Namuhla, mhlawumbe, akekho umzali onjalo ongazange acabange ukuthi kufanelekile ukuthenga umntwana ohambahambayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubonakala sengathi ingane nayo isebenza, futhi kulula ukuyibuka. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imiphumela yokuhlala isikhathi eside ku-walker ingathinta impilo yonke yengane. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi uthenge izingane uhambahamba? Ake sizame ukuqonda.
Ingabe abantwana abahambahambayo bayingozi?
Kulabo abazali asebevele bathenga le divayisi bese begcina ingane kuyo cishe cishe usuku, ulwazi ngeke lube luhle kakhulu. Emuva eminyakeni engu-70 ngesikhathi se-USSR, abahambahambayo basuswe ekukhiqizeni okuningi. Okufanayo kwenziwa ngo-1989 eKhanada, lapho i-car-car manje ivunyelwe ukukhiqiza kuphela, kodwa futhi ukuthengisa nokungenisa. Isizathu esiyinhloko sezenzo ezinjalo kwakuyingozi abayimele. Ngokusho kwezingane kanye nabanye ochwepheshe, wonke amadivaysi anamuhla abantwana abanjengamazinyo, ama-jumpers kanye nabahamba ngezinyawo kufanele avunyelwe ngokuqinile ngezizathu eziningana:
- Abahambahamba bangalimaza indlela yokuphila (izingane zingakwazi ukuhamba ngezinzwane zabo noma ziphephe imilenze yazo);
- ukusetshenziswa kwabahamba ngezinyawo kungabangela ukuphazanyiswa emisebenzini yobuchopho, ephendula ekuxhumaniseni emkhathini, ngoba ingane ingafundi ukuhamba ngokuzimela, kodwa isetshenziselwa ukwesekwa;
- ukuhlukunyezwa kwengozi yomuntu ohambahamba nakho kuye kwafakazelwa isikhathi eside. Ingane ayikwazi ukusheshisa kuphela kuzo futhi ilahleke kunoma yini. Futhi, kungase kuvele ukuphumelela futhi kungaphumeleli;
- kungakhathaliseki lokho abazali abakushoyo, futhi izingane ezikhulayo kuhambahamba ziqala ukuhamba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngoba azi ukuthi zingagcina kanjani ibhalansi.
Naphezu kohlu oluhle kakhulu, abahambahamba banama-pluses abo. Isibonelo, abazali abangakwazi ukuphazanyisa ezindabeni zabo, kanti ingane ihamba ngokukhululekile ekamelweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma umntwana engakakwazi ukuhamba, ke ukuhlala okuncane kumuntu ohambahambayo kumnika ithuba lokuthuthukisa nokwazi umhlaba owuzungezile.
Nini ukubeka ingane ku-walker?
Uma abazali sebevele benqume ukuthenga abathengi njengesizo ezengeziwe ngokwabo kanye nokuzijabulisa kwengane, kubalulekile ukunquma ngodokotela wezingane lapho ingane idinga i-walker nokuthi ngabe kungenzeka yini ukuyisebenzisa. Uma imvume yomchwepheshe itholakele, abazali kudingeka bakhumbule ukuthi akuze kube isikhathi lapho umntwana eqala ukumelana nokusekelwa okