God Made Boys and Girsl: Helping Children Understand the Gift of Gender by Marty Machowski Book Review

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 at 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. 

Author
Marty Machowski is a Family Life Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, where he has served on the pastoral staff for over thirty years. He is the author of  The Gospel Story Bible, Long Story Short, Old Story New, the Gospel Story Curriculum, the Prepare Him Room advent devotional and curriculum, Wise Up family devotional and curriculum, Listen Up family devotional and curriculum, Dragon Seed, and The Ology. He and his wife Lois have six children and two grandchildren, and they reside in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

My Thoughts:

Marty Machowski is one of my favorite children’s authors. He has the ability to clearly bring forth hard topics and present them in a way that is easily understood for children. He has a great way of having open discussions with children. Any parent will be able to talk about the topic of gender with this book. I hate it that we have to even talk about this subject but in today’s culture we need to give our kids a Biblical understanding.

The story focused on God’s design for each gender. God has put in our DNA whether we are male or female. It does a very tastefully and doesn’t condemn any person and is written with children in mind. The message is clear and I’m sure it will be offense to many. The story explains the message of God and gender clearly. The girl in the story loves sports and is very good at it. One of the boys makes a comment, “That if she keeps playing with boys she will become a boy.”  I appreciate that it is a clear Biblical explanation about gender and how God created man and woman. He made people the gender they were born and not leaving the decision up to us.

The salvation story is weaved within the story and how sin came into our world. Also the characters talk about not making fun of a person because of what they like to be.

I received a free copy of this product from New Growth Press in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this information accordance with the FTC Regulations.