Right & Wrong The World According to Kids

When you're young, everything is an adventure.

We're growing, bursting with ideas.

And facing fresh challenges every single day.

Stand back and make sure you're wearing your goggles.

I'm from one of six groups of children all over the country

who are filming their lives.

Oliver, are you all right?

From high-rise tower blocks...

Hi, bye! My room is so big!

..to our remotest islands.

SHOUTING

"Stop it! Stop it!"

"We were only kissing."

"I know, but stop it!"

For six months, we've had cameras in our homes, clubs -

we've even film ourselves.

Wow!

To share moments of love...

Are you all right, darling?

..loss...

and drama.

I told you I'm not saying a word.

Through our own eyes.

Giving us a big voice...

ALL: Ooh!

Let me count! Let me count this!

..to tell you what we really think of the world.

Wow, my mum's the tooth fairy. That's shocking.

This week...

Yeah, but you still can't cheat in a test.

..how we see right from wrong.

I vote for silence.

-Silence.

-There's temptation in our path...

I'm still thinking I want to puke!

..questions of retaliation...

But I just can't help myself from fighting.

I want to pop their heads.

..and pressure from our peers.

We're dividing the money, OK? We're dividing the money.

-Walk away.

-Yes, let's take the money! This is our chance!

It's going to be good!

Kids do like being naughty. I'm one of them.

I have been a little naughty, I'm going to be honest.

Yeah, I think it's a bit fun to be naughty sometimes

because...you can't be always good.

Breaking the rules... Cos they put all, like...

the fun rules behind bars.

Imagine if there were no rules

and you could just break a building without permission

or jump out of a window.

Located in the heart of Hackney...

Bye.

..is a youth centre providing local children with the space

where they can channel their energy through sport -

the Pedro Boxing Club...

Go! One, two, three.

..run by retired boxer

and former British Super Middleweight Champion James Cook.

You've got to be quicker than that, man. Six. Four.

James and his team of coaches

look to teach inner-city kids more than just how to punch.

Hey, you going to knock me out?

HE LAUGHS

Boxing teaches you how to be humble,

how to not fight outside and how to stay away from trouble.

If you can go to Pedro and box,

then you'll feel much more, like, calmer and better and happier.

You get to hang around with different people and they have

different pers... I don't know how to say that word.

Pers... Persec...

Something like that. "Persectives."

Have a sit-down, have a sit-down.

It's the start of the summer term, and at the club

the young boxers are talking about discipline and respect...

Some of these on the list are quite hard punishments.

And some of these are quite easy punishments.

..and what happens when they misbehave outside the club.

Whenever I'm really, really naughty,

my dad gives me a warning saying,

"I've got a pocket full of smacks."

And then, when I keep on doing it, he slaps me on the butt.

LAUGHTER

So which is the easiest punishment?

-Apologies.

-Apology?

Yeah, some people just say sorry and don't mean it.

I hate apologising.

When my mum sent me to my room,

I don't think she remembered that I have a TV and my tablet.

And when she comes in the room, yeah...like I'm sleeping.

And I've got to keep switching my TV on and off, on and off.

Someone who's never too far from mischief is ten-year-old Ma-Leiha.

I'm sometimes a good girl.

But I'm sometimes a bad girl.

Hi, bye! My room is so big!

That's me when I was a baby.

Living with her mum and little brother...

Mackay?

-Oh!

-SHE LAUGHS

..she's always up to something.

SHE SPEAKS RAPIDLY

That's my new word.

When I'm having fun, I can be naughty sometimes.

-Hi, Mum.

-No, don't!

But I don't mean to be naughty. Like, I'm only ten.

And I just want to have fun.

You have to help me look for my hamster. Come on.

Her latest misdemeanour is losing her pet hamster.

No, it's not on that side.

(Keep it low, OK?)

And she's roped in little brother Mackay to keep it secret from Mum.

Not behind here. If I don't find the hamster,

I'll get in deep, deep, deep, deep, dee-dee-d-d-deep trouble.

This is my third hamster.

I've had two before that died.

When it died, it just looked freaky.

Like, his teeth were just out, like this.

And his arms were like this.

And it was actually, like, freaky.

Oh, it's definitely not in here.

Ma-Leiha is at an age where she's kind of like pushing to see

how far I can push my mum. How far...

"Let me see how far I can go."

Giving up now.

-Ma-Leiha.

-Yes, Mum?

-I'm very angry that you've lost your hamster.

-I'm sorry, Mum.

