Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, In the news, EducationI think it is great when a child discovers a passion early in life. Deciding what you want to be when you grow up before you change your college major three times saves a lot of time, money and frustration. Fifth-grader Lilly Hibbs didn't have to look far from home to figure out what her life's work would be. With a body-piercing mom and a tattoo artist dad, it makes sense that Lilly herself would go into the 'body decoration' field. She has decided that tattoos are her passion and that she will follow her father into the business.For Lilly, this isn't just a dream that may someday come true. She's already begun her training and completed her first job. At the age of seven, she drew and inked a likeness of Patrick from SpongeBob SquarePants on her dad's leg. As for dad, he couldn't be prouder. "Most parents would say, 'I can't believe your kid wants to be a tattoo artist.' I say, 'I can only be lucky if my kid turns out to be a tattoo artist,'" Stephen Hibbs said.Soon after Stephen posted an online video of his daughter working on the Patrick tattoo, Lilly got her first real customer. A man drove all the way from North Carolina to Dallas to have Lilly tattoo an anchor on him. I wonder if he drove all that way just for the novelty of having a child tattoo him, or if it was Lilly's bargain rate of just $5 that attracted him. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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