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Raising Gender-Confident Kids

This page is your hub for bonus tools, downloads, and exclusive resources designed to help you apply what you’ve read and start meaningful conversations in your home, church, or community.

Raising Gender-Confident Kids is a biblically grounded guide to navigating one of today’s most urgent parenting challenges. With truth, compassion, and clarity, it helps families anchor children in their God-given identity—rooted in Scripture, not shifting culture.

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Raising Gender Confident Kids by Kathy Koch and Jeff Myers

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Conversation Starters

We know that having hard conversations with your kids can be difficult. But it’s vital to have these conversations. Culture will tell your kids what to believe. They need to hear biblical truth from people they can trust—that’s you!

Conversation Starters

Identity FAQs

How do I help my child feel confident in their god-given gender?
What words or phrases should I avoid when discussing gender?
What should I say if my child says they feel like the opposite gender?
What do I do if my child’s school pushes non-biblical gender ideology?
What should I say if my child’s friend asks them to use different pronouns?

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Chapter Resources

Click the buttons below for the free PDF resource for each chapter.

Chapter 1: Sorting the Truth From Noise

Sorting Truth from Noise: Learn how to set healthy boundaries, model wise screen habits, and build strong connections to help your kids navigate the internet with confidence and clarity.

Chapter 2: Fighting Lies That Shape Culture

Fighting the Lies That Shape Our Culture: Learn to recognize and resist harmful worldviews by identifying bad ideas, isolating their influence, informing your kids, and investing in truth-filled conversations that build lasting resilience.

Chapter 3: God Answers Our Deepest Questions

God Answers Our Deepest Questions: Help your kids answer life’s biggest questions—about identity, trust, belonging, purpose, and competence—by showing how God meets every core need with truth, love, and wisdom.

Chapter 4: Raising Kids Who Trust the Bible

Raising Kids Who Trust the Bible: Discover how to help your kids ask honest questions and build unshakable trust in the Bible through evidence, logic, and a faith that welcomes curiosity.

Chapter 5: Raising Critical Thinkers in a World of Lies

Raising Critical Thinkers in a World of Lies: Equip your kids to think clearly and love truth by teaching critical thinking, fostering godly friendships, and grounding them in the wisdom, beauty, and reality of God.

Chapter 6: The 8 Great Smarts for Boys

The 8 Great Smarts for Boys: Help your son discover the unique ways God designed him to think, create, and connect through the 8 Great Smarts—and build confidence grounded in calling.

Chapter 7: The Core Needs for Girls

The Core Needs for Girls: Help your daughter build lasting confidence by nurturing her five core needs—security, identity, belonging, purpose, and competence—through gospel-centered presence, truth, and intentional connection.

Chapter 8: Biblical Role Models Who Break the Mold

Biblical Role Models Who Break the Mold: Show your kids how biblical role models broke cultural molds by reflecting God’s image through virtue and character—not stereotypes—so they can do the same.

Chapter 9: Weekly Prayer Guide

Weekly Prayer Guide: Use this weekly prayer guide to intercede for your child’s growth, faith, and future—trusting God for miracles through focused, Scripture-based, hope-filled prayers.

Chapter Videos

These resources are here to support you as you navigate some of the most important conversations you’ll ever have with your child—conversations about identity, gender, and what it means to be fearfully and wonderfully made by God.

Video Discussion Guide

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Remember, gender confidence grows from a biblical worldview and a secure identity in God.

It highlights the five core needs and encourages parents to lead with compassion, hope, and truth. The goal isn’t to follow stereotypes, but to raise kids who joyfully embrace their God-given design with lasting confidence.

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A Conversation with the Authors

“When we see God and the world as revealed in Scripture, it gives us a strong foundation of gender confidence that isn’t shaken by cultural storms.”

Raising Gender Confident Kids by Kathy Koch and Jeff Myers

A free resource—thanks to generous Summit supporters.

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