-You have to take responsibility for the hamster.

You have to love it, you have to cherish it, you have to nurture it,

you have to look after it.

Imagine if I didn't care for you and I treated you horribly?

That wouldn't be nice, would it?

So that's why I'm saying this is why you need to love it, care for it,

look after it. OK?

Gone in my ears. They're probably going to say it went in your ear

and it came out the other ear. They're going to end up saying that,

but it's gone in my ear and they're blocked anyways.

SHE SIGHS

It's not just at home that Ma-Leiha's behaviour

is being called into question.

At school she was recently in trouble

for having a fight with some boys.

Bye, Mum.

Boom, boom, boom!

Ma-Leiha is very mature for a ten-year-old.

Eugh! What is that?

She likes to play football. She's very sporty. She likes basketball,

so she tends to play with the boys.

There's not many girls that play with the boys,

so I think sometimes they feel a bit...

like she's a target.

The boys will pick on her.

They will, like, sometimes kick her,

so then she will just automatically react and then lash out on them,

but then doesn't think about the consequences.

At Pedro's, Ma-Leiha and her friends are sharing

some of their most irresponsible moments.

-Oh, no.

-The judge.

Be seated.

Stand by the judge.

The group will be acting as a jury,

deciding which punishment best fits their crime.

One night, me and my sister, we were bored, very, very bored,

and ripped the wallpaper down.

Oh, my God. That is bad! That is bad!

He should get banned with no dinner, apologise.

-He should get everything.

-No pocket money.

He has to pay for his own wallpaper.

-He should apologise.

-Who thinks apologising's a good punishment?

OK. Judge?

Because you pulled the wallpaper off in your room,

you'll have to apologise.

-Ha-ha-ha! You stand accused.

-Me?

-Up you get.

What punishment will the group dish out

for one of Ma-Leiha's cheeky pranks?

Tell us the story, the whole story, nothing but the story.

Once, when I was at my nan's house,

my auntie and my uncle were getting on my nerves.

So I went into my uncle's room, then I hid in his wardrobe.

I was on my tablet for, like, an hour.

I kind of fell asleep in the wardrobe.

Then they started to call my name, looking for me,

but they couldn't find me.

Then they went outside and they locked the door and they were trying

to look for me outside and they shouted my name.

And then after,

they came back inside and then my nan was phoning the police.

Then after, Nanny said, "Look in the wardrobe."

My auntie found me and then that's when we came out.

-And then...

-You were punished.

Ma-Leiha hid in the cupboard.

They called the police.

That's...not...

That's way too far.

You shouldn't hide in people's wardrobe.

Even though sometimes I do it myself,

you still shouldn't.

When someone's calling your name, you should just come out.

It could be really serious

because you know the police don't like making false alarms.

Your parents might be really worried and serious about it.

They might be sad, really sad.

You don't play with that.

How do you think Ma-Leiha should be punished?

You should be grounded because that's not the right thing to do.

Is it going to be grounded? Two of you have said grounded.

Grounded, grounded, grounded.

For hiding in the wardrobe and getting the police involved,

you should be grounded for a week.

Oh, come on, mate.

What was the wrong punishment?

My nan kissed her teeth and she said don't talk to her.

She was ignored. For how long?

She wasn't talking to me for about five days.

My nan and my mum were quite cross with me.

Well, my mum wasn't really, really cross.

She was cross, but then again she thought that it was kind of funny.

But my nan didn't find it funny.

Did you try apologising to your nan?

I did try, but she was just ignoring me.

I shouldn't have done it.

Then again, I really thought it was funny.

The naughtiest thing I've ever done

was tell a lie.

I've shouted at my teacher.

I pinched two kids.

I don't know how to say this, but, like, sometimes it's good to be bad.

I don't know why.

Go from then, "Run the race, start today." Here we go.

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When you do the right thing,

it's like you're floating up on a giant cloud.

But when you're doing the wrong thing and you're going down,

you're going to get stuck in everything icky and things.

But you want to get out of them and try and get up there and get better.

Well done, guys.

Really good. If you put your music back in the piles, guys,

so it's ready for this afternoon, please.

Have any of yous ever broken a rule and, like,

you've got into trouble for it?

I have. My mum's got this thing that she calls her secret stash cupboard,

which has, like, got all chocolate bars and crisps.

My mum's got the same.

And I just love going in there and eating some of the stuff.

Yeah. My mum's got the same, but she...

But sometimes I don't even get caught.

Because it's on a high shelf, I have to jump up and open it and eat.

