The PeaceBuilders program uplifts the importance of adults, sharing wisdom with the younger generation. A special way to include parents is through a PeaceBuilders Book of Wisdom. The papers are photocopied and made into booklets, so each child has a collection of all the parents' contributions. As students use the Books of Wisdom in class, they come to value parental advice and see the norms of the community. It can include older students who are paired with younger kids in a buddy system.
Wise people can be grandparents volunteering time at school or church.
Wise people can also be a soccer coach, a health care worker or a foster parent, such as Kim Lauger, a Tucson mother and foster mother who has developed PeaceBuilding techniques for use in her home. She said they've been especially beneficial to the foster children who come to her with feelings of apprehension and anger from past trauma. PeaceBuilders offers excellent materials for training Peace Coaches. Peace Coaches can also help strengthen the skills of a child to delay gratification. Impatience and impulsiveness are linked to violence, so self-discipline is a vital skill.