For some reason we are more inclined to notice, when kids are using conflict resolution methods than when it happens within our environment, although kids mostly copying or mocking these adult “games”. Even though I try to use the principles of restorative justice in everyday life...
Hungary had municipal elections very recently. Citizens of cities and villages have decided who will be the decision makers that represent them in the next five years. Due to the nature of every election there are winners who (supported by the logic of the election law and by the number of votes)...
Anna, my 5-and-half-year-old daughter spent a night at Magda, Anna’s 7-year-old best friend. After a pleasant evening, dinner and a bath, once Magda’s mother started to read a story for them, Magda started to cry. No one understood why she was crying and no one could calm her down. Anna asked her...
When you are working at a school, for sure there are situations around you where you can intervene in a restorative way. The question is rather how many times a day you do it. And would you use it even though it might not be the best choice in a particular situation. Experts, creating and...
My family is having an Italian style of life with sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger conflicts. Now that my sisters and I have left our parents’ house the quarrels have ceased and we spend the weekends in a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere. However there was a two year period when we...
If someone regularly meets unknown people, he can experience the power of communication and dialogue. Not more than a couple of sentences are enough to see how mistrust towards Roma might decrease. I also believe in the power of filming: it creates connections that help real interpersonal...
Unfortunately my personal experience related to the applicability of restorative justice is connected to a sad event. My beloved grandmother died only a week ago due to her - luckily not too long - illness. Grandma had two children: my mother Kata, who has been living close to her in the past...
For me, conflict resolution and mediation have two messages. One of them is about civilian maturity: my fundamental belief in people's ability to have dialogues and to resolve their conflicts and grievances among themselves (if necessary with the help of an unbiased third party), and find common...
What does conflict management and resolution mean to me? Let me answer this with a short story. I realised how good the restorative techniques are, while I was working with a mixed group of children (roma and non-roma) aging 8-16. They were living in the same village, attended the same school...
While I was a sociology student at the university, I participated in research on education that studied the treatment of Roma children at schools in small villages. In such villages I met with people who live in deep poverty way below the subsistence level. I spent days observing classes of first...