Why do parents have to do that?

I need to break the rule because I need chocolate.

Yeah, I feel the same. You get tempted so much.

She may be one of the youngest in the choir,

but at home, eight-year-old Holly is big sister to little brother Oliver.

Oliver is four years old.

Nearly a big boy five, and he likes to play with me out here.

But she doesn't always set the best example.

Sometimes I go downstairs and steal the sweets.

Now for Operation Jammy Dodger.

Once my dad caught me and I wasn't allowed sweets for a week.

-MAN:

-Why do you think we have rules?

No idea.

I go to bed late.

When my mum and dad are asleep, I watch TV most of the time.

When I break a rule, I feel excited, nervous...

mischievous.

So, what do you think about your behaviour?

Terrible.

As well as being a member of the choir, Holly enjoys a much more

physical training, which helps build discipline.

Well, Holly started martial arts at quite a young age.

It was at a time when she was a very young child and quite immature.

Like any other kid.

Sometimes she'll break a rule but, you know, she chats a lot

and that's probably the thing that gets her in the most trouble.

Ai!

Of course I'm cheeky.

I steal cookies...

Today, Holly's understanding of right and wrong is being tested.

I want you to imagine that we are sitting in a waiting room

about to do a really, really important test.

If you pass this test,

you will get the chance to go to the school of your dreams.

And as you sit in the waiting room you feel more and more nervous

and your hands are getting really sweaty.

And as you're sitting there with your best friend,

she points something out in the room that you might not have noticed.

The answer sheet has been left on the desk by the teacher.

And as you stare and stare at this answer sheet,

your best friend suddenly whispers something to you.

She whispers, "I've looked at the answers."

You've got three choices.

You can either...

..peek at the answer sheet yourself.

Or you can tell the teacher.

Or...

..you can stay silent....

..don't look and stay out of it.

They're your three choices.

I think you should keep silent because they're your best friend.

-And...

-Yes, but it doesn't matter.

But, you see, you don't want them to stop being your friend,

so basically I think we should keep silent.

What are we going for?

If you study that hard and then your best mate just cheated...

Like, I think she didn't deserve to get in.

In tests, you're not supposed to cheat.

And she cheated.

-Yeah, but it was...

-Yeah, but you still can't cheat in a test.

What's your dream job?

-Doctor. Vet.

-Yeah, but what if someone comes up to you...

I could be working with you.

-Really?

-I want to be a vet.

What happens if you look in the envelope?

What if we get full marks and we get our dream...

and we get our dream job?

Your parents will be proud, you got your dream job.

-OK. So, hands up for silence?

-Hands up for silence.

Hands up for tell the teacher. Hands up for looking at the test.

Oh, my God. She's cheating.

-Yeah, I say that, because...

-It's better to be honestly and not get

-into school, than dishonestly not.

-What if you do get your dream job?

-Silence or look at the test. I vote for silence.

-Silence.

-Silence?

-Silence.

-Silence.

It is crunch time, it's decision time.

You can stay out of it. You can peek at the answers yourself

or you can tell the teacher.

Anyone who would like to stay out of it, put their hand up.

Can the people who would stay out of it, can you walk towards this side

and then go out of the door, please?

The people who would have a look at the test paper, have a little peek

inside the envelope...?

No-one. And can the people who would tell the teacher

go and tell Stephen what happened?

Hello, guys.

-Do you know my best friend?

-Yeah.

-She looked at the answers.

Thank you very much for telling me.

I noticed somebody standing doing this.

And danced around on the carpet.

Which one do you think is the right choice?

Stay silent. But I'm still thinking I want to peek.

Well, being successful and going up the ladder is very important

because then you might achieve what your dream is.

Everybody else has made their decision.

They've all chosen what they want to do.

And now you're the only person left who needs to make a decision.

Confusion feels like...

one side of you wants to go one side

and the other wants to go that side.

It's like you're being pulled to each side and you can't break free.

Well, the things that are staying in my head, is peek and stay silent.

But the main thing is peek, that's booming in my head.

Is it?

Peek or stay silent.

It's really hard.

I'm thinking I'm going to peek because I don't want my head

-to keep doing this all day.

-OK.

-Are you going to peek?

-What if someone catches me and things?

Feel like I want to do it so bad.

I'm going to leave and your job is to make your decision.

-OK?

-OK.

-OK, good luck.

-Thank you.

I don't want to do that.

Do I want to do that or do I want to do that?

Oh, my gosh.

