{"id":69085,"date":"2026-05-22T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/?p=69085"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:29:38","slug":"see-you-at-the-friendship-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/en\/news\/see-you-at-the-friendship-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE YOU AT THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The international educational and humanitarian project <em>Friendship Bench<\/em> was launched to help prevent peer violence and promote inclusion, empathy, and tolerance among children through creative activities and play. Children are encouraged to build meaningful friendships.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <em>Friendship Bench<\/em> is a wooden bench located on the first floor of City Center one, decorated by you. Any child looking for company, wanting to start a new game, or join an existing one can sit on the bench. Sitting on the bench is a sign that the child is open to contact and interaction with others.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that after introducing the Friendship Bench, children became more open, communicative, and empathetic. The level of peer violence decreased, awareness of inclusion increased, and children from vulnerable groups joined play activities more often.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come and be part of this story!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One bench, countless opportunities for friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":68379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SEE YOU AT THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH - Split<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citycenterone.hr\/split\/news\/see-you-at-the-friendship-bench\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"hr_HR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SEE YOU AT THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH - 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