Conflict Narratives in Middle Childhood presents evidence from twenty years of research, examining nearly 3000 narratives from 1600 children in eight settings in two countries about their own experiences with interpersonal conflict.

Section 1: Listening to Children's Stories about their Own Conflicts 1. Why Conflict? Why Narrative? A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Peer Conflict Narratives in Middle Childhood 2. "What are you going to do with our stories?" Collaborating with Children to Understand Peer Conflict Section 2: How Children Describe their Own Conflicts 3. "Fighting about Friendship": Figuring out what it Means to be a Friend 4. "She would kerce me out practedly every day": Social Aggression in Elementary School 5. "Because the buyer had a gang in the dark corners of all around": Making Sense of a Violent World 6. "I told my mom & she helped comfort me": The Roles Children Give to Adults in their Stories 7. "Little girl, I was not talking to you!" Taking on Gender in Middle Childhood 8. "From that day on I became more responsible": Creating the Self and Re-Creating Culture in Middle Childhood Section 3: Applying the Lessons Learned from Children's Stories of Conflict 9. Oral Story-Sharing Practices and the Healthy Classroom Community 10. Beyond Literacy Skills: Story Writing Facilitates Social, Emotional, and Moral Development 11. "It is okay to have conflicts, the most important thing is to know how to solve conflicts." The Critical Role of Conflict Narratives in Human Development