God Made Boys and Girls helps children understand that their gender is a gift from the God who made them and loves them. The story begins as the girls and boys at Grace Christian School are discussing if boys will always be boys and girls will always be girls.
Their teacher explains that God gives each of us the gift of being male or female before we are born, and that you continue to be a boy or a girl whether you like to climb trees or play house, play tag or color pictures, cause a ruckus or sit quietly.
In a world where there is so much confusion about gender and identity, pastor and best-selling author Marty Machowski shares the simple, clear truth that all of us are made in God's image as either male or female—and what God made is very good!
Included in the back of the book is a special section just for parents and caregivers that gives biblical guidance and help as they have this important conversation with their children.
"Are you watching the culture's rapid departure from biblical principles and wondering how to address these sensitive issues with your precious children? Marty Machowski has provided a timely resource to help you in that crucial task, his new book takes a gentle and scriptural look at what God's Word tells us about his design for the two genders. This volume offers parents a terrific way to initiate important discussions with their kids."
Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family
"This helpful book hits all the crucial talking points in an engaging and humorous story that connects with kids (including my own). Since even young children are bombarded with confusing messages, Marty gives needed clarity on the blessing and permanence of gender. He includes vital discussion on rejecting gender stereotypes and loving those with differing world views. In fact, the parents' 'cheat sheet' alone is an invaluable resource for your home."
David White, Director of Discipleship at Harvest USA; pastor; author of Sexual Sanity for Men and God, You, & Sex
"The message that God made boys and girls is much needed in our day. Marty Machowski does an excellent job of communicating that maleness and femaleness isn't about stereotypes but about embracing the design that our Creator has encoded into every cell of our bodies. What a tremendous resource for children!"
Mary A. Kassian, Author of Girls Gone Wise
"In our current day, children can easily become confused about all kinds of issues that are clearly presented in the Scriptures, particularly if their home, church, and school do not provide a consistent biblical foundation. Gender issues rank high on the list of areas that children can become untethered from the Bible's teaching. This beautiful book gently teaches children to cherish their God-given gender and to love their neighbor as themselves, a timely word on a sensitive issue."
Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan
"In a culture that is increasingly accepting of gender-fluid identities, it's so important to teach our kids that gender is part of their personhood. God Made Boys and Girls is a wonderful tool for that task. It reminds children (and parents!) that being a man or woman is a gift we receive from God."
Jared Kennedy, Pastor of Operations and Families at Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, KY, Author of The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible
"The sin of Babel was that human beings sought to fashion society and identity on their own terms, in denial of the loving purposes and rule of our Creator God. The current cultural challenges around sex and gender are similar attempts to deny what God has given and his purposes for human flourishing. God Made Boys and Girls: Helping Children Understand the Gift of Gender is a timely resource to equip parents to explain God's good gift of gender to their children, and to prepare children to meet a world that is bent on denying how wonderful it is to be made in the image of God, male and female, boys and girls."
Claire Smith, Author, God's Good Design: What the Bible Really Says about Men and Women
"Clear, careful, and unashamed, God Made Boys and Girls is a great tool to help children learn from their early years the truth of God's design for them, and to help both parents and children celebrate the wonder of that design. Let this book help ground your family in the deep goodness of God's gifts."
Mike Bullmore, Senior Pastor, CrossWay Community Church, Bristol, Wisconsin
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The story starts revolves around a little girl named Maya who prefers to play sports like football at recess. She's also really fast. So fast that when they line up for recess, her classmate (a boy) remarks that if she keeps playing with boys then she'll turn into a boy. This sparks a discussion about gender and how it does not change because of what we do or how we act. Gender is a gift from God and even if you like to do things that are considered "boy-ish" it doesn't change that gift. Gender is what you're born with and it doesn't change. It's ingrained so deep in us, it goes beyond what we can physically see down into our DNA and cells. Again! New Growth Press does it again with another good book with a much-needed lesson. This is definitely worth reading, especially those who may have children or even teens who are struggling with gender identity and as a parent, you want to take a God-honoring approach to discuss it. This book does that and points them back to Jesus. {I received this book from the publisher, New Growth Press, in exchange for my honest review.}
GOD MADE BOYS AND GIRLS is a timely reminder that regardless of interests, boys are boys and girls are girls. In today's day and age there is a concerted effort to let people pick their own gender, feel like a different gender (which could change by the day), or "Become" a different gender (which could change you physically but not your genetic makeup.) I applaud Marty Machowski for tastefully tackling this controversial topic and giving parents and conservative Christian educators a well-written book to share with their children to counteract the gender confusion issue. I was given a copy free. All opinions are my own.
