I let my tot swear in public – mum-shamers come at me & say I should teach her manners, but it’s funny, she’s a mini-me

A WOMAN has hit back at mum-shamers after a clip of her young daughter swearing in public went viral.

Hollie Curran, from the UK, posted the video on TikTok and soon found her parenting criticised by thousands of social media users.

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The now-viral clip, which has racked up close to 730k views in just two days, sees Hollie's firstborn, named Beau, sitting by a table in a cosy café, with her baby sister's pram right next to her.

As Hollie is filming the sweet moment, the little girl poses to the camera in front of the mirrors and pulls out the middle finger, seemingly all chuffed with the new 'skill' she's learnt along the way.

''It’s the way it’s in the bloody mirror,'' Hollie was in hysterics, describing her daughter as ''mini me'' in the caption.

But although dozens of TikTok users found the clip hilarious and tagger their pals, not everyone praised the mum, who said she was ''the proudest'' of her daughter's behaviour.

Several people had an issue with the little child swearing, especially in a public setting, as they demanded Hollie spent some time educating Beau on manners.

One said: ''I feel so bad for her. Kids need to be taught manners and boundaries.''

Another agreed, describing the situation as ''sad''.

''If there’s one thing that makes me sad is seeing children being allowed to swear like it’s normal.

''It’s your problem not hers though. She should be taught correctly not video’d proudly.''

''Must be proud,'' someone else chimed in.

''God, that’s embarrassing,'' a fourth was mortified by what they had just seen.

However, there was also plenty of less harsh and condemning remarks - and after taking the internet by storm, Hollie, too, hit back at the trolls shaming her.

According to the young mum, who said that the comments were ''killing'' her, all wasn't as it seemed to be - and the girl did get a telling-off.

''It was a 5 second video, get a god damn grip!

''She was told after it’s naughty but very much copied me when I done it too her dad! I took full responsibility!''

She went on in the comments: ''If you think your daughter never going to drop the F word on you, you [are] in for a shock!''

Have your kids started swearing? One parenting expert, Kirsty Ketley, shared how to deal with the issue - and tips to prevent it from becoming a regular thing.

Chatting with Fabulous, the mum-of-two said: ''The best thing to do is to stay calm and then have a chat about the language they are using and why it's not appropriate, offering better ways to deal with frustration and talking about how to manage peer pressure, if they are swearing to be socially accepted - how else can they try and fit in?''

Kirsty went on: ''It's not realistic to think your child won't swear when with their friends, but talking about words that are less offensive than others is a good idea and reinforcing that out of their friendship group, it's not socially acceptable.''

Although it may be easy to simply put the blame on someone else, the whizz also reminded to look at your own habits.

''Do you swear when you're frustrated?''

She went on to explain: ''It's not fair to say it is okay for you to do, but not your child, so look at changing your own behaviour too.

''This will help discourage bad language, so come up with what is acceptable and what is not for your family and make sure they understand that it won't be the same for everyone.

''If you have some family rules in place about what respectful language is, it will be easier to point out when your child uses an unacceptable word - "Remember, that's not a word we use in our house", for example.''