A Scottish father left his four-year-old daughter outraged after having a heated discussion with her about boyfriends in a hilarious video.

John Tierney, from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, told his Grace she was going to become a nun, and that he would break her boyfriend's legs, and lock up his dad in the deadpan clip.

The video, which was posted on Twitter, has already been retweeted more than 2,000 times and like-minded fathers have applauded the 37-year-old's 'sensational' parenting skills.

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The 30-second video begins with John, who is a shop fitter, sitting in the front seat of his car, smiling into the camera as his daughter looks on from the back.

Grace starts by asking: 'But what if I want to get a boyfriend?' To which John grins and says: 'I'll break his legs.'

Grace shouts back 'No,' but her dad continued, 'And guess what will happen after that? See your boyfriend's Daddy? Daddy will take him hostage and keep him in a cupboard.'

Throughout his reply, Grace widens her eyes and shouts 'No' from the backseat.

She then tries to reason with her Dad, she said: 'Listen. I want a boyfriend. I'm getting a boyfriend.'

John interrupts and declared: 'You're not getting a boyfriend, you're going to be a nun. You're going to work for Jesus.'

Grace screamed: 'I'm not, I'm going to get a boyfriend' as her father pulled out a cross necklace and holds it up to the light.

He continued: 'This is who you're going to work for. End of story.'

He captioned the video: 'Had a heated discussion with Grace today over boyfriends,' after filming the clip over the weekend and it's since been liked more than 2,980 times.

Another Twitter user commented: 'We like-minded fathers got to stick together and promote the cause #DADD. Dads against daughters dating #WorkingForJesus.'

John later commented: 'Trying to raise her to be strong minded could be a mistake, she's a wee star to be fair. It's a battle we may lose but one we must fight.'

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He also joked: 'Also told her to stop brushing her teeth.'

Speaking about the video, John said: 'We were just heading to the park so Grace could have a go on her new bike, and she waved at two boys who walked past the car.

'I joked that she should stop waving at boys because they were smelly, and she then told me she wanted a boyfriend.

'I started recording her responses because she is such a wee character - she is very much a sponge and absorbs everything that people says.

'The video has gone a bit mental - we got stopped in the supermarket yesterday by someone who had seen it. I never expected it to go this mad.'