JD Craigman was coaching his son Cam through a golf simulator session when something unexpected happened. Cam, who is four years old, looked up at his dad mid-swing and calmly explained exactly how he wanted to be talked to.
No tantrum. No tears. Just, “Daddy, I don’t want you to say ‘wait’ so many times. I just want you to say it once.”
And JD? He listened. He repeated it back. He adjusted.
When JD’s voice got a little loud, Cam handled that too. He told his dad he likes the coaching voice, just not so loud it hurts his ears. “A little bit loud, like you are right now, talking.” Dad nodded, dialed it back, and they kept going.
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The video went viral fast. One commenter summed it up perfectly: “I came for the golf, stayed for the family therapy.”
JD told Upworthy that Cam has always been a talker, and that his parents embraced it from day one. They spoke to him like a person even when he was babbling. They modeled communication between themselves. And it stuck.
What’s just as good as the video is what JD says he learned from his own son. JD grew up in a loud, expressive Trinidadian household, and he’s had to intentionally adjust his tone and volume because of Cam. A four-year-old taught his dad to communicate better.
The session ended with a series of fist bumps and Cam delivering the best line of the year: “I’m just gonna let you yell at me cuz you’re so nice.”
That’s not just a feel-good moment. That’s a family getting it right.
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