How is the presence of a father relevant? The mother was away at a conference, possibly in a different time-zone or otherwise not contactable. Email seems perfectly reasonable to me.
The girl does a lot to please her mother and chooses to communicate about important subjects over email.
Let's put it this way, I am not Dad yet, but when I am, my daughter or son will not be bullied in school because:
1. They would know how to deal with bullies.
2. And if they ever have problems dealing with it on their own, I am going to help them by doing something more then writing a letter on a tech blog.
And no matter what time of day or night it is, I would make sure that my children know they can CALL me any time they need to.
Let's put it this way, I am not Dad yet, but when I am, my daughter or son will not be bullied in school because:
1. They would know how to deal with bullies. 2. And if they ever have problems dealing with it on their own, I am going to help them by doing something more then writing a letter on a tech blog.
And no matter what time of day or night it is, I would make sure that my children know they can CALL me any time they need to.