Stories like this one put me completely at ease with my own flaws as a parent. Whatever decisions I make as a father, I can pretty much guarantee I won’t become the ringleader, along with my children, of a murderous, child-abusing cabal in rural western Missouri. Actually, stop reading the linked article after first few paragraphs, because if you read too many of the details, which are sick and foul and truly disturbing, then you will hate me for having led you there.