I'm not, I'm not.

SHE EXHALES

Once I'm past here, I'm finished.

I've done my decision.

Oh, this is so annoying!

This one is a big fat no.

I didn't look at the paper because I didn't want to cheat.

I didn't want to be caught.

Plus, I don't really like cheating at all.

Sometimes I think cheating...

can really get you nowhere because sometimes people do find out.

But if they don't find out, I think it's really funny.

Sometimes I...

Sometimes, like, you won't see me doing it,

but sometimes I break the rules. Like, not often.

In my school you can get warnings

and go on amber or red and I don't want that to happen to me.

Hi.

I'm just going to put that on the floor.

This is my little hamster.

In East London, ten-year-old Ma-Leiha has had some good news

and some bad.

Yes, I'm very pleased that I found you.

Was you even scared or was you on an adventure?

Her hamster may be safe, but at school she's in trouble.

Her fighting with boys has escalated.

Sometimes I just hate boys.

Cos they're hitting me for no reason.

Because nobody said that you can hit me.

For you, what do you think is right?

Fighting is wrong, I know that it's wrong.

But I just can't help myself from fighting.

Like, when someone hits me or pushes me, they deserve what they get back

for pushing me for no reason.

But then again, when I do stuff to them, I know that it's wrong.

OK.

Ah, sometimes I just can't even...

I want to pop their heads.

So what do they do to you,

why you get so...angry?

Because they're really annoying.

But you can just prevent things from happening,

if you kind of, like, just walk away.

Cos when you fight them,

you're hurting them and then you'll get in trouble. Like, every fight

that you've had, you've picked practically, like...

No, not all of them.

-..hurt them.

-One more to them.

Yeah, well, OK, most of them. They want your attention.

-But why?

-Maybe they might fancy you.

"Do you want to play with me today?"

It's not good. Like, it's not fun or good to be in the wrong.

It's better to be in the right.

It is hard

to do the right thing and it's easy to do the wrong thing.

If you've been doing the wrong thing, normally it hurts your belly.

So just do the right thing and it will get you somewhere in life.

You're meant to put all the filling at the bottom.

Crack!

-HE BURPS

-Pardon me.

Eight-year-old Edmund lives in the Newbury countryside.

-Where's the...?

-The whizzy thing?

It was right...

-Oh, you star, thank you.

-But couldn't you see it was right there?

So...

An enthusiastic cook, Edmund loves to take charge in the kitchen.

I like cooking. I don't know why the reason is, but I just like it.

But he's quite particular about how things should be done.

I told you to cut the chicken.

Sorry.

He needs to do things his own way and will not follow recipes

which is very, very, very unlike me.

He doesn't want to be skipping around and playing football

in the playground. He wants to be talking about science and...

yeah, things like that.

Well, there's one thing which I know not many people have that I have.

I'm hyperflexive.

Straight, not straight. Straight, not straight.

It's not just that one.

Also, I can almost lick my elbow.

See if I can do it.

So close.

I got right here.

That's good. Now, I want you to track to your left.

During the summer, Edmund attends the Old Berkshire Hunt Pony Club.

Now, keep together.

Established in 1933, its members are riding fanatics

who can easily spend four sessions a week in the saddle.

Watch the people behind you.

But as one of the youngest in the club,

Edmund's still getting to grips with his riding.

-I can't get my pony to move anyway!

-Well, kick him.

-I can't.

You're tickling him, Edmund.

I'm not...

Edmund is the youngest.

When you are younger,

you tend to think that everything is,

like, all right if it goes your way.

-Who is going first?

-Edmund.

Lollipops!

Today, the group will have to put aside age differences

and try to work as a team.

I will have a lollipop!

We've got a couple of treats here for you.

-Lollipops.

-Yes, some lollipops.

And then we've got a really great snack here of carrots.

Which will be great, really good for you.

-Ah, they're just carrots.

-Yeah, no, we don't want the vegetables.

Don't want the carrots.

The deal is, that you all have to agree

as to whether six of you have lollipops

and the other six will go without...

anything. Or you all have a carrot each.

Please can I have a lollipop?

Lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop.

The junior riders must come to a unanimous verdict

on what they believe is the right thing to do to keep everyone happy.

-I hate carrots.

-Did you just say that you hated carrots?

-I hate carrots without butter.

-They won't be cooked, these carrots.

-They will be raw.

-Have you had a raw carrot?

I think we should all have a carrot each because they're good for you.

I would have the carrots.

Yes! You're with me!

