Peace through Education

Maria Montessori believed that the relationship between adults and children can lead to a society that has a tendency for war fare. She said "the adult does not understand the child. Parents unconsciously battle with their children rather than helping them in their divine mission. Fathers and sons do not understand each other. An abyss yawns between them from the day the child is born. And this lack of understanding is mans undoing; it leads him astray, sickens his spirit, impoverishes him, and makes him fail to realize his potential."
Maria Montessori is saying that if a child and their…