In today’s episode we speak to Bethany McIlrath about friendship.Bethany loves to get lost in a book and to help others discover their next read in her marketing role at The Good Book Company. When she's not reading stories, she's usually writing them or dreaming about them as she comes up with real-life creative adventures for friends, her husband, and a doorbell-like dog named Indy. Serving in children's ministry is also one of her greatest joys. Links: Abigail books https://www.abigailseries.com/ To listen to the original podcast episodes that the friendship drama chapter is based on: navigating friendship difficulties with Olly Goldenberg https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s4-ep3-school-and-friendships-with-olly-goldenberg; dealing with mean kids with Rachel Turner https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/8-emotional-intelligence-dealing-with-mean-kids-and-explaining-guy-fawkes-and-religious-violence; making new friends with Rachel Turner https://on.soundcloud.com/XTFJdgDCRg7sYjq97; and managing emotions around friendships with Clare Luther https://on.soundcloud.com/XPj7LtWH1RHEw6zp8 Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected] Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.