I've never had a lollipop like that.

And now's my chance to have one.

Maybe the other six that don't get one, they haven't had one like you,

and that wouldn't be fair on them, would it?

-I hate carrots.

-I don't like carrots.

They taste like salt.

-You've never tried one.

-Excuse me, I have, Mister.

LAUGHTER

Can you just remember, everyone else is like you

and we aren't really making as much fuss.

And we just want to have a fair amount for everyone.

They're not ours. Are they?

Stop trying to be funny!

It's not our fault you don't like carrots, is it?

But it's your fault you're not letting other people have anything.

When I can, I am going to donate most of my sweets to charity.

-LAUGHTER

-Yes, I am!

It's true!

Seriously, I don't care!

I really don't care about your stupid junk food.

It's true, I am! Stop making fun of it.

Stop.

I would like you now to vote

if you think that six of you

should be allowed to have

one lollipop each.

Who thinks we should leave the lollipops alone

and everyone has a carrot each?

I'd much rather be sick!

You will be sick if you eat too much lollipops!

Edmund.

Are you OK? Come here, mate.

-Edmund, are you OK?

-They made fun of me.

They laughed when I said that... when I said that, that...

-that I was going to donate...

-Yes, it was a lovely loving thought.

But it is true.

When I'm the youngest it feels real...

Well, it's really annoying.

Older ones have the right or do bully little children.

They don't bully anybody like them.

I think possibly cos you're a bit older you sort of hurt his feelings

-when you laughed at him.

-We were laughing with you, Edmund.

People don't like being sad. It's better to be happy.

-Do I have to have a carrot?

-You have to!

No!

So, Edmund...

I present you with your carrot.

Do enjoy.

I'm strong-minded person, I can make my own mind up,

so I don't need any help.

Have you seen her face?

I have to stand up for myself in school a lot.

Standing up for yourself means a lot because you can get bullied.

You get picked on.

I started crying two days ago - do you know why?

This guy was so rude to me in class.

He called me a terrorist.

When somebody's being rude to you, you just stand up and tell them,

"You can't do this because it's unacceptable."

And if they continue, tell the teacher.

Pedro's boxing club prides itself on teaching its young members manners.

-And I was right...

-HE BURPS

Some, some, some people have...

Stop burping!

What's wrong with you?

Ten-year-old Abdou and nine-year-old Keon are best mates

whose friendship extends beyond the gym.

Bud me, bud me.

You got me again!

I'm going to get you next time!

Don't have fights, it's better than burgers.

-We're going to sit down over there and eat.

-Yeah.

I usually put so much salt

and it tastes very nice.

I like burgers because it tastes nice.

It's like the love of taste.

The love of taste, that makes no sense!

It tastes like love, literally.

Originally from Senegal,

Abdou moved to the UK four years ago

and has quickly embraced British culture.

Fresh bananas!

We're going to go to the market and we'll make you a nice food, OK?

-Can I have chips?

-Huh?

-Can I have chips?

No chips tonight, no.

I buy sea bass. We eat rice tonight.

Not chips, hey?

Oh. Lovely man.

Abdou's dad is determined his son doesn't forget their African roots,

and encourages him to make positive choices growing up.

My dad's kind and he works very hard.

He wants me to do well, to do good at school and...

to get a good job.

In Africa, in Senegal, we cook the fish like the way I am cooking now.

-OK.

-You be a very good boy. Oh, nice!

-Good.

-I feel like an adult now,

cos I don't feel like a kid,

cos I'm cutting and I'm a big man now.

He teaches me lots of stuff - when he was young,

what happened when, like, a long time ago.

You are a good boy, yes!

When I leave Africa, go to Belgium, Switzerland, everywhere in Europe,

I see in England my family can have a better future.

I want to be writing stories,

like writing news reports and all of that, cos, like, I like writing.

I'd like to change things in the world because, like,

people are needing help,

people are getting killed.

Lots of suffer happen around the world and it's not supposed to be.

Yeah, you need lots of stuff to change.

Abdou and his boxing buddies

have been presented with a mysterious suitcase.

When we were out walking before, we came across this

lying in the street.

Picked it up,

and brought it back here.

Abdou, would you like to look in there?

Yes.

Be brave, be brave.

What's in there?

Someone's going to spring out.

-Well done, well done, Abdou.

-OK, OK, OK.

-Cash.

-ALL: Whoa!

Stay back, stay back!

-Cash.

-Oh, my days!

Cash.

Somebody's missing a million pounds in there.

