When Reddit user and single father Mashedpotatoh posted a photograph of the Dads and Daughters hair class he created and hosted, it wasn’t surprising when it landed itself on the frontpage:

Reddit user mashedpotatoh

See? Adorable, right?

MashedPotatoh, AKA Philippe Morgese of Daytona Beach Shores, Fla., commended the fathers in the class for voluntarily signing up to learn about basic brushing skills, ponytails, braids, and buns—and, you know, more about their daughters, too:

“I’m so proud of these dads for stepping up and building a better bond with their daughters,” he wrote.

Morgese shares that the fathers in the class were excited to receive their hands-on training: “Many of them just couldn’t understand a braid, even after following tutorials online. The daughters were bouncing around the class and checking their hair in the mirror. It was beautiful,” he shares via email.

Morgese with his daughter (Courtesy of Philippe Morgese)

But the real remarkable thing happened in the ensuing comments section, when fathers began coming out of the woodworks to empathize over their lack of hairstyling skills when it came to their daughters:

Other dads encouraged other Reddit users to pick up these hairstyling skills—this guy even got some practice rounds in to make sure his kid is preschool-ready:

Meanwhile, other Redditors took to the comments section to recall their own heartwarming stories of male figures in their lives who had picked up the talent to braid, ponytail, and more: