Doty is a fundamentalist Christian who believes he has the ultimate authority to control the lives of his children even if it means endangering people to do it. As has been proven over and over in other cases like his, he doesn't have the right to endanger anyone but himself, not even his own children.
That his wife and daughter are shown barefoot is telling, too.
"That his wife and daughter are shown barefoot is telling, too."
And as we can see the wife has certainly been pregnant a lot.
Have you ever gone to work with a cold?