12-10-2015, 06:59 AM
I think the glorification of MMA fighters here is a big part of the problem. Pahoa middle and high students have been posting fight videos on line all year, I recognized a bunch of kids who hang out at the Penn gym and participate in their youth programs fighting in those videos when a young friend showed them to me. These kids are not learning good conflict resolution skills at home, in fact the number of parents who have TROs banning them from the kids' schools because they have tried to fight or threatened kids who had issues with their kids is really eye opening. A kid whose parent is willing to threaten a 3rd grader in front of witnesses over an elementary playground beef is not going to be a good role model. Just look at the two guys who had a shoot out in Keaukaha over a POG game!