Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable

With the holidays coming up, it means so are all those uncomfortable political debates with your relatives. And this year it’s even more intense with the presidential election in our midst! Are you the aggressive one at the dinner table or the one who tends to keep their head down pretending not to hear the commotion? Lucky for us, we get to talk to Emily de Schweinitz Taylor next about how to have healthy discussions, despite the disagreements you might have with your great uncle Bob. Emily is a certified mediator and assistant director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the BYU Law School. She is the author of “Raising Mediators: How Smart Parents Use Mediation to Transform Sibling Conflict and Empower their Children.”