Mum mortified as she sends professional emails under hilarious name due to kid's prank

Children can be little rascals at times.

We all like to think that our children can do no wrong, but if we're honest with ourselves, they can be frustrating at times. It's not uncommon for the little devils to do something that has dire consequences for us as , even if they don't quite understand the severity of what they did.

But one mum has learnt the hard way that she needs to keep a closer eye on what her kids get up to after a they pulled on her made her send "mortifying" emails to their . Ali regularly shares parenting content on , and wasted no time sharing the hilarious email blunder with her followers.

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In her viral video, Ali revealed that for the past few days, she's been emailing people under the name "Stinky Poo Poo Fart" after her children got hold of her phone and somehow managed to change her name.

She said: "I noticed the other day on my Apple watch when I did exercise and it came up with 'Congratulations Stinky Poo Poo Fart', and I was like, 'Oh my god, the kids have changed my name'.

"They've actually changed my name on my emails! So I've been emailing people, the school included, from 'Stinky Poo Poo Fart'. Oh my god. Why?!"

The children were not able to change Ali's name on her Apple account easily. They had to go to her phone's settings, tap her name, navigate to the personal information tab, and tap her name again to change it to the hilarious alter-ego.

But what's more confusing is that changing your Apple ID name, which would need to be changed for her to get the notification on her watch, does not automatically change the name associated with your emails. This means the children would have also had to make their way through the Mail app's settings to change that name, too.

Ali was thankfully able to see the funny side as she was laughing throughout her TikTok video, and commenters on her post also found the kids' prank hilarious.

Others said she's not alone in her embarrassment, as they shared similar stories of their kids making amusing changes to their accounts.

One person said: "My brother changed my dad's email to Papa Smurf and he still doesn't know how to change it back after about 15 years!"

Another added: "My son changed my Status to 'I'm a big farter', and I didn't realise it for months after writing to my landlord, my boss and handymen."

A third also shared: "My kids changed my Sky TV profile name, which was fine until I needed to ring Sky about an issue, and they asked me to confirm the account holder was ' Eruption'."

There were also comments from people who, quite rightly, pointed out that Ali should probably make sure her children don't have access to her accounts, even if they use her phone from time to time. Allowing anyone, even family members, to access your personal accounts can be a security risk.