It has not been explained, yet.im a few chapters behind and still havent had time to playthrough to 7. yes /no please (has the reason for his family turning on him ben explained/answered in any way yet ? the little tid-bit has been bugging me since the start. hopping to get away from work in time to play this weekend but if i knew that the reason for their treatment of MC id make time ....sleep be damned lol.
I have just played through it again, making notes (I'm that sad - sorry). My (current) theory is that his family were actually protecting him in some way.
Trying to avoid spoilers (dunno where you are in the story) - somebody does something and then somebody else tells you something that should let you know that your family are far from normal. (vague enough?
A page or two ago someone suggested that your sister betrayed the family and was trying to get you killed. I think the opposite is true and that she has been watching over you all this time, she always seems to know exactly where you are - she was in the park on your first day out of hospital, in your apartment block the day Lily left, in Maddison's gym, and a couple of other places (won't say as I don't know how far along you are) if she wanted you dead you would already be pushing up daisies.
Of course, i could easily be wide of the mark and the next update will prove me wrong, but half the fun of these games lies in the speculating.