A Girl Is A Girl

Being a girl doesn’t mean one size fits all. One of the most important ideas in A Girl Is a Girl is that being a girl doesn’t mean you have to look, act or like a certain things. A girl can climb trees, play sports, wear boots, get muddy, be loud, be quiet, be strong, be sensitive, or dream big dreams that don’t fit into any other girls box.

None of that makes her anything other than what she already is.

Which is still a girl!

This book gently reminds children that interests, talents, clothing, and personality traits don’t change who God created them to be. Liking things that are often labeled as “boy things” doesn’t erase or redefine girlhood. It simply shows the many ways girls can exist in the world.

Why this matters in the world we live in is because kids today are surrounded by messages that can make identity feel confusing. Instead of being told “you can be anything and still be you,” many children are subtly taught that if they don’t fit a stereotype, they must be something else entirely.That can create unnecessary pressure at a very young age.

A Girl Is a Girl offers a calm and reassuring that you don’t have to change who you are to belong. You don’t have to redefine yourself to be accepted. You are already whole.

Grounded in faith and creation the foundation of this book is the belief that God makes no mistakes. Children are created intentionally, with purpose, and with identity woven into them from the beginning. This message can be incredibly comforting for kids who are still figuring out where they fit. Some things can be confusing when finding yourself but one thing you know for sure and one less thing to worry about your still girl.

Why this is so important to me and why I share it is because between the ages of 6 and 10, if you had asked me what gender I wanted to be, I would have said a boy, 100%. I probably would have even asked for it for Christmas… no joke!

I grew up in a house with two brothers, and cars and Legos were way more fun to me. Nerf guns, playing cops and robbers that was my world. Tea parties, dresses, and two-piece bathing suits? Not my thing. I once had a football cake for my birthday. At my YMCA summer camps in Santa Cruz, my name was Nicky. It’s safe to say I really wanted to be a boy!

But underneath all of that, I was still a girl. I remember all I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a mommy. And if I hadn’t grown up in the generation I did, I might have made decisions back then that would have changed the course of my life in ways I couldn’t have understood at that age. Today, I absolutely love being a woman and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world, not even being the richest man alive.

Why I love this book is us parents are often trying to walk a careful line of raising confident, independent kids while also grounding them in faith and truth. A Girl Is a Girl helps start conversations at home, where they belong, instead of leaving children to sort through big ideas on their own and saying things that let them be in charge of something that is way to big and the choice has already been made.

This book is available to download for free below. Its easy to read and my 7 year old loves it. it has opened families to read together, revisit, and talk through naturally as questions arise.

It becomes a tool, not a lecture.

The bigger takeaway. This book isn’t about telling girls who they can’t be. It’s about reminding them who they already are.

You don’t stop being a girl because you like what boys like. You don’t stop being a girl because you’re strong, competitive, adventurous, or different. You are a girl because God made you one.

And that truth is steady, loving, and worth repeating.

You can download the printable book here: Give me some feedback in the comments, or thoughts on this subject.

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