Mum of transgender 8-year-old hides blades over fears child would cut off pe nis(Photos)

The mum of a transgender eight-year-old had to hide blades and scissors because she was scared she would off her penis.

Avery Jackson was just four when she confessed to mum Debi, 41, that she was in fact a girl and desperately unhappy with her body.The litt

le girl, then living as a boy, heartbreakingly began asking about dying and told her parents he wanted to get rid of his male parts because they were 'in the way'.

According to the UK Mirror ,Panicked that he might harm himself, the full time mum and husband Tom started to hide all the sharp objects in their house and Avery began to live as a female.

They bought her girls' clothes and she started to wear them to school for the first time, which Debi said made her a lot happier.

Debi said:

 "I wondered if I was doing the right thing"But [living as a boy] Avery was miserable and I was worried things would get worse so my husband Tom and I bought more girly clothes for Avery.

"She was delighted."