Four-year-old being raised as a girl on weekends and a boy during the week
A set of warring parents have appeared on national TV to talk about their child that is being raised as a boy during the week and as a girl at the weekends.
Michelle and Kyle are the parents of four-year-old Aubrey who was born as an intersex baby, with ambiguous genitalia.
After consulting with doctors the couple decided for Aubrey to have surgery to be classified as a female, despite chromosomes indicating that she was 70 per cent more male than female.
Aubrey's gender is listed as female on the child's birth certificate and Aubrey was raised as a girl until last year.
According to Michelle, Aubrey wants to be a boy, which has seen a war begin between the former couple who have appeared on talk show Dr Phil in a bid to sort out the situation.
Michelle cut off Aubrey's long hair, a move which enraged Kyle who believes his child is and wants to be a girl.
At present Aubrey lives as a boy with Michelle during the week and as a girl with Kyle at weekends.
It was Kyle's new wife Brittany who got in touch with the Dr Phil show saying she was worried for Aubrey.
Michelle said in the interview: "I just want Kyle to accept Aubrey for who he wants to be.
"Aubrey has always been into the boy toys, the guns, the trucks, the cars."
In a clip Michelle asks her child which toy is the favourite and Aubrey points at a truck.
However in the clip Kyle also shows that Aubrey's favourite blanket and toys are pink.
"It's heartbreaking having to see Aubrey struggle with having to go to his dad's house to be a girl and he has to come home to my house to be a boy," Michelle said.
"There is no doubt in mind that Aubrey is a little boy."
Brittany said on the show that she has never seen Aubrey touch a baby doll in the two years she has been involved with the family.
She said: "Sometimes when Kyle tries to put girl clothes on Aubrey she will scream and fight and get really upset but other times when she is given a choice she will pick girl clothes out."
Brittany said she has taken the child aside and asked directly if Aubrey is a boy or girl and there has been no direct answer.
Kyle admitted in the Dr Phil interview that he wants a little girl and 'only wants Aubrey to be a little girl'.