Ngokuphuhliswa kobuchwephesha, iikhomputha, ii-laptops, iipilisi kunye nezixhobo eziphathekayo ziya ngokunyuka zingene kwimpilo yethu. Sichitha ixesha elininzi imihla ngemihla ejongene nalezi zixhobo. Kwaye emva kokuhlala kwikhompyutha yonke imini emsebenzini, abaninzi abaphazamisi, ngendlela efanayo yokuchitha ixesha lakho lokuhlwa mahhala kunye nasekhaya.
Kancinciwe ngokukhawuleza kunye nobubanzi bexesha labasebenzisi. Ukuba kusekuninzi kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, oogogo kunye noomkhulu wabo babengazi malunga neekhomputha, ngoku asiyikumangaliswa kakhulu ukuva ku-ugogo: "Hamba kwi-intanethi, ukukushayela i-Skype, umzukulu." Kuyafana nakwabantwana, ingqwalasela yabo ithandwa kumathoyizi, apho abazali badlala yonke imini. Abanye abantwana sele sele beneminyaka eli-1 nesigamu, ngokukhululeka kunokuvula i-tablet kunye nokuvula ikhompyutha. Kodwa akubona bonke abazali abazama ukunika umntwana wabo ithuba lokudlala ixabiso elibizayo, njengoko baqonda kakuhle ukuba unokuyisebenzisa kwaye kungekhona injongo (umzekelo, ngendlela yesando). Ukuze ungeke uthabathe rhoqo umntwana wakho kwisixhobo esiphambili sobugcisa kwaye ngoko nangoko ukumenza aphelelwe yimvakalelo emibi, kungcono ukumthabatha into engathandekiyo. Ngaphezu koko, namhlanje kunamaphepha amaninzi eemfundo kunye neefowuni zezingane, ezingayi kuba mnandi ngaphezu kwazo.
Ingaba umntwana udinga ithebhulethi?
Ngombuzo wokuba umntwana ufanele athenge ithebhulethi, kukho imibono eyahlukileyo. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba abantwana baqala ukuthenga amathoyizi anjalo, kwaye bachaze oku ngokuthi ithebhulethi, njengekhompyutheni, yinto yokudlala kuphela. Kwaye akumangalisi ukuba abo babambe le ngcamango abakhawulezi ukuthenga ithebhulethi ngomntwana, kuba bakholelwa ukuba ngokunjalo kubangele ekuphuhliseni kumntwana wokuncedisa okunamandla kwiimidlalo zekhompyutheni kwaye akukho nto. Kodwa kukho enye imbono kule ngxaki. Xa sele uthenge ithebhulethi engabizi kumntwana, abazali bakholelwa ukuba banikela ngemntana wabo, okokuqala kukho ithuluzi elinamandla lokufundisa, ukuvula ihlabathi elitsha phambi kwakhe. Apha, kubaluleke nakakhulu umzuzu wokukhulelwa kwabantwana kunye nantoni na uyenzayo xa uthenga ithebhulethi. Ukuba abazali bathenga ithebhulethi ngomntwana ukwenzela ukuba bathathe nje into ethile, ukuba akuyi kubaphazamisa kakhulu kwi shishini, ngoko umntwana akayi kuba nantoni na ukuba enze kodwa udlale kuyo kwimidlalo kwaye oku kuya kunceda kakhulu. Ukuze ukwandise iintlobo zalolu hlobo lokuthenga, kubalulekile ukuba usebenze nomntwana kwaye ufunde naye imidlalo yokufundisa. Ubudala bomntwana kubalulekile. Enyanisweni, kwiminyaka emibini, amathoyizi anjalo asemva kakhulu ukuthenga, kuba iincwadi ezimibalabala kule minyaka ziya kuba lunomdla kwaye zinceda abantwana. Ixesha lokumisela umntwana kwilizwe leekhompyutheni xa sele sele ephakathi kweminyaka engama-4-5 ubudala.
Yiyiphi ithebhulethi yokukhetha umntwana?
Kukho ezininzi iipilisi ezineenkalo ezahlukeneyo zobugcisa kunye nenjongo yokusebenza. Okukhethiweyo kufuneka kwenziwe ngokusekelwe kwinqanaba elifunekayo kubantwana. Ngokomzekelo, kukho iipilisi zamagreyi ebantwaneni, eziqhele ukuthenga kuphela imidlalo. Kwakhona kukho iipilisi ezicacileyo kubantwana, ihloselwe kuphela ukudweba. Abazali basoloko banokuzikhethela phambi kokuba ithebhulethi inike umntwana, umntwana okanye umntu oqhelekileyo (omdala).