We currently live in a time when contentious conversations and deep differences are dividing countries, communities, and families, but disagreeing better is possible. Scholars from Utah State University Extension and the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University collaborated to create Disagree Better: A Parenting Toolkit, a free online resource to help families manage disagreements better inside and outside their homes.
David Schramm, USU Extension family life specialist, created the bulk of three short online
courses to help parents and children learn principles and practices for better disagreements. Jason Carroll, director of the Family Initiative at the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, collaborated and directed the project.
Schramm said the goal of the project wa