Although the Stillmans eventually got justice as adults, it haunts me incessantly how the multiple social workers that came to investigate the family never noticed a problem. As a case manager, I'm embarrassed by it. Despite obvious signs of child abuse (like multiple unwanted pregnancies, self-mutilation, social isolation, and even a blatant attempt by Will to report the abuse) those social workers did their jobs half-assed and never even bothered to speak to the children privately to get their side of the story. It makes me want to re-evaluate the whole way I do my job, because I never want to let something like this drift past me unnoticed.
