Illustration titled "Dreams of Glory - Realities of War" from the Internationally Acclaimed, Award Winning Book Operation Warhawks - How Young People Become Warriors
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The covers of Youth Peace Literacy books are intentionally graphically designed to show the fact of conflict, of what actually creates violence without any judgment. They do not glorify it nor do they sentimentalize it by creating ideal “peaceful images” that avoid looking directly at what the roots of conflict are. Glorifying violence or idealizing peace both avoid understanding the facts, the actual movement of human conflict as it occurs both in ourselves and in the world.
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 Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
Named one of the 10 best books by the Omega New Age Directory
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Why is everybody always picking on me? a guide to handling bullies Lively color illustrations, exciting stories, and practical tips and role-playing exercises help give children the tools to avoid being victimized.
This book is also for adults searching for constructive ways to help young people peacefully confront hostile aggression. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. "Webster-Doyle's insight is that by recognizing, understanding, and accepting our violent tendencies, we can avoid acting them out. These new books are good for teachers and parents of school children who need appropriate language and activites to help children deal with their feelings and the violence-provoking parts of their environment. To this reviewer, they are realistic and practical." - YOUNG CHILDREN, Magazine of the National Association for the Education of Young Children |
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Why is everybody always picking on Us? Understanding The Roots of Prejudice The first book of its kind to explore the roots of prejudice. For young people ages 8-14 who are interested in understanding how prejudice is created, through conditioned thinking. This book offers:
This book is also for adults to help young people see how conditioning and prejudice affect us all. Illustrated by Award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. "This book , ‘Why is Everybody Always Picking on Us?’ explores the roots of prejudice. I don't think I've seen another book like it. This book looks at stereotypes, bigotry, discrimination, scapegoating, racism, and more. How wonderful if this book could be used in one's social studies classroom!” – American Pride Through Education |
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¿Por Qué Están Siempre Metiéndose Con Nosotros? Entendiendo las Raíces del Prejuicio El prejuicio y la intimidación pueden hacer que tu cerebro haga que actúes de maneras que lastiman a las personas, ¡incluso sin que lo sepas! |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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Tug of war PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT This book is for all children interested in a peaceful world - and in understanding the forces that cause conflict, both in personal relationships and across the globe. Tug of War describes ...
This book is also for adults to help young people gain the skills to successfully cope with individual and global violence. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. "The book excels at helping children understand how conflict works within themselves. Tug of War offers engaging exercises that enhance a child's ability to understand the world. These exercises inspire self-observation, and the drawings of award-winning illustrator Rod Cameron enliven the book." - FORUM - Newsletter of Educators for Social Responsibility, Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA "I realize Tug of War's urgency for every child and adult—especially at this moment of unrest. My daughter couldn't stop reading it!" - Marina Dubrovskaya, Assistant Director, Department of Sociology, Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow |
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Recipient of the GOLD Benjamin Franklin Award
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Fighting the invisible enemy understanding the effects of conditioning This book helps young people see how preconditioned thinking and actions - behavior influenced by war toys, violent television, gender stereotypes, racial prejudice, peer pressure and more - can lead to division and violence. This book explores:
This book is also for adults concerned about the psychological welfare of young people. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. Fighting the Invisible Enemy – Understanding the Effects of Conditioning was translated into Russian and serialized into the leading Russian teacher’s magazine and distributed to all schools in that country. |
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OPERATION WARHAWKS HOW YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME WARRIORS This book helps young people to understand what creates war and to see that being a warrior is not a humane and healthy way to resolve conflict. Operation Warhawks is full of information about how to create a more intelligent and peaceful world. This book also helps young people to understand the conditioning that goes into creating a Warrior Robot that will kill on command. A powerful book designed to help young people understand the conditioning employed by the armed services to psychologically shape and influence their recruits. The book does not present an anti-war or pacifist argument--instead, it raises critical questions of free will and intelligent living. Full-color illustrations. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. “Every publication from the pen of this author should make a significant contribution to peace within and without. Highly recommended!" “Hello Dr. Webster-Doyle, I am a school principal, a parent and martial artist. I just wanted to thank you for this incredible book about how young people become conditioned to be warriors. This is the most unusual book that I have ever bought for my children! And perhaps the most important! I want to tell people that if you are concerned about war and what you can do to help your children understand what creates it then get this book. You could save their lives. Again many thanks for this intelligent peace-educating book. |
