00:00 I've been called a terrible parent because I let my eight-year-old daughter tattoo me.
00:04 Today I'm going to...
00:06 Um...
00:08 Oh, it's all dog. Sorry.
00:10 Today my eight-year-old daughter is tattooing me for the fourth time.
00:13 All right, Adelaide, you're going to have to open up the door for me.
00:26 Adelaide, what's your dad like as a parent?
00:30 My dad is very...
00:33 ...cool.
00:36 And funny.
00:38 I like that he lets me do stuff that other kids' parents probably won't let them do.
00:49 He lets me watch scary movies.
00:53 I think we get along really good as father and daughter.
00:56 We give each other space when it's needed.
00:59 Yeah, our relationship's really awesome.
01:02 My favorite stuffed animal is probably my giant bear.
01:14 And my favorite piece of artwork...
01:22 ...my flowers for every performance I did.
01:25 Okay, my climbing...
01:28 Oops.
01:30 My climbing gear is right here.
01:33 Me and Adelaide like to rock climb a lot.
01:36 And if we're not outdoors climbing, we're usually in the gym climbing three to four times a week.
01:41 These are my shoes to climb in.
01:44 This is my harness and chalk bag.
01:47 Me and Adelaide's relationship is pretty hilarious in the sense that she's my best friend.
01:53 We fight and argue about stupid stuff and then we get along just as much.
01:57 It's just been me and her our whole life since she was a year old.
02:01 And she's eight now, so seven years together.
02:04 Yeah, she's my best friend essentially.
02:08 I got my snake named Popcorn in here.
02:13 Oh, that's his head.
02:15 As a parent, I would describe myself pretty not strict.
02:20 As long as she does her homework and makes good grades and cleans her room, I give her a lot of freedom.
02:26 So this is what I'm wearing for today.
02:34 What's happening today?
02:36 Today, I'm going to tattoo my dad.
02:41 Sometimes I'll get nervous before I do a tattoo.
02:46 Adelaide was six the very first time she tattooed me.
02:50 Her tattooing me came about with me suggesting it to her.
02:54 We were sitting around the shop one day and I just asked her, I said, "Hey, you feel like tattooing me?"
02:58 And she said, "Yeah." So we ended up setting everything up and she tattooed a heart on me that she drew.
03:03 Here are the tattoos Adelaide did on me.
03:08 I tattooed this one and this one.
03:11 I am going to color in the heart, this one.
03:14 Adelaide, are you going to color in the tattoo red today?
03:17 Yeah.
03:18 How do you feel about it?
03:20 Excited.
03:21 Are you? Are you real excited?
03:23 Yes.
03:24 Are you nervous?
03:25 No.
03:26 You're not nervous at all this time?
03:27 I'm a pro at it now.
03:28 You're a pro at tattooing me now because you've done it three times?
03:31 Mm-hmm.
03:32 I don't think that qualifies you as a pro.
03:34 I think mostly with Adelaide tattooing me, it was just a bonding experience, something that we could share together
03:40 and that it wasn't really something that a lot of parents get to share with their kids.
03:44 I would like to think that she appreciates the fact that she's putting art on me
03:48 and it's something that I do every day to people.
03:50 Would you like to be a tattoo artist when you're older?
03:54 I would not like to be a tattoo artist.
03:57 Well, I think it's really cool, but it's not really my thing that I want to do when I'm older.
04:03 I want to be a doctor or like a surgeon.
04:08 I like that they pay you a lot of money.
04:12 Me deciding to film her tattooing me was completely random.
04:20 A co-worker from the shop suggested, "Hey, why don't you film this and post it? You're going to go viral."
04:24 And I was like, "Yeah, whatever." I was like, "I'll go ahead and post it."
04:27 Let's get this next one knocked out.
04:30 I posted it to TikTok first and then it started blowing up.
04:33 It went viral within three hours of me posting it.
04:37 Adeline, go look in that wheel and see if you can find a road in there you like.
04:41 The next day at school, she told everybody.
04:44 Did you get it picked out?
04:45 Mm-hmm.
04:46 Are you going to go with the hot pink?
04:47 Mm-hmm.
04:48 Very nice.
04:49 After I tattooed my dad, I showed all my friends his TikTok.
04:53 She probably talked about it for six months at school that she tattooed her dad and she was TikTok famous.
04:59 35 million people viewed it.
05:02 I'm setting the needle depth right now to make sure you're not digging in front of me.
05:07 I've received different types of judgment from letting her tattoo me.
05:12 Some people thought it was irresponsible.
05:14 Some people thought it was unsafe.
05:16 I wonder how unresponsible dads are letting their six-year-old tattoo them.
05:20 Isn't it illegal for her to do that?
05:22 We can't get tattooed until we're 18.
05:24 No child should be holding a tattoo gun and the tattoo looks stupid.
05:27 You live with that forever, dude.
05:29 Kids and tattoos don't mix for a reason.
05:31 Now give her your car keys, LOL.
05:36 Looks like the rest of his tattoos were also done by a kid.
05:39 I disagree with all of them for sure.
05:43 Overall, the negative feedback is people being more concerned about her safety.
05:49 I think it was completely safe.
05:51 I control the pedal while she's tattooing me.
05:54 Pretty much everything, I'm in control of it.
05:57 So I don't see it being unsafe at all.
05:59 Yeah, I mean there's a lot of comments.
06:01 Some people loved it. A lot of people loved it.
06:03 A father sharing his passion with the daughter he loves and the people are still mad.
06:07 You're so courageous.
06:08 Also making your girl feel confident.
06:10 I appreciate that.
06:11 Was it your idea to color in the heart?
06:16 It was my idea to color in the heart.
06:18 How are you feeling? Excited? Nervous?
06:23 I'm feeling very excited.
06:26 Just dip it in, all the way.
06:28 You're going to the skin to fill it.
06:30 Alright, small circle. Press against the skin.
06:37 Small circle is what I do.
06:42 That looks like good.
06:43 Alright, we got it.
06:54 You love it?
06:57 Yeah.
06:58 Sweet.
06:59 Well, duh.
07:00 I feel like tattooing my dad was like the best one yet.
07:04 Oh, that's super rad. I like it a lot.
07:07 I think that it looks gorgeous.
07:11 Do you think you hurt me a little bit?
07:13 Maybe.
07:14 Maybe a little.
07:15 Solid?
07:16 Solid.
07:17 You deserve an ice cream.
07:18 Yeah.
07:20 Okay, fine.
07:21 I would say to people that criticize me letting her tattoo me and all that,
07:29 that at least I'm there for my kid.
07:32 I'm giving her a good life and she's able to enjoy some real cool life experiences from it.
07:37 I hope that she takes the confidence that she acquires from me and applies it to life.
07:43 Hey, Adeline.
07:44 Adeline still has a smiley face left to do on me.
07:48 When she finishes that off, we'll figure out if she's going to do any more tattoos on me or not.
07:52 You're not going to give your dad a dinosaur or something like that?
07:55 What about Barbie?
08:00 You want to tattoo a Barbie on me, Adeline?
08:06 Yeah? Is that going to happen?
08:08 Yeah.
08:09 No. No Barbie.
08:11 Nope.
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