When given the proper tools, kids can and do come up with a productive plan to solve their own conflict. With young children, you may have to give them options they can choose from. . . . It is going to take example, guidance and instruction from us to impart to our children the wisdom of peacemakers. . . . Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the embracing of conflict as a challenge and an opportunity to grow.
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