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>cobra stays a perpetual child for life
He would have been a perpetual child regardless of Clints parenting style. He was literally retarded, mentally frozen as a 13 year old boy. Cutting him off from his safety net completely would have led to him winding up dead sooner. There is no winning scenario for a parent with a kid like Josh.
You box Josh in, he would have actively tried killing himself. "Fuck Suicide" was a looping thought in his peanut brain because he was a depressed suicidal loser. Having the ability to pretend he's a free adult kept him from killing himself. There's really no helping someone with ODD. He wouldve died the same regardless of Clint; refusing to ask for help or call 911.