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Promote Peace Today as you read these words, young people are being conditioned to "fight for peace," for their religious beliefs. It is estimated that more than 250,000 children under the age of fifteen are being trained today in armies around the world. Learn how to promote peace with educational resources. |
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Can Teaching Peace Education Prevent Peace? Can we look at how we approach “solving the problem” of conflict conventionally so we can see if this is possibly the very thing that prevents it? Can we look at the multilevel academic approach to peace education that is supposed to lead us through this problem-solving process to the resolution of conflict? Can we look at what prevents peace through the eyes of academia, through its myriad academic interpretations – through anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, and so on and on, to find at some point “The Answer” to the “Problem” of conflict? |
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The Complete Guide to the Bully/Victim Cycle Thinking that bullying behavior, especially in war, is inevitable is a part of the conditioned thinking that creates bullying behavior in the first place. “Boys will be boys” is a conditioned type of thinking that has let this happen. When we start to realize that this is only conditioned thinking and start taking this vital concern seriously will we then create real bully programs in our schools that explore bullying from the playground to the battlefield. |
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Peace - What Prevents It? Understanding the conditioned mind The future of humanity depends on understanding what creates conflict – what prevents peace. “Every publication from the pen of this author should make a significant contribution to peace within and without. Highly recommended!" |
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Do I Have a Bully Buddy in My Brain? The intent of this book is to help young people to creatively avoid and resolve conflict from a potential threat before it becomes physical using mental self-defense. The intent of this book is also to create an intelligent understanding of the fight or flight survival instinct of the primitive reptilian brain in coping with human conflict so it can through this insightful awareness not react offensively when the threat is only an imaginary one. Letter to the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum Board of Directors, dated August 6, 2008, by the Museum’s Director Harold Foley “These people are truly extraordinary and their thoughts should be considered as we design the new exhibits. Their message is in part that all creatures have a "flight or fight" instinct that is set in place instantly by frightening experiences. This is in turn perpetuated by exposure, actual or imagined, to any creature that even resembles the object of their fear. The actions of others, and propaganda, strengthen these responses. I talked with these people about their successes in Liberia rehabilitating child "soldiers."” “The term “reptilian” refers to our primitive, instinctive brain function that is shared by all reptiles and mammals, including humans. It is the most powerful and oldest of our coping brain functions since without it we would not be alive.” |
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growing up sane understanding the conditioned mind A provocative look at human relationships and the social institutions that mold behavior, this book explores the influences these structures exert over the development of the young person. Growing up Sane - Understanding the Conditioned Mind is not only for the parent and teacher concerned with the education of the young person, but it is also for anyone seriously interested in understanding what it means to live a sane and intelligent life. |
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brave new child education for the 21st century This acclaimed book is concerned with bringing about a fundamental transformation in learning, awakening in young people the intelligence to cope with problems of human relationship. Brave New Child - Education for the 21st Century is a valuable resource for parents, educators, counselors - anyone who works or lives with young people and realizes the need for a new education to help them understand the fundamental factors that create conflict and prevent peace. |
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peace - the enemy of freedom the myth of nonviolence The intent of this book is to bring about peace through the understanding of what prevents peace. Peace: The Enemy of Freedom - The Myth of Nonviolence does not offer solutions, methods, conclusions or hopes about peace. It does not advocate any political, philosophical or religious reform to solve the problem of war. This book poses fundamental questions on what prevents peace individually and globally. |
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religious impulse a Quest for innocence Can we bring about an ethical understanding, a mind that is virtuous, innocent, untouched by conventional moralistic thinking? Religious Impulse - The Quest for Innocence is concerned with the development of ethical and responsible behavior. This book questions the traditional religious process of becoming good, and examines how this process paradoxically cultivates irresponsible and immoral behavior through the inculcation of conventional theological beliefs. |
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Are We Born Hardwired for War? A mini-curriculum for instructors to help students understand what creates war |
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Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Us? A mini-curriculum for instructors on understanding the roots of prejudice |
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Why Are We Always Picking on Each Other? A special curriculum to help young people understand global conflict |
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Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Us? A Mini Museum on Understanding the Roots of Prejudice In today's world, there is prejudice that creates bullying everywhere – at home, at school, in offices, among nations. There are ongoing attempts to stop the bullying that prejudice creates yet it still goes on. The question we need to ask is what creates this prejudice? Is the cause outside myself – with the "other" – or does it begin in my brain?" Once we understand how prejudice begins, where it starts – we can stop acting out of it. |
