A three-year-old girl has gathered online attention after she explained why she thought it was necessary to put a friend, who asked her to marry him, in a headlock.

Kynlee McFetridge was at her preschool in Saint Charles, Missouri, when a fellow classmate asked her to marry him.

Speaking about the incident to her mother in a video, which has since gone viral, Kynlee said: 'Kids don't get married, so that's why I put a headlock down on him.'

Viral: In a video recorded by her mother, three-year-old Kynlee McFetridge said she put a headlock on a fellow classmate and 'took him down' when he asked her to marry him

Speaking in the video, which Kynlee's mother sent to Fox 2 Now, the mom can be heard asking her daughter about her day at school.

'What happened at school?' she asked.

Kynlee replied: 'I took a headlock down on Jack and took him down.'

'You took him down?' her mom asked, sounding slightly surprised - while her daughter nodded to confirm.

Hilarious: The funny clip sees Kynlee saying she put the boy in a headlock because 'kids don't get married'

When her mother asked Kynlee for the reason she put her fellow preschool classmate in a headlock, the three-year-old responded with a matter-of-fact answer.

She said: 'Because kids don't get married. So that's why I put a headlock down on him.'

'Did he say he wanted to marry you?' Kynlee's mother asked, to which Kynlee replied saying: 'Yeah!'

'But kids don't get married so that's why I put a headlock down on him, and that's why I took him down,' she added.

Kynlee's mother replied, saying: 'You're not supposed to do that.'

And after processing the thought for a moment, she comes to a conclusion that makes it seem as though she doesn't regret it.

She said: 'But that's the greatest thing ever.'

Eager to prevent Kynlee from repeating the incident, her mother said: 'Let's not put headlocks on boys.'

'Are you still happy?' the toddler asked, before her mother responded saying: 'I don't know.'

'Let's not put headlocks on boys,' Kynlee's mother said once again.

Strong! Kynlee (pictured on Fox 2 News) has learned how to wrestle with her father, who wanted to get her involved in the sport to make her stronger after she had a heart operation

Father-daughter bonding: The toddler's father, Scott McFetridge, said he was trying to make her stronger so she could 'catch up' with others her age

Tough: When she was just five months old, Kynlee underwent open heart surgery, which left her falling behind her peers

The toddler then obediently replied, saying: 'Okay.'

And Kynlee's impressive wrestling moves didn't just come out of the blue.

Speaking to the publication, Kynlee's dad, Scott McFetridge, said he has trained her in wrestling for quite a while in order to make her stronger after she underwent heart surgery as a newborn.

Catching up: Scott said that while he was trying to toughen Kynlee up, he thinks she may have become a little 'rough'

The open-heart surgery, which she had when she was just five months old, caused Kynlee to fall behind her peers.

He said: 'That was my whole theory behind wrestling and roughhousing with her because she was behind the other kids.

'I was trying to make her stronger so she could catch up. In doing so, she got a little rough, I guess,' he laughed.

Kynlee is now happy and healthy, although her dad said she will need a follow up procedure in a couple of years.

Since the video was uploaded to the news organization's Facebook page, it has garnered 300,000 views.

Similarly, the video has been flooded with comments.

One Facebook user commented on the video, saying: 'I know her daddy must be proud, I know I would be.'

Another said: 'If she marries that boy it would be the greatest thing ever!'

A third user commented, saying: 'LOVE it!! Loved how she was so on it with her responses and didn't think she was in the wrong!! And now, all the little boys in the class now know what she can do to them!!'