I'm not joking, a million pounds.

So you're going to tell us which route you think we should take

and why you think it's the right thing to do.

The group have four options -

walking away, calling the police,

donating to charity

or keeping the money.

SHOUTING AND LAUGHING

What decision will the group make?

You should walk away or give it to charity.

-Two of them.

-Say that you were broke, yeah,

and then you didn't have money, you will need food.

You will need gas. You will need to pay your bills.

It's finders keepers, losers weepers.

Every time we do something

there's consequences and if we touch the money, you will put...

The police will start questioning you, but if you just leave it,

nothing will happen to you.

I find it difficult making my own mind up

because is this, this way, something bad?

Or is that that way

and is that way something good?

Or is it switched?

Jumi lives around the corner from Pedro's

and is the baby of his family.

Rock, rock!

There's my mum.

-Say hello.

-Hello!

-Sorry, she's eating.

Thank you very much. There is my brother.

My sister. And here we have Raff.

HE LAUGHS

Get out of my face!

Yeah. So, that's my whole family.

Make sure you have your toe pointing up and your heel facing down.

Older brother Raff is a key part in Jumi's life and aims to keep him

on the straight and narrow.

Good, well done, good boy.

I feel like Raff was like my parent

because he does help me with a lot of stuff.

Raff gives me confidence and tells me, focus.

I mean, I am a bit of a father figure for Jumi.

He is a really good kid, you know, a big heart and everything.

I just get worried now and again how he gets influenced

by his friends and peer pressure and whatnot,

and he feels like he has to be the funny man

or he has to act a certain way.

So I'm just trying to make sure I guide him down the right path

and make sure that he understands he can be his own person

and make his own decisions.

But will his older brother's concerns over peer pressure

affect Jumi's decision-making?

We all want to donate it to charity.

OK. We're dividing the money, OK?

We're dividing the money.

Walk away.

Donate to charity.

-Yeah.

-That's sad, that's just sad.

Call the police, actually, call the police and then divide the money.

No, divide the money, divide the money.

-What's wrong?

-Nothing.

What's wrong? I know something's wrong. I do!

I'm stuck, because both of them are great choices

But I do not know what to do.

Dividing the money.

You get a quarter, you get a quarter and I get...

Divide the money by yourself, because I like money.

-OK.

-We're not dividing it.

-Yes, we are.

People think, "Yes, let's take the money, this is our chance,

"it's going to be good!"

Only I want to divide the money and no-one else wants...

-I do!

-Everyone else wants to give to charity.

-I do.

Oh, wow.

They're like, "Jumi, take this." I'm like, "OK... Am I allowed?"

And then, "Jumi, come on, come on, walk away!"

I'm like... "Don't know."

Who wants to call the police?

Who wants to donate to charity?

Who wants to walk away?

Yes!

Who wants to divide the money by ourselves?

Just say we want the money.

I will slap the head of yours.

OK. You've got to make a decision as a whole group.

Just have a vote now.

The first option is we tell the police.

Hands up if you want to tell the police.

ALL: Boo!

The second option is...

we give all the money to charity.

ALL: Boo!

The third option is...

..we can divide this money up amongst ourselves.

Hands up if you think we should divide the money amongst ourselves!

-CHEERING

-Hold on!

Abdou, what do you want to do?

-Walk away.

-Stand up.

Can we wave goodbye to them?

-Bye!

-Yay, bye-bye, have a nice day.

I walked away because I didn't want to get involved in nothing.

No jail, just happily live my life properly.

-Hi, guys.

-Hi!

You chose to leave.

We chose to leave

because we didn't want to get involved with nothing.

And when we walk away, it's better. We can just live our lives.

Absolutely. But don't be looking behind your back thinking about

what you've done. Well done. Well done, you three.

I don't know what to give you now.

You can get a Pepsi from me, you get an apple.

Archie will get a pear.

KIDS LAUGH

You should be thinking about you,

not the other person, so it's just you,

so you pick what you want, not the other person.

The other person can be a bad person.

Yeah. So you think before you do stuff.

Here you go.

OK, let me count all my money, let me count all my money,

-let me count all my money.

-10,000.

-Yes, 10,000! 10,000.

-I've got 7,000.

-GLOVES SLAP

-Whoa!

Right. Stay where you are.

One of our rules in the gym - if you find something,

anything that doesn't belong to you, you return it.

When we come through this door, OK,

we are taught certain rules, respect. We said to you,

boxing is about discipline, respect, manners, attitude.