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shadows of Ancient ancestors Our main intent in publishing this book of these personal letters is to encourage everyone to look at what prevents peace ~ and therefore, what creates conflict. This is the fundamental concern for the future of humanity. For if we refuse to look at the underlying factors that prevent peace, we will forever be creating conflict. The foundation of a humane and intelligent society is open-minded, enlightened free inquiry, that is, the freedom to think without any restrictions or pressure due to fear or coercion of any kind. In this way people can intelligently question the underlying conditioning that creates this fragmentation. |
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Brave New Child liberating the children of liberia and the world One courageous teacher and twenty children of war are changing the world - one Lesson at a time. “There have been many theories put forward as causes of the Liberian civil war — including unemployment, abuse of human rights, political patronage, illiteracy, lack of development and tribalism, among others. While it is true that all of these factors may have contributed, at the heart of the Liberian conflict — as with all global conflicts —is psychological conditioning, the fundamental cause of human conflict.” - From the book Brave New Child - Liberating the Children of Liberia - and the World |
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Are We Born Hardwired for War? Is combat in our DNA? Most honest combat vets will tell you, perhaps not eloquently but in their own way, the same thing: essentially that combat is in our human DNA and demands to be exercised... The question is, Can we humans evolve peacefully, or will we succumb to instincts we can’t transcend?” |
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The case of the conditioned mind curricula A special curriculum for educators to help young people develop questioning minds and prevent conflict before it begins For ages 8–14 View the accompanying book, Fighting the Invisible Enemy. |
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Below are our Curricula that coincides with our Training. If you would like to know more about these, or attend any of our trainings, or our comprehensive online education, please contact us for more information.
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Why do we bully? curricula 
When we can understand the causes of bullying -- that are rooted in the way we think -- we can prevent it. A Special Curriculum To Help Young People Understand and Cope with Bullying. Twelve Lessons. For ages 8–14 "Are babies born bullies? University of British Columbia study shows infants learn social stratification as early as nine months. The episodes of bullying that mar early grade school years for hundreds of children may be a partial result of the victim's DNA." Quote from the University of British Columbia – The Centre for Infant Cognition [View PDF] |
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Why is everybody always picking on me? curricula 
For ages 8–14 |
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Why is everybody always picking on us? curricula 
When we learn to hate and fear because someone else is different then we are caught in prejudice. Whether it is the color of one’s skin, nationality, gender, sexual preference or religion it only creates pain and suffering. A curriculum to help young people understand the roots of prejudice. For ages 8 - 14 |
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Why am I always picking on myself? curricula 
Each of us has an “inner bully” -- an inner voice that nags us, intimidates us. This is often where bullying begins. A Special Curriculum To Help Young People Understand the Inner Bully. |
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why can't I do what I want? curricula 
Young people need to learn that for every right there is a corresponding responsibility. Learning this makes for a balanced frame of mind in one’s relationship to others and the world. For ages 8–14 |
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why are we always letting the bullies pick on them? curricula 
Bystanders often don’t want to get involved in a bully situation. But a knowledgeable bystander can be powerful and resourceful. Twelve Lessons For ages 8-14 |
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Why are they always getting picked on? curricula 
Youth-at-risk are bullied by fellow youth and by adults. Understanding how and why they are picked on -- by the youth themselves as well as by parents and teachers -- can be eye-opening. For ages 8–14 |
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why are we always picking on each other? curricula 
Wars break out because one group of people bullies another. In today’s world, it helps to understand how this bullying begins. For ages 8–14 These soldiers were supposed to be enemies. They celebrated Christmas Eve 1914 together. |
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Are We Born to Bully? curricula 
For ages 11–14 "Are babies born bullies? University of British Columbia study shows infants learn social stratification as early as nine months. The episodes of bullying that mar early grade school years for hundreds of children may be a partial result of the victim's DNA." Quote from the University of British Columbia – The Centre for Infant Cognition [View PDF] |
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ARE WE BORN HARDWIRED FOR WAR? IS WAR IN OUR DNA? curricula 
A Special Curriculum For Young People To Help Them Understand Their War-Like Feelings. “Most honest combat vets will tell you, perhaps not eloquently but in their own way, the same thing: essentially that combat is in our human DNA and demands to be exercised…The question is, Can we humans evolve peacefully, or will we succumb to instincts we can’t transcend?” - Quote from a former Marine Corp helicopter pilot in Vietnam |
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Below are our Workbooks that coincides with our Training. If you would like to know more about these, or attend any of our trainings, or our comprehensive online education, please contact us for more information.
