Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24918243-20140612053158/@comment-24918243-20140613141546

Basically there could be two possibilities here:

The first is that he is pretty much removed from the rest of the family. He's usually up when everyone is asleep and vice-versa. Also, even though his daughter likes to read in his offce and hang out with him, he is usually so involved in his work he does not really give her much attention.

You could also argue that he is well aware of what is going on and feels that it's an important test/lesson his daughter has to go through in order to take over his position when she grows up.