You are what you do. Remember, you are what you do,

going to follow you for the rest of your life.

This didn't show nothing about what we're trying to teach you.

To me, you guys did not make the right choice.

In the real world,

are you guys going to make the choice you make right now?

Will you be happy with yourself, the choice you just made?

Jumi, why did you make this choice?

We made this choice because we think that...

Well, them two think that it's OK to take money.

You went along with that. So does that mean if someone suggests

something bad to you, you will follow the lead?

-No.

-Yes, but you did.

Once you make a choice, that's it.

It's about your choices.

Everybody has to make a mistake.

It's not possible for one person

in the whole entire universe,

even the planets,

it's not possible to make a mistake.

That's if you're really clever, clever, clever, clever.

It's like infinity clever.

Oh, my days. I just stole money.

I just stole money.

I just stole money.

I just stole money.

Even Einstein made a mistake.

He's only smart in, like, subjects,

but he don't know if he's smart in his behaviour.

-You've lost trust.

-You've lost trust. We are afraid of you.

I'm worried for my things.

I think the best thing for all of you to stand up...

20 press-ups.

-Oh, no!

-One, two.

If your knee touches, you start again. Three.

I took money which was bad and committed a crime.

Which is another bad thing.

-Ready to go. Mum, I'm going!

-Bye.

Jumi's older brother Raff, a semi-professional footballer,

is keen for Jumi to start thinking for himself

and stop giving in to peer pressure.

I have learned the hard way, and I'm trying to make sure

that my brother does not go through the same mistakes.

I never had a father figure growing up.

He doesn't understand how much I can help him, or make sure he doesn't

make those same mistakes, doesn't get influenced by friends,

and he has his own personality, his own identity.

Do you feel like your friends influence you?

-Some of them.

-That's the problem right there.

-Yeah.

It can be a domino effect.

Let me tell you a bit about

how I grew up around here, around the square.

Maybe just a bit over your age,

I got involved with all the gangs and whatnot.

It affected my school life and it affected my career and football.

-It affected a lot of things, to be honest.

-What used to happen?

I used to get into altercations

or fights with other gang members and whatnot.

And it would only be you?

No, if I was with my friends, or if I'm going to school,

but there was one moment where I could have been,

yeah, maybe in jail. You know, my friends at the time,

who I thought were my friends were doing things that were wrong,

but in that moment I said to myself, "I'm not going to follow them,"

and I actually went home that day.

And then they got in trouble

and most of them are in jail.

You know. And just think about making sure

you do what's right in school and not get yourself

involved with people that are going to get in trouble.

I would listen to an older child

because usually younger children say more silly stuff

and I don't really like silly stuff.

Just cos you're older, it doesn't mean you, like,

it doesn't mean you can boss around other people.

You're older, wow, you're old.

If you're small, it doesn't mean you have to listen to them.

I quite like being bossy because it's just like,

"No, you shouldn't do that!

"This is my game so I can tell you how to play it!"

Eight-year-old chorister Holly is as dedicated to martial arts

as she is to her singing,

going twice a week to practise the Korean discipline Kuk Sool Won.

Dul, set, net, daseot.

In martial arts, we do a lot of kicking and punching

and I really like it because

when you start off with a kick, you just do...

Most people just lift their leg a couple of inches.

Then you go centimetres, then you go metres,

so metres high over your head,

so you're getting better.

-ALL:

-Yes to practise every day.

No to drugs and cigarettes.

The speech that we say

is all the things that we should and we shouldn't do

like yes to helping, no to bullying.

Aah!

For the last few weeks, Holly's been putting in extra training.

She's preparing for a test to try and achieve her fifth grade.

It's going to be awesome with the brown belt

and the red belt gone and a new brown, shiny belt.

And a jammy doughnut.

And a jammy doughnut!

-If I do get it.

-If you pass.

-ALL:

-Kuk Sool!

When I have a big challenge coming up, I feel...

I feel scared, I feel nervous.

OK. So we'll stand this way. We're going to go through Ki Bohn Soo.

Practice is important when you're trying to achieve something.

Ready, position.

Number one, full takedown, begin.

I feel a little bit nervous, but I feel a teensy, teensy bit excited,

like as small as an atom.

Hana.

Dul.

Outside kick.

Daseot.

Holly passed. Brown belt.

When I achieved that belt, I felt really great.

Every time you do work, it pays off in a bam like that.

Can we give Holly a big clap, please?

You came in this class as a red belt and now you can go out

with a shiny, new brown belt.

