Christian Parenting.

Welcome to Pardon the Miss.

I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents.

It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me.

But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy,

but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful

and messy journey of parenting.

Okay, friends, I'm excited about today. We've got my friends Allie Stanley, Ali Stanley Cooney, and Sandra Stanley. They are part of the Stanley family, obviously. Andy was my pastor

when we were in Atlanta, and I just respect and admire all of them so much. But today

we're talking about a mother-daughter relationship. And some of you are like, that is hard. It is

awful, depending on the stage that you're in. And some of you are skipping along, holding hands

like best friends. But it's hard at different seasons. And it's really, really important. And as they

share today, that relationship isn't just a cute

Instagram pick. It can inform their faith. It can be their safe place. It can be the place that

they go to, their relationship with their mom when things are hardest. And that's what we want

for our kids is we don't just want to be best friends. We want them to have a place. They can come

and talk about the hardest things of lives.

And so I love this chat today, very practical things that they share about. It's coming from their book, Meet Me in the Middle, that just came out this week. And I hope we all go check that

out. And also, make sure you've got your parenting journal that we've put together with the team

over a Christian parenting. So it's a journal that anybody can do as they pray

through the school year for their kids specifically. And you can get that at cpgiv.org. It is called

a life of faith. So the focus this year as we're praying for our kids in this journal is going

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