Froggy Girl is Out Today!
By Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
For those who aren’t familiar with me and my work, my name is Pam. I’m one of the few licensed therapists speaking out against the madness known as “Gender Affirming Care.” I have 25 years of experience as a clinician and supervisor in the mental health field, including in schools, hospitals, counselling clinics, residential facilities, and private practice.
In 2017, I found myself in a unique position: I developed a rare nerve injury that left me with physical limitations and unable to work a regular full-time job. But these circumstances freed me to speak my mind and create independent resources for parents.
Last year, I published A Practical Response to Gender Distress: Tips and Tools for Families, available on Amazon
You can read a review by Genspect here: A Practical Guide to Gender Distress
This year, I’ve created a new resource for families: a children’s book called Froggy Girl, available July 15, 2025 at www.froggygirlbook.com.
You can also watch a preview on YouTube:
Froggy Girl is a rhyming picture book about a little girl who wishes she were a frog. Her parents, teacher, and friends support her wish, but despite their encouragement, she still struggles. She realises she can’t do all the froggy things she imagined, which leaves her feeling sad and lonely. On a walk, she meets a wise and adorable turtle who helps her appreciate herself as the beautiful little girl she truly is.
The book is illustrated by professional children’s book artist, and detransitioner, Nicholas Blooms, who uses vibrant colours and creative compositions to bring the story to life. Nick’s personal experiences add emotional depth to the illustrations. (Read this review by Holly MathNerd).
Desperately needed
I was inspired to write Froggy Girl after seeing countless children’s books that suggest kids were “born in the wrong body.” Some even imply that having a healthy relationship with your body is boring or invisible.
Just today, I searched “Children’s LGBT books” on Amazon. Here are some of the titles that popped up:
- Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children
- Who Are You? The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity
- Eugene the Unicorn: A Kid’s Book to Help Start LGBTQ Inclusive Conversations
- The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids About Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families
- My History, My Gender, Me
- Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family
- She’s My Dad! A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative
- My Awesome Brother: A Children’s Book About Transgender Acceptance
- Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum
…and the list goes on.
Froggy Girl against the world!
Unlike these titles, I have no marketing team or big-name publisher behind me — like Scholastic, who in 2024 launched an education package for K–12 educators called Read With Pride, now distributed in schools and libraries nationwide.
These books are confusing for children — and I find that deeply disturbing. But rather than just complain, I decided to do something. I created Froggy Girl to help children and families understand that it’s good to appreciate who you are. Love isn’t a performance with flags and celebrations — and children shouldn’t be taught to crave external validation. That kind of dependence creates emotional emptiness. As a mental health professional, I know that blind affirmation of any identity does not lead to a fulfilling life.
After launching the Froggy Girl website, I received an incredible email from a female detransitioner. She told me how much the book meant to her. She shared that she has a history of PTSD, bipolar disorder, and autism. She always hated being a girl and felt uncomfortable with the attention she received when dressed up for church. She enjoyed maths, excelled at school, and wished to be recognised for her abilities — not her appearance.
Eventually, her therapist and other adults convinced her she must be a boy in a girl’s body. After seven years, she realised this wasn’t true. She detransitioned at age 22. She wrote:
“I don’t reach out to people online often, but I felt compelled to write to you after reading about Froggy Girl. I really wonder how things would have gone if I had read more books like this when I was a child.”
If you’re reading this, chances are you agree: children are not “trapped in the wrong body.” You understand the dangers of social transition, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries. And maybe, like many, you feel helpless to stop this wave of indoctrination.
BUT YOU CAN HELP.
Give the gift of Froggy Girl!
Froggy Girl is independently produced. No agent. No marketing team. Just me — a therapist who cares, trying to bring truth and sanity back into our culture with a charming story for children.
Please help me get Froggy Girl into homes, schools, and libraries. It makes a thoughtful gift for a young family or a meaningful donation to your local school or library. Let’s help kids accept themselves, find fulfilment from within, and grow up healthy and whole.
If you host a podcast or show — big or small — I’d love to be a guest. You can reach me at pamela@thetruthfultherapist.org.
Froggy Girl will be available from July 15, 2025, through all major online retailers. Find links at www.froggygirlbook.com. And don’t forget to leave a review on Amazon or wherever you purchase it.
Together, we can change the culture.
About the Author
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger is a licensed clinical social worker. She earned her MSW from New York University in 1999 and has worked in schools, group homes, hospitals, and community-based organisations. Today, she dedicates herself to educating parents and emboldening other mental health professionals to challenge the ideological capture of her profession.
Pamela is also the author of A Practical Response to Gender Distress, a tool-book for parents who do not want to affirm a false gender identity. She has created a three-credit professional CEU course to teach clinicians the truth about the gender industry and how to approach cases involving gender identity with care and honesty.
And of course… Froggy Girl is out today!!
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