{"id":32,"date":"2023-05-17T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ccecr\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:55:16","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Welcome to the <em>Children\u2019s Friendships Matter<\/em> website! I am Dr Caron Carter, a researcher and senior lecturer in Early Childhood and Childhood Education. For more than a decade I have been researching children\u2019s friendships within the 4-11 years age phase because friendship means so much to children and impacts upon their wellbeing, development and learning&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ccecr\/about-the-project\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-white-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-aabab982eb63aa527549b741d459731a is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05331d8c2a5c9c4f7e7d7b067f94aebb\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Children&#8217;s Friendships Matter Podcast Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dac3d1a4f2ac3f955ca31c6e6ff34034\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Dr Caron Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0dd0665b4113072d441f045166dfe311\" style=\"font-size:18px\">New podcast episode added featuring <br><strong>Dr Luke Beardon<\/strong>.<br><br>More to come from Early Years Educators, Teachers and Academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2cb0e3cc91dbeb81997ca70db2a564f2\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/podcasts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"78\">Explore 10 episodes you need right now! &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon.png 512w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/10\/cropped-logo_icon-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Children\u2019s Friendships Matter website! I am Dr Caron Carter, a researcher and senior lecturer in Early Childhood and Childhood Education. 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