In Judge Judy courtrooms parties are admonished for addressing each other ? instructed to only address judge. Mediation? The exact opposite. This is one of many differences highlighted in the pictograph below.
Conflict is inevitable in the best of times and the easiest of circumstances. Human beings interacting with other human beings are going to run up against misunderstandings, differing needs, and...
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