Learning to live together preventing hatred and violence in child and adolescent development ruth freeman child development peer groups schools and wider ethnocentric environments and young adults is aware of the educational strategies such as cooperative learning peer mediation and conflict resolution that promote prosocial . Learning to live together preventing hatred and violence in child and adolescent development david a hamburg and beatrix a hamburg oxford university press oxford 2004 pp 432. A nyone living in a violent community can gain hope from this book written for educationalists parents and community workers the book provides a theoretical basis and educational strategies to enable individuals groups and nations to coexist peacefully starting from biological and evolutionary perspectives the authors postulate how violence has been inculcated into society while . With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society discussing the psychological obstacles to peaceful relations between groups the authors focus on the developmental processes by which we can work to . Pdf on aug 21 2004 ruth freeman published learning to live together preventing hatred and violence in child and adolescent development find read and cite all the research you need on