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Whether male or female, if your voice doesn't match a stereotype, people notice.

For Dr. Kathy Cook, that's meant that her deep, rich voice has been mistaken for something

that it's not, a man's voice.

Imagine the change in culture around gender and how those narratives have socially impacted

a six-one woman with a deep voice.

But rooted in Christ, Kathy hasn't spent time struggling with her identity.

In fact, God has revealed to her that it was his perfect design for her life. Now as a founder

of Celebrate Kids and co-author of Raising Gender Confident Kids, she's helping children see through the cultural confusion

and helping them embrace their voice in the truth of who God created them to be.

I am Kathy Cook. I'm the founder and CEO of Celebrate Kids. We're a 34-year-old Christian

ministry based in Fort Worth. So as you listen to me, I wonder if you're thinking, man, we're a 34-year-old Christian ministry based in Fort Worth.

So as you listen to me, I wonder if you're thinking, man, she has a low voice. My name is Kathy. I am a female. I'm a female with a low voice. And it didn't used to be an issue. I just simply had a low voice. It was never an issue until the trans issue came about. I just wrote a new book with Dr. Jeff Myers, the president of

Summit Ministries, based in Manit Two Springs, Colorado. And we wrote a book together called

Raising Gender Confident Kids, Compassionate that Children would embrace their God-given design,

and that includes the things about gender that may confuse them. But let me back up a bit, I'm 6-1, I am tall. When I was about six years old, I walked home from the elementary school that I went to and I said, Mommy, I don't want to be tall anymore. But I felt that I was too tall, and I'm so grateful I had a mom who heard my heart cry. I knew she would hear it, so I shared it. She didn't look at me and say, let's cut six inches off between the ankle and the knee. We'll just make you short. There was no thought of, you know, a medical solution to that. The thought was, how can we change her attitude towards something that cannot be changed? So my mom and dad, she talked to my dad, her husband that very night. You know, we have a daughter who is kind of clumsy. It's a problem that we could help her change. And she's going to be tall. Like my parents were tall. I'm going to be tall. How can they help me change an attitude towards something that cannot be changed? And by the end of the week, I was enrolled in tap dance class, and I became comfortable

with my height.

I got to be the center of the back row, a position of high honor that only the tallest

girl was allowed to have.

So I went from being uncomfortable to comfortable, and I belonged.

They wanted me in their group because my parents chose to listen. So this is what we need to do today. So back to my voice, I'm called sir sometimes. I have a low voice. I'm called sir sometimes. I do a lot of radio. I do a lot of podcasts. And there are moments when my low voice is not my favorite quality. It's awkward being called sir. What I am not? Sir, I know who I am. This is why we have

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