I wonder how Alex's parents envision their family five years from now. That he'll be sitting at the dinner table, crewneck sweater neatly tied around his shoulders, passing the potatoes politely while home on his college break? Of course as someone pointed out his hair has already been cut against his will, so he'll have a nice military-type cut.
And he'll have been through the seminars, so after he finds some adjectives for his magical child and does a rockstar dance, he'll become "real" just like the Velveteen Rabbit.
Of course he won't end up like any other ex-programees, unable to rid their minds of the torture and abuse experienced in WWASP programs. We'll never see him on this forum. Not THEIR son, he must be different somehow.
Any other guesses on how he'll turn out five years from now?