Do you think Wayne had a perception that Eric couldn’t do anything wrong? In Waynes “journal” he says things like “Brooks is out to get Eric”, “Eric is not at fault” etc. Why do you think this is?

Well, I think he wanted to believe that others were at fault – oh no, certainly not his own flesh-and-blood son as part of his family. Even when Eric had acted out at other times, he would squash that or just try harder to control his son’s behavior so others wouldn’t see it.  Ultimately, Wayne was trying to convince himself out of a motivation to protect his Harris name and it’s image in the community as that upstanding military family and to maintain a unsoiled, spotless reputation. Kevin was a fine son..so Eric had to be fine too. Eric couldn’t be the culprit of a problem because that looked bad on his family. Well, of course, it’s the Brown’s fault because it can never be the Harris’.  Wayne even discounted his own wife in the notes.  He wanted to believe Eric because he wanted to believe any and all problems away.