Brooke Shields Talks About the Fear of Her Daughter Becoming a Model as They Get Matching Tattoos

The actress and her daughter opted for a sweet, nostalgic tattoo from artist Scott Campbell

Brooke Shields' matching tattoo with her daughter Grier has an adorable backstory.

While appearing on the Stupid Things for Love podcast with celebrity tattoo artist Scott Campbell, the actress, 58, shared the inspiration behind the matching art she has with her 18-year-old. Speaking about the photos Shields and her daughter sent over for inspiration, Campbell asks to hear how they decided on this specific design.

"When she was little, she would always just wear my shoes," Shields shares of Grier. "And a whole foot would fit into the toe box of my pumps. Yeah, and [she'd] go into my closet and come out and have breakfast in her diaper and high heels."

"And it was just the cutest thing to see this diaper-clad baby or nude signing a song," the proud mom remembers. "And so when we were looking, she found this picture of a woman's high-heel, where you can tell the mom's [foot] filled the whole shoe. And then toe to toe, the kid is in the shoe. But the foot only goes into the front and there's a big gap in the back."

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Later in the podcast, Campbell asks Shields if she was nervous about her daughter Grier following in her footsteps in the modeling industry.

"For me, the fear of her being a model was so acute that I fought it and I fought it," Shields shares. "And then I got to this place where I thought...it's sort of undeniable, right? So then I thought, 'Okay, how can I service her but not repeat any of the dangers that I experienced or create any of the dangers?'"

"And so we talked about it, we continue to talk about it. And I said, first and foremost, you will have an agent," the mom of two says, noting that she didn't have an agent until she was in her 30s.

"So I knew from day one that I would have to put her in the hands of what was available. But the best that I knew. She has to be in a position to be with people who know better," Shields says.

Shields shares Grier and daughter Rowan, 20, with husband Chris Henchy.

Speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month, the actress opened up about how she's becoming an empty nester for the first time.

"Not ready," Shields responded when asked how she's feeling about her daughters leaving the nest. "I thought I would be relieved, but I don't know."

"I'll see if when I get there, but I think I'm going to be even...the thought of no longer living 24/7 in the house with these people that I've raised, it's just very foreign. It's like going to a totally foreign territory."

The proud mom added that she told her younger daughter to give her a "grace period" as she adjusts to her daughter's new self outside the nest.

"Because I said to my daughter, I'm like, I have to get introduced to you. Because I only know you as doing what I say you should do. And you're not a baby anymore. And I need a little bit of time to re-acclimate to you as the young woman," said Shields.

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