{"id":47123,"date":"2026-09-04T11:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47123"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:13:57","slug":"pf-forum-with-michelle-mitchell-draws-strong-community-interest","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/pf-forum-with-michelle-mitchell-draws-strong-community-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"P&amp;F Forum with Michelle Mitchell Draws Strong Community Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the MLC School P&amp;F for hosting Wednesday night\u2019s engaging Parent Forum featuring parenting expert <a href=\"https:\/\/michellemitchell.org\/?srsltid=AfmBOoridUr75uO5kwGzsiHnXbC1CBf1YuxR7W4_MwTxb5obigLvbjSm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Mitchell<\/a>. The event attracted a strong audience of parents, carers and students, who gathered to hear Michelle share insights from her\u00a0<em>Friendship Smart<\/em>\u00a0framework, offering practical, research-informed advice to help families support children and teenagers in navigating friendships.<\/p>\n<p>The evening provided valuable strategies and thoughtful discussion around one of the most important aspects of young people\u2019s wellbeing. MLC School is grateful to the P&amp;F for its ongoing commitment to creating opportunities for parents to connect, learn and engage with expert speakers on issues that matter to families.<\/p>\n<p>Resources are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/michellemitchell.org\/friendship-smart-hub\/\">https:\/\/michellemitchell.org\/friendship-smart-hub\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47125\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-145x109.jpg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IMG_8056.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the MLC School P&amp;F for hosting Wednesday night\u2019s engaging Parent Forum featuring parenting expert Michelle Mitchell. The event attracted a strong audience of parents, carers and students, who gathered to hear Michelle share insights from her\u00a0Friendship Smart\u00a0framework, offering practical, research-informed advice to help families support children and teenagers in navigating friendships. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47123","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47123"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}