There are many conflicts in our society. The children will grow up in a society full of conflicts. They should acquire the ability to control conflicts without doing destructive harm to each other.
Hence, teachers and parents themselves must control conflicts in educational situations, because by adults dealing rationally with conflicts children are helped to learn the rational strategies for dealing with conflicts which are necessary for peaceful social life.
We tend to believe that love may check conflicts ; but a dogmatic theory of love may, on the contrary, also encourage mutual aggression in certain circumstances. A strong emphasis on love may even create serious conflicts.
In the classroom, teachers should, therefore, not too strongly emphasize mutual love, but they should rather aim at an optimal understanding under prevailing circumstances including also the children's desires.
To sum up, the road to peace is paved by an education aiming at rational conflict-ability and tolerance of a plurality of values.
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