GOD MADE BOYS AND GIRLS is a timely reminder that regardless of interests, boys are boys and girls are girls.
GOD MADE BOYS AND GIRLS is a timely reminder that regardless of interests, boys are boys and girls are girls.
I really don’t intend to tell you what I think of every new book you come out with for kids. :-) but I did want to say thank you so so much for “God Made Boys and Girls!” We’ve been waiting for a book like this and it was so well done! We have many people in our area who are trying to figure out what to tell their kids and it is so difficult. Most every public school around us includes kids coming from families with two mommies and two daddies, as well as kids who are Or confused about their own gender identity. We’ve noticed that no matter how careful parents are there language, kids often parrot what their parents tell them without bringing/knowing how to bring love’s nuance into their speech. What comes out can sound harsh and unloving and winds up not being a good first step for the gospel for people who are struggling with these gender distinctions. Marty’s book does a good job of telling the truth of how God has made us and everyone’s need for the gospel, but focusing on compassion, love and basic facts, and making room for further conversation and commending the gospel to those who need it. His little intro at the beginning and extra notes at the back are extremely helpful. It’s a masterpiece.
God Made Boys and Girls by Marty Machowski is written to help children understand the gift of gender. It's set in a class when one little girl outruns all the boys and one boy suggests she might turn to a boy. The teacher uses it as an opportunity to explain the differences between boys and girls by simply explaining genetics. He uses the correct terminology of XY and XX to explain male and female genes and links it all back to God's creation in Genesis 1-2. Variations in skills and interests among boys and girls are all explained as part of God’s creative plan. Sin is explained as us wanting our own way and not God’s way, but that God dealt with our sin by sending Jesus. In the end, we are called to love people and be kind to them, even if they are different to us. Machowski has done an excellent job of explaining gender in a way that a 4-7 year old would grasp and understand. It is balanced in explanation, gentle in tone and does not try to do too much (eg explain gender dysphoria). Trish Mahoney is the illustrator for this whole series, and so each book has a distinct yet familiar feel, with clear, fun illustrations. The whole series is worth having for those with young children.
With all the gender issues facing our culture, there can be confusion of our own identity. How do I fit in this world. In this timely book geared toward children celebrating the gender that they were born with the gifts that they were given, the roles can be confusing. If I am boy, then I do "boy" things and vice versa with if I am a girl, I can do only girl things. We have made gender issues in regards to our personality and preferences instead of scientific truth which is explained in child friendly detail. The first part of the book speaks to our children in a colorful illustrations in how we love others that are different and like to do different things. How God made the world and what determines male and female. How our blood determines if we are male or female. (This is very important in giving blood as they ask how you identify as male or female vs. what gender they were born in.) The implications are great in giving blood and those that receive blood. There is always a shortage because of the strict guidelines. I appreciate the teaching for children to accept other children and also how they explained the importance of Gender. It is somewhat contradicting that we celebrate gender reveal when the culture celebrates that we can choose what gender we want to be. The book is sensitive to those needs but holds to the truth as well. Highly Recommend.
With all the gender issues facing our culture, there can be confusion of our own identity. How do I fit in this world. In this timely book geared toward children celebrating the gender that they were born with the gifts that they were given, the roles can be confusing. If I am boy, then I do "boy" things and vice versa with if I am a girl, I can do only girl things. We have made gender issues in regards to our personality and preferences instead of scientific truth which is explained in child friendly detail. The first part of the book speaks to our children in a colorful illustrations in how we love others that are different and like to do different things. How God made the world and what determines male and female. How our blood determines if we are male or female. (This is very important in giving blood as they ask how you identify as male or female vs. what gender they were born in.) The implications are great in giving blood and those that receive blood. There is always a shortage because of the strict guidelines. I appreciate the teaching for children to accept other children and also how they explained the importance of Gender. It is somewhat contradicting that we celebrate gender reveal when the culture celebrates that we can choose what gender we want to be. The book is sensitive to those needs but holds to the truth as well. Highly Recommend.
