conflict management

When Chester tells his mother about the school bully, she asks him to gather his friends to hear a story about getting along with people who are prickly.

Describes peacefulness as a virtue and suggests ways in which children can recognize and practice it.

Offers advice for young girls on dealing with bullies and bossiness, and includes self-assessment tools.

Intended to be used as a "conflict resolution activity guide for early childhood educators, " to help teach effective ways of promoting social and emotional development.

Discusses how students may be taught the procedures and skills they need to resolve conflicts constructively.

Recounts the author's cultural discoveries and insights, while working as ambassador to the United Nations, into the connections between Islam and Christianity, arguing that making friends with people from a different background is what is needed in the political landscape of the twenty-first century.