The boy is dodging actual threats to his life at the ripe age of 8... 10? Threats that already killed his mother, original nanny, and almost took out him last episode and his sister days before that.
The fact he's not a slobbering mess 24/7 is a feat on its own.
How about having some empathy for a child character experiencing something beyond the bounds of what seasoned adults could handle?

Holy shit stop whining for a sec and toughen up ed