Immanuel who always insisted, if he could do both things at the same time, going to school and helping Dexter didn't go to his office, and like it or not, Stella, Immanuel's mother and his father, Jasper agreed to everything that his son would do. Even though they might really worry about Immanuel's condition all the time, because they were both afraid that his son would be harmed by Carolina.
Here, actually Immanuel knows and understands that his parents are really worried about his situation. But he was just trying to be a child who did not make his parents worried. Immanuel understood that his father and mother were really trying to make himself a strong child, and he also understood all situations that might actually put him in a dangerous situation.