I can see Vox as not exactly perfect in his domestication, even after 7 years. Like every once in awhile he messes up. They used to be infuriating (devestating) occurrences. He's still burned things, shrunk clothes, said things wrong. Sometimes he's too much and he raises his voice when he shouldn't, and his apologies aren't always enough. (But he always tried to give them, because his parents never did and it's still bitter in his mouth.)
But as time went on and he emphasizes (proves) to Allie that she doesn't need to be perfect (like he tried to be as a kid), that she just needs to enjoy her life and do the things she loves, and do her best when she can. He'll love her regardless.
And then Allie stares up at him with her serious little face (too serious and aware for a kid under 10, but he doesn't know that), bundled up in her favorite comfy chair that is still a bit big for her to sit normally in, and says, with his own mismatched eyes locked on him, "You, too, dad."
She looks so much like Alastor in that moment (how the other used to look at him, like he was someone who mattered to him) that his heart squeezes a little too sharply in his chest each and every time. (He can almost hear Alastor whisper in his ear, so clear the memory of his similar, "You, as well, dear.")
Vox was certainly not perfect from the get-go. He had a lot of things to learn and un-learn. Parenthood is not easy, especially for someone who's never in his life prepared for it. In life, he expected to be the breadwinner while a wife would stay back at home to take care of the home and the children. In death, children weren't even in the realm of possibility.
Now, he's stumbling in the dark with vague memories of his strict, emotionally-distant parents being a point of reference of what to do (...not to do?) while Vel and Val are talking into his audio receptors about their own two cents. Ironically enough, Rosie and Carmilla come in clutch with their own pieces of advice.
The best person who helps him through this is Allie. Vox loves her so, so much. She doesn't need to do anything. Loving her was just that easy. Whenever he tries to imagine his little girl going through his own childhood, Vox feels sick. Allie kinda teaches him empathy and understanding by just existing lmao. She also, as your scenario suggests, heals his inner child by assuring him that her love is just as unconditional and free of expectations as his is.
(It's almost like Redemption.)
(Still going to kill people when they get in his way and threaten his little girl, though.)
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