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Parents slammed for baby son’s tattoo: ‘Isn’t that illegal?

By Eva Godfrey / August 17, 2023

This ink is causing a stink.

A Florida couple has sparked outrage after sharing footage of their 6-month-old son apparently getting tattooed.

Jayda Harris and her husband took their tot, Stetson, to have a design inked on his leg back in August, filming the milestone moment for TikTok.

The resulting “babies with tattoos” video — which has now gone viral, clocking up more than 14 million views — shows the baby sitting on his dad’s lap as a tattoo artist applies a love heart with the word “mom” written on the inside of it.

Little Stetson appears to be both confused and alarmed as the artist completes the work, prompting hundreds of horrified viewers to chime in on the controversial clip.

Many claimed the parents were being irresponsible by having the baby inked up, with one raging: “Why would you get your baby a tattoo for? Like what the f–k is wrong with you people?”

“Isn’t that illegal?” another concerned TikToker asked, before a third simply stated: “No, no, no.”

However, several others also took to the comments section, saying that the baby’s body art wasn’t a permanent inking, but rather an airbrush tattoo that would (hopefully) wash off within a few days.

“Was concerned before I took a second look lol, it’s so frickin cute,” one relieved viewer remarked about the parents’ troll tactics.

“That’s so cute, it’s kinda like face paint,” a second fan responded, implying that it wasn’t problematic parenting.

Little Stetson appears to be both confused and alarm as the completes the body art, prompting hundreds of horrified viewers to chimed in on the controversial clip.
Little Stetson appears to be both confused and alarmed as the artist completes the work, prompting hundreds of horrified viewers to comment on the controversial clip.
TikTok/stetsyboiii
Little Stetson was brandished with a bright red love heart with the word "mom" emblazoned inside it.
Little Stetson was brandished with a bright red heart with the word “mom” emblazoned inside it.
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The video has continued to clock up viewers in the past three months, forcing Stetson’s mom Jayde to post a follow-up last week confirming it was indeed an airbrush tattoo.

“I’m not exactly sure of the paint she [the artist] used,” the mom explained. “We had this done while we were at our local zoo. She did confirm it was nontoxic paint. It came off the same night.”

Meanwhile, baby Stetson isn’t the only inked-up baby to go viral on TikTok of late.

Just last week, Ayala Barrett was blasted for giving a different toddler a tattoo.

That clip similarly sparked outraged — and 26 million views— before it was eventually revealed that it was a temporary stencil tattoo.

It tturned out the tattoo was only an airbrush tattoo and was not a permanent design.
It turned out the tattoo was only an airbrush tattoo and was not a permanent design.
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https://nypost.com/2022/11/03/parents-slammed-for-baby-sons-tattoo-isnt-that-illegal/

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