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Why is everybody always picking on me? workbook Companion workbook for children for the accompanying book and curricula sharing the same title, Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Me?. |
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Why is everybody always picking on us? workbook Companion workbook for children for the accompanying book and curricula sharing the same title, Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Us?. |
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Are we Born Hardwired for War? Is War in Our DNA? workbook A companion workbook to the Hardwired for War curriculum to help students understand what prevents peace. 20 helpful and creative lessons. “Enjoy this adventure in finding the roots of war buried deeply in our old brains. See if this is true or not. Because if it is, then war can end in that immediate insight into what’s preventing peace." -Quote from the Introduction to the Hardwired for War workbook |
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Are We Born to Bully? A companion workbook to the Are We Born to Bully? curriculum “The behaviors that most often lead to exclusion and victimization in the classroom or schoolyard have their roots in a student’s genes, the study said, arguing that children’s genetic makeup has a direct impact on the quality of the interactions they enjoy with their peers.” Quote from the University of British Columbia – The Centre for Infant Cognition [View PDF] |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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FACING THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD THE ART OF KARATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE This book is for young people interested in finding nonviolent solutions to conflict! It is filled with exciting stories about Karate, and explains ...
Facing the Double Edged Sword can help parents, teachers, and counselors who are searching for healthy and humane ways for young people to cope with conflict. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron. "Facing the Double-Edged Sword is excellent for young readers...your analysis and definitions of various Karate terms and philosophical discussions about nonviolence are superb." - Craig L. Gilley, Instructor Yakima School of Karate, Washington "Facing the Double-Edged Sword is the best volume I have ever seen written to appeal to the young mind. It encourages understanding of aggression without glorifying it. - Sensei Kraxberger, Kenpo Karate School of Self Defense, Oregon |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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ENFRENTANDO LA ESPADA DE DOBLE FILO EL ARTE DEL KARATE PARA JOVENES Este libro está dedicado a los jóvenes que han sido intimidados y se han sentido atrapados entre su deseo de venganza y el deseo de resolver las cosas pacíficamente. Este libro también está dedicado a los padres, maestros y consejeros que quieren ayudar a los jóvenes a entender sus sentimientos violentos y hacer frente a éstos en formas más humanas y sanas. |
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Martial Arts Masters BLACK BELT WARRIORS FOR PEACE This book is about martial arts that are for peace. It will teach you to resolve conflict peacefully, which is the true intent of all martial arts. It will also introduce you to the Martial Arts Code of Conduct, which all martial artists for peace have to understand in order to master these arts. As you come to understand, your life will change for the better. This is because the martial arts that are for peace are meant to help you in your everyday life...
"Helps young people deal with conflict and violence by describing practical skills for peace." - Holistic Education Review |
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BREAKING THE CHAINS OF THE ANCIENT WARRIORS TESTS OF WISDOM FOR YOUNG MARTIAL ARTISTS Inspirational stories for martial arts students presenting tests of wisdom involving attributes including...
Each test contributes to character development. "The books of Dr. Webster-Doyle are the first attempt I have seen to explain to young people and adults the concept of martial arts as a peaceful, nonviolent 'way of life' and to give students the tools to accomplish this goal." - Linda Lee Cadwell |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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Eye of the hurricane Tales of the Empty-Handed Masters Can you discover the secret in the riddle of the Empty-Handed Masters? "What is it that... If you can discover the secret of this riddle, you will discover how the Martial Arts can become a way to Peace! Dr. Terrence Webster-Doyle demonstrates convincingly how conventional instruction in martial arts—focused on physical skill only—is not enough to help young people understand and resolve conflict. However, if they are introduced to a whole martial art, one that teaches how to avoid and therefore prevent conflict, young people can learn to deal with threatening situations powerfully and effectively, without resorting to physical violence. |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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Flight of the Golden Eagle Tales of the Empty-Handed Masters How does your Martial Arts training help you to understand the mysterious teaching of the Empty-Handed Masters? "Teacher, I have no peace of mind. Please help me to calm my mind." If you understand this then you too will be an Empty-Handed Master. This book's intent is to help create an understanding of the Martial Arts as a way to peace. Adults reading it together with young people can assist them in their education about relationship - what it means to live with dignity, caring and beauty in their daily lives. |
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Recipient of the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award
