While hoe wa'a can teach children a lot, for example to work together on common ground to get things done some adults on land should not be anywhere near them. Recently a mother with young children was involved in a sex scandal and now people are talking about her hewa. It is the children who suffer from this bad behavior by adults. It limits the keikis' full potential to be the best they can be.

Children learn by example not just in the water but on the land too. They see and hear everything. Mahalo for your article.