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 …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…soul, enjoying the full development of clear intellect, they will live their life through love and understanding, instead of hate and destructive behavior. I think that if we all lived like this, we would be able to put an end to war. We would think of war to be a barbaric state, not a victorious and heroic state. We would really be able to see war for what it really is, unpretty, unnecessary and unrewarding.