Shamekia Morris, a fashion designer in West Palm Beach, Florida, first started making temporary tattoos for her son Treylin when he was just 6 months old.
She often ‘decorated’ her son from head to toe with fake tattoos on his stomach, arms, back and legs. Even though the tattoos aren’t real, many people online labeled her a “bad mother.”
Florida, first started making temporary tattoos for her son Treylin when he was just 6 months old.
In a recent interview, she said: “I received a lot of backlash, people said I was raising my son like a ‘gangster’, a ‘thug’. .”.
The online backlash started before Treylin was born, when she had a maternity photo shoot in a tattoo shop. And when she started wearing fake shirts for Trey, her followers were outraged.
She added: “ Their backlash has been appalling. I feel hurt because I know I’m not a bad mother, but I’m constantly criticized by them.”
And when she started wearing fake shirts for Trey, her followers were outraged.
She also said that she will not let those people stop her from her interests. “For those who judge me, I don’t care because this is a lifestyle that we enjoy. If you’re judging someone based on a 30-second video on social media, that’s your business, but what you say or think about someone won’t determine what they’ll be like in the future,” she said . continue.
Shamekia shared: “ When I first started ‘tattooing’ Treylin, my family hated it because they didn’t like me having tattoos. My family is very upset. But now they see it can be something positive and they’ve fallen in love with it. Because when we go out, he gets a lot of attention and the other kids really like the tattoos.”
Before Treylin was born, she did a maternity photo shoot in a tattoo shop.
Her sister Dinera added: “When Shamekia came up with the idea, I was completely against it. I don’t want her to do that to the boy. But when I saw where Treylin and her mother went, everyone was very interested in fake tattoos, so I thought it was also a positive thing for mother and sister.”
Shamekia shared with the media: “I think Treylin really likes to dress like that. When the boy saw himself dressed in the mirror, he jumped up and down with excitement.
She felt happy with everyone’s attention.
Despite all the negative comments, Shamekia is confident that she is a good mother to Treylin and she has no plans to stop with temporary tattoos any time soon.
“My perspective on being a great mom is being your child’s cheerleader, your child’s go-to guy, your child’s best friend,” she concluded .
The boy will be raised to become a liberal person, doing everything he likes.
