It starts with family...

So this blog is more of a venting thing and not based on any articles although it does relate to a recent topic in Bogenschneider. Today at work we had two football games one at 5:30 and then on at 7:00 pm. It seemed the day would be rough as that game started almost 30 minutes late. Pushing on 8:30 the score between the two teams playing was 6-2. There was a flag throw with a minute left because on of the kids punched the opposing teams player in the face (I guess through the face mask area). After the game as we are getting ready to shut the lights off a fight breaks out that stemmed from some trash talking. Understandably, kids will be kids and fights will happen. What was appalling to me was that parents joined in and encouraged their children to fight.In our text there is all this talk about the importance of family and how it is the main socializing agent in young children's lives. if this is what family rearing has come to then society watch out. I cannot imagine a parent encouraging their child to go beat the hell out of someone else. It was just not average fighting they were fighting to cause serious damage almost like wild animals. What happened to teaching our kids about what a team is, about making good decisions, restraint, sportsmanship, commitment, and compassion. how can a parent expect their child to succeed in life teaching them to fight to kill other children? now if there were not 7 staff and all those parents I would expect for kids to behave that way. When the parents act the same way who do they have to look to for guidance and as an example. incidents make me skeptical about whether family should necessarily be the main socializing unit of youth. This happens a lot more than people know so I guess I am basing this on several years of working youth you. Are kids really learning the lesson necessary to be successful and a productive member of society? Is it harder with all the societal changes and thing they are exposed to? What do yal think?