Brad “Bob-Tat” Bellomo, owner of 3rd Eye Tattoo in Largo, Florida, gained national attention when he posted a picture of his newest tattoo. The post on his Facebook page went viral because the artist was his 4-year-old daughter, Chloe.

Bellomo said that Chloe had been in the shop on several occasions, watching her dad and the other artists work, as well as do artwork on the ceiling of the shop. Chloe asked her dad if she could do one, so he gave his daughter a chance. She gave him a tattoo of a strawberry. When asked why she chose a strawberry, Chloe said, “Because it was cute.”

“It’s a positive thing that got mostly positive support,” Bellomo told The Huffington Post. “But people reported it for nudity and just people hating, and trying to get it off there saying it was offensive.”

I have several tattoos and my wife and I will soon have our first child, so I think this is a nice story. So what is the issue with this?

If I had a tattoo shop, I would let my kid give me a tattoo. Many parents want to share special moments with their kids. Whether it is a tattoo, taking their child to their first movie or concert or a special moment from the child playing a sport, like his first goal or touchdown. This is one moment that Bellomo and Chloe will always have.

All of the negative comments he recieved, show what kind of world we live in. People spend too much time getting into everyone else’s business. This reminds me of the old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

I don’t think so and that is one of the problems. Everybody is so concerned with trying to raise other people’s kids, usually at the expense of their own.

Everybody’s kid is different and every parent has their own way of raising their kid.

The only job I had before joining the army was as a dishwasher for a restaurant in Oswego. If I was presented an opportunity to work in a tattoo shop or be a dishwasher, I would choose tattoo shop every time.

Chloe asked if she could do a tattoo and Bellomo gave his daughter the opportunity to do so and took safety precautions when she did it.

Instead of trying to be a parent to someone else’s kid, go have a bonding moment with your own.