Abstract
AbstractAlready a staple of urban high schools, peer mediation programs are now proliferating in inner‐city elementary and middle schools. Our research questions whether young children, regardless of their location in the urban landscape, have the cognitive capacities to use the problem‐solving technology of mediation. Moreover, it challenges the claim that hostile aggression of inner‐city youths increases with age. Our research points to the contrary claim that violent modes of conflict decrease as children mature. Rather than only promoting mediation technology, we encourage elementary and middle schools to also create discursive space for verbal interaction. This strategy, in combination with the process of maturation, will enable urban youths to work out trouble peacefully.
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