Tag: Conflict Competence
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Tips for Teaching Conflict Competence to Physically Distanced Children
A bored and lonely looking child picked berries one-by-one from my front hedge and mechanically ground each into the pile of snow I’d just swept from the public walk. In a ‘normal’ year, I might have given a short lesson about birds depending on berries in winter, or asked the…
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Conflict Mental Maps
Alternative to resolutions Could you summarize in a sentence what you’ve learned from your life’s work, or a relationship, special interest or hobby? I decided to try that instead of pretending to make New Year’s resolutions. I also want to read your sentences, so please share yours. And, happy 2020…
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What color is loneliness?
Loneliness is a modern epidemic Standing in line at a grocery store, I overheard a customer tell the clerk ringing through her order, “I never use the self-service option because I live alone.” That simple statement carried the freight of her isolation. Like her and almost every other human on the…
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The convictions of one’s courage
Fictional guest list for a fake dinner Imagine your ideal dinner party guests, whether living, dead, invented, or mythical. Mine range and change, currently Marie Curie, Superman, Julie Payette, John Legend, and Oprah. Only one guest remains constant over decades: David, the shepherd who allegedly defeated giant Goliath and became king. I admire David, whose Bible stories describe a brave,…
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An Improbable Tale Of Alien Romance
This short story was my 2005 birthday gift to a friend. In 2008, mediate.com made an exception to its nonfiction content rules to publish it. In 2013, I added it to my first website, conflictcompetence.com, which became this URL in 2017. Somehow, that 2013 post got lost, so I’m reposting it…
Deborah Sword 