“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.
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“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