At its core, comedy is about disruption. Something goes wrong, and we watch characters scramble to restore order—often in hilariously ineffective ways. A person slips on a banana peel. A couple ...

I wouldn’t say I’m conflict-averse, but that’s because someone else was speaking and I didn’t want to interrupt. I’m totally fine with conflict. Oh, yeah—I stand up for myself all the time. I just ...

(CNN) — When things would get tense between the kids in my house, sometimes my dad would sit beside us and talk out how to address our feelings and resolve conflict. (CNN) — When things would get ...