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Maze of the Fire Dragon Tales of the Empty-Handed Masters Can you escape the Maze of the Fire Dragon? Here is a puzzle for you to figure out: "You are caught in a maze of never-ending passages. Behind and gaining on you is a Fire Dragon! In front of you, down dark passages, around every corner, are unknown dangers. It is certain that you will be burnt up by the Fire Dragon coming from behind if you cannot escape. So what can you do to avoid being devoured?" Solve this puzzle and you will understand the most powerful force in all Martial Arts training. Are you ready for an adventure? "To say that I am pleased and delighted with the context and content of your literature is a complete and total understatement. The fact is, your writings are so unique and different from the average information on the market, that I find myself reading and rereading it for new and refreshing insights." - C. Morgan Becker, Head Instructor Ho Ban (Lake House) Tang Soo Do Dojang, San Antonio, Florida, USA |
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My First Martial Arts Book Putting My Shoes By the Door, Just So For Children 4-8, this book explains the basic concepts of the martial arts, as well as showing what it is like to be a part of a class. A wonderful first book on the Martial Arts for young people. |
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Respect The Martial Arts Code of Conduct This latest book in the award-winning Martial Arts for Peace series teaches young people ages 6 to 9 about Respect, one of the most important goals of the Martial Arts Code of Conduct. |
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12 Ways to act with Respect curricula A specially designed program to help young people live with care and respect for others. For ages 8–14 |
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12 Ways to Walk away with confidence curricula An Education for Peace Life Skills for Kids Program™ For ages 8–14 |
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8 Week - 12 Step Program Program Introductory Program. It’s as easy as A. B. C. |
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12 Week - 12 Step Program Program MAP S.T.A.R.S. A 12 Week-12 Step-Level Two Life Skills Program |
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bullyproof your child - at home curricula Stop the Fight Before It Starts! To Help Your Child Resolve Conflict Peacefully For Parents |
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p.a.l.s. - positive action skills for kids! curricula Twelve Personal, Social, and Coping Skills For ages 8–14 |
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may i, please, thank you - manners curricula The success of this program depends upon helping young people understand what prevents respect. And what prevents respect is conditioned thinking — thinking that confuses the mind and creates conflict within it. Twelve Lessons Ages 8 - 14 |
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the complete bullying program - an overview curricula A special overview module about how bully affects us. Twelve Lessons For ages 8–14 |
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Stranger Awareness curricula Be Sharp! Be Aware! Do's and Don'ts for staying safe! A Martial Arts for Peace Life Skills for Kids Program. Twelve ways to sharpen stranger awareness. Twelve Lessons |
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Defeat The Bully Without fighting Curriculum A Special Curriculum for Martial Arts Instructors to Help Young People Cope with Bullying |
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Respect – The Act that Prevents Prejudice Curriculum A Special Curriculum for Martial Arts Instructors on Understanding the Roots of Prejudice |
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Respect: The Martial Arts Code of Conduct Master Curriculum Master Curriculum A Special Curriculum for Martial Arts Instructors to Help Young People to Act with Respect |
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Respect: The Martial Arts Code of Conduct Mini Curriculum Mini Curriculum A Special Mini-Curriculum for Martial Arts Instructors To Help Students Act with Respect |
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Respect: The Act that Conquers Fear Curriculum A curriculum for young people ages 6 to 9 |
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Respect: The Act that Conquers Fear Curriculum teachers guide A Teacher's Guide for the curriculum ages 6 to 9 |
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Respect: The Act that Conquers Fear Curriculum A curriculum for young people ages 10 to 13 |
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Respect: The Act that Conquers Fear Teachers guide A Teacher's Guide for the curriculum for young people ages 10 to 13 |
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Respect: The Act that Conquers Fear Workbook A Special Workbook for Ages 10 - 13 |
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A Mini Curriculum for Instructors On Understanding The Roots Of Prejudice Mini Curriculum Ages 8 – 12 |
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Respect: The Act of Being Kind to Myself Ages 9-14 A Special Curriculum to Help Young People Understand the Inner Bully |
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Martial Arts Manners twelve lessons age 8-14 A Special Guide for Parents To Teach at the Martial Arts School |
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Stranger Heightened Awareness Response Program™ Twelve ways to sharpen stranger awareness "Do's" and "Don'ts" for Staying Safe! A Martial Arts for Peace Life Skills for Kids Program™ |
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P.A.L.S. Life Skills Ages 8 to 12 Twelve personal, social, coping skills Martial Arts for Peace Life Skills for Kids Program™ |
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R & R Rights and Responsibilities Ages 10 to 13 A Martial Arts for Peace Life Skills for Kids Program™ |
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MAP STARS Twelve Lessons – Ages 8 to 16 Martial Arts for Peace Safe Training Awareness Response System - a Special Youth-At-Risk Curriculum to Help Young People Understand and Cope with Bullying |
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Understanding What Prevents Peace A - For young students Curriculum a for young students A Martial Arts Education for Peace Curriculum For Young Students |
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Understanding What Prevents Peace B - for older students Curriculum b for older students A Martial Arts Education for Peace Curriculum For Older Students |
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