diaper " or they will hear their parents talking about and repeat everything they hear. Kids at that age can be extremely cruel when they want to be and you can bet it will happen on more than one occasion. Sad to think how bad he will be made fun of just because of his physical stature, but adding that on top could be more than he can deal with. And to put the cherry on top so to speak is his extremely horrible speech. It seems even with the ear tubes procedure and speech therapy, his speech is not showing hardly any improvement. Not to say that he could make significant leaps, but I have seen at that age if it doesn't happen soon he will no doubt be placed in a Special Education curriculum that 95% of the time you don't get out of.
Hopefully everything will work out in their favor. My next and final statement is by no means supposed to be rude, but rather see if any of you have a theory as well. I know when they brought Will back from China that they decided against punishment the first few months that they had him, saying that they wanted him to feel like they love him no matter what he does. I find that philosophy to be utterly ridiculous and somehow have to wonder if that may have led to some of the problems they are dealing with today? Of course they wanted him to feel accepted and loved, but you simply cannot treat a child coming from an environment like that. Lots of times when children are in facilities, everything is structured with rules so that the system doesn't fail. When you take them out of the structured environment you can't just all of a sudden not have rules to follow. That idea could very well have contributed to Will's obsession with hitting Jen every time she tells him no. And I agree with a lot of you when you stated that Will does not respect Jen. His disrespect towards her is very horrible and Bill has never stepped in to reinforce her rules when it comes to Will. He needs to step up and follow Jen's lead so that the rules are the same across the board. Hopefully everything will eventually right itself, and soon, because if it isn't they are in for a rough ride.
