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“My Daddy Joe and Gianna Cafeo Does My Hair” Daddy Daughter Hair Factory is teaching fathers from California to Canonsburg how to help their daughters look good. By Mark Berton Photos by Primetime Shots Inc. T here’s a lot of opportunity for learning new and unique skills on the Internet— from taking a course in French to watching a video on how to replace car brakes. But there’s one niche that wasn’t filled until October, and has since taken off in a blaze across the country—teaching dads how to properly do their daughters’ hair. Philippe Morgese, who started Daddy Daughter Hair Factory, stumbled upon that fact from personal experience. “I had a child fresh out of the military and the relationship didn’t end up working out,” he says. Morgese had been looking to learn how to do his daughter’s hair, a skill that many single dads do not have. He quickly found out that there are so many fatherly benefits to doing his daughter’s hair, such as bonding time and increased self-esteem in his daughter because she has a presentable style, and Morgese found that he had a new creative outlet in designing looks for his favorite girl. 18 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE | Canon-Mac “Most single dads with daughters try to keep the hair short because it’s easy,” Morgese says. “With this, your daughter can look the way she wants and you get to spend time with her. It’s a great time to get close, personal, chat, bring out issues. It’s great bonding time. Especially with today’s fast family.” Soon after he became adept at styling a nine-year-old’s hair, Morgese’s friends started asking him to teach them. One thing led to another, and he was teaching his first official class on Oct. 6. The growing need to teach fathers something that let them connect with their daughters on a different level caught national attention and Morgese found himself on