'My longed for little girl will soon be my son'
Discovering her teenage daughter was desperate to be a boy was only the start of a soul-searching journey for Jacky Jones. This is her family's emotional story

By Emily Retter & Eimear O'Hagan, 10/01/2010

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/features/663428/My-longed-for-little-girl-will-soon-be-my-son-Jacky-Jones.html

Jacky, 52, a housewife from Salisbury, Wiltshire, says: "Being a mum is the toughest job in the world. There's no textbook on how to bring up kids, but there are rites of passage that everyone expects - first tooth, first steps...

However, there are some things you can never anticipate. Like your little girl telling you that she wants to become a boy. Not just a tomboy, but a boy in every sense of the word.

She, she she. Meh.

At least the mom is accepting. I wish my parents were that liberal. They won't accept me.

It's nice to see other people being able to be themselves. Hope it works out for him.