My daughter seemed to notice the pictures on her dad's arms and mine when she was very little. We've always had many close friends who had tattoos, the rule's always been. . .you pay for your own, after you're old enough. Ugh, she'll be old enough this fall..

My 4 year old is really into my tattoos, he actually has a toy tattoo machine. But like one of the other mamas said, I'm worried about him getting one from some scratcher when he's older. So I try to impress upon him that play tattoos are fun, but real tattoos are forever and demand a lot of forethought.

Ive had amazing things happen when kids see my tattoos, I have the sun on my left hand and the moon on right hand. My son has always known me with them so there has never seemd to be one moment of seeing them but when he was little he would alway want to hold the sun hand and there would sometimes be skwabbles with his cousin over who got to hold the sun hand when crossing the street.

my husband & i both have tats & so does just about everyone we know including my brother inlaws. so when she was really little she would automatically look for peoples tattoos & if she didn't see one she would get this confused look on her face & ask where their tats were. and she loves fake tattoos so much. most kids do, but i think for her it's a way of identifying with our family too.

I have a very tribal-esque one above my left breast. It's all black line with just a touch of red. All the boys have tried to grab ahold of it when they were nursing.

When my husband and I got married, all of my bride's maids had tats. None of the groom's men did. I still find that hilarious!

mine did!

on me and their father...

My eldest daughter, when she was THREE, announced to me that she "was down with tattoos, but not piercings."

It's nice to know they are aware. Both of them, now 7 and 5, understand the meaning behind every piece of art on me. My ex, their dad, had a bunch of crap on him...from drunken nights overseas in the Navy...which he has now begun working on with beautiful cover-ups. The girls come back to my house and say "daddy's figuring himself out." HAHAHA! Yes, I suppose he finally is. *grin*

How freakin' "on" are the Little's these days? I'm constantly astonished and grinning from their little perspectives.

Now, you know, they could totally turn it around and be the generation that "does it different than their parents" and not get any ink (cause, you know, they won't think it's cool to be like their parents). Who knows! It's fun watching it unfold...

I got my first tattoo when my daughter was 3 and one day she exclaimed "Mama! Someone DREW on your back!!" Hehehe... Now she's 9 and she loves tattoos. She still likes to trace over the lines (I have a few now) with her fingers. My son too. He's 6. They love to make fake tattoos on each other. We talk a lot about how permanent they are and how old they have to be to get one of their own. I tell my daughter a lot about why I waited so long to get my first tattoo and all the ideas I had before that which I never had done and why. I'm also learning how to tattoo, so this is a constant ongoing discussion with her.

I am still waiting to get my first tat. I have always wanted them and all my friends have them. I guess I had went the piercing route a tad bit instead. My goal is to be sleeved up and eventually that will happen. It seems like I have have jobs off and on that won't allow tats so I didn't pursue my dream to get them. Now that I stay at home with all 3 of my children, and only go to school, I can get them. It's just what do I want to get first? But I know my children loves tats and can't wait to get some of their own. They are 11, 8 and 8 months <---well, my youngest really studies my friends tats when she sees them!
Misty