We have to get a photograph.

-And a jammy doughnut.

-And you can have your jam doughnut!

Well done!

When you want a new belt and you don't get it,

doesn't really matter.

All you have to do is carry on, do it again, and again,

and again if you have to.

Do it 8,000 times if you have to.

Do it... Do it a quazillion times if you have to.

One.

Two.

Three. Four.

At Pedro's boxing club, the children are reaching the end of term

and the summer holidays are fast approaching.

I'm really excited cos it's the holidays now.

Spend time with my family and my friends,

train even harder.

Next year is going to look quite different for ten-year-old Malaya.

Her fighting in school was getting worse,

so the family has taken a radical decision.

I had to, like, change school

because at my old school I've been getting into trouble.

I know that two wrongs do not make a right.

I regret being bad.

I know that I can change and I won't do the...

have the same actions I done when I was in my old school.

The fighting was getting out of hand,

so we came up with a solution that we would just move schools.

Just a fresh start, new beginning...

..and hopefully there'd be no more fighting at her new school.

So, Lay, how do you feel about starting your new school?

You seem, like, upset.

I'm upset cos I actually think that I can actually change,

that if I went back to my old school...

..I would be different.

But now I don't think I can go back there.

This is, like, your second chance to prove, not to anybody else,

not just anybody else, but to yourself as well that you can do it.

Cos not a lot of people have second chances.

Just be that calm child that you used to be.

-Mm-hm.

-Yeah.

I like that one better. I like the calm.

I am going to change my ways.

-You're going to change?

-By not getting into fights, how I was.

-Score!

-No goal!

That's my goal.

'I think that the new school that I'll go to now

'is a fresh beginning for me.'

In my old school, I was having a hard time but in my new school,

the children are different there.

All the boys are not annoying me any more.

Try and get the ball off me. Are you ready? Go.

After all the upheaval, Malaya's determined

little brother Mackai doesn't make the same mistakes she has.

'I want my brother to follow me by doing the good thing

'and I don't want him to do the bad thing like what I was doing.'

OK, let's talk.

So do you like school or not?

Do YOU like school or not?

I like school.

I don't know why!

Remember in my other old school, I used to get into a lot of fights.

But now, do I get into...?

But now, do I get into lots of fights?

No.

See, it's a change.

Sometimes you have to take responsibility of your own actions

because when you're older and you keep on fighting and being rude,

you can go to prison when you're older.

Or when you're taller like a giant, you go to giant prison.

Giant prison!

I think that I will be...

Yeah, I think I'll be happy, how I am right now.

Do you love me, Kai?

-Yeah.

-Do you love me lots and lots and lots?

Your life is always your responsibility.

Hey, hey.

'I'm learning who I actually can be.'

I think that it takes time, like, time to know who you want to be,

or what you want to be like.

I like being happy.

I like being...

..I'll say...

yellow.

Yes!

Yes! Yes!

Finally! Finally! Finally!

-So, Jumi...

-Yes?

What's in your hand? Why are you so happy, young man?

I got a golden achiever.

Year five.

And it just says, "For being resilient,

"having a positive attitude towards his learning,"

well, my learning, basically, "and focusing on the task at hand."

It's really good and I'm really proud.

I'm going to go and show Raff my golden achiever.

He's going to be so happy.

He's going to be, like, "Well done, well done!"

I'm going to be like, "Yes!"

Yes!

Raff.

I got a golden achiever today.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Yes!

Well done.

So it looks like you HAVE been

listening to what I've been

-saying, then, haven't you?

-Yeah.

How many people got it?

From my class, two people, cos a maximum of two people can get it.

So what does that mean? Do I owe you something, then?

-Yes.

-What do I owe you?

-Ice cream.

Or anything.

Ow!

'I'm feeling it starting to, like, understand what he means by'

focus on your own mind and focus on the right thing,

not the wrong thing,

and always be good and try your best.

I'm really proud of you that you're actually starting to listen now,

so keep it up, yeah?

Yeah.

'The happiness just boiled inside of me and it felt really fun.'

I'm never dropping down. I'm going up, up, up the whole way.

Rock and roll.

I'm not listening to other people.

I'm my own self now. I'm my own boy.

Get me, I'm an OG.

That's why I got this golden achiever and I love it.

Next time...

I think heaven is made out of clouds.

..how kids see belief...

What are the toilets made out of?

..faith is needed before a big challenge...

..and some of life's mysteries are revealed.

-It's its heart?

-We got the heart.