I’ve got you

There is nothing more important to me than seeing my children happy.

Watching my toddler son grow up confused and uncomfortable in his own body was heart-breaking.

Although Ashton was born male, from the moment he could speak, he insisted that he was a girl.

Now, Ashley, aged 13, is one of Britain’s youngest transgender children.

She has never been happier, and I have never been more incredibly proud.

When Ashton was just three years old, he was determined that the name I’d chosen wasn’t right for him.

He even complained his body was wrong.

‘But it’s a horrible name!’ Ashton screamed at dinner.

My other two children, Sharla, then seven, and Archie, then two, were used to the usual conversation.

‘It’s a