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CELEBRATE in style Fourways Inn Restaurant is your perfect venue! We can accommodate group sizes ranging from 2 to the 100’s to celebrate any occasion such as intimate dinners, birthdays, baby showers, rehearsal dinners, weddings, anniversaries, corporate events, and cocktail parties. Fourways offers various private rooms indoors and outdoors such as the charming Peg Leg Bar with its own Patio, Palm Garden and Rose Garden. children are crying, they have to take a few breaths and a moment of silence before they start talking about the prob- lem (cooling off period). The child that brought his/her conflict partner to the Peace Table will hold the Talking Stick and start sharing his/her side of the story and when he/she is done talk- ing, the Talking Stick is passed to the conflict partner and he/she will share his/her side of the story. When partners are heard, the talking stick will go back to the hurt person, and he/she will ask the conflict partner what can be done to make him/her feel better. Saying “Sorry” and walking away is unaccept- able, they have to think of a significant remedy, for example, making a card, drawing a picture, getting an ice pack and placing it on the part of the body that was physically hurt. Usually, chil- dren leave the peace table feeling better and ready to join the class community. Children learn life-long skills at the Peace Table that will help them express anger, irritation, and frustration without doing damage to others or themselves and without adults’ interference, which is very empowering for them. It is imperative that we help our children to be responsible and caring members of our society. If we want our children to pursue a different way of communica- tion from most of us, we have to break the cycle of hurtful talk and pass on a different legacy and new skills, which they can use for the rest of their lives with their friends, co-workers, partners, and children of their own (Faber & Mazlish, 1980). Nelsen, J. (1987). Positive discipline. New York: Ballantine Books. Faber, A., Mazlish, E., Coe, K. A., & Faber, J. (1980). How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk. Janke, R. A., Peterson, J. P., & Froemming, J. (1995).Peacemaker’s A, B, Cs for young children: A guide for teaching conflict resolution with a peace table. Marine on St. Croix, MN: Growing Communities for Peace. We offer a 10% discount on food and beverage if you mention this ad! 1 MIDDLE ROAD, PAGET, BERMUDA 236-6517 [email protected] TELEPHONE EMAIL WWW. FO U RWAYS I N N .CO M WWW. D I N I N G B E R M U DA .CO M www.bermudaparent.bm 48991 MEF_FW_BPM_Ad_2.25x9.75_2015.indd 1 17 2015-04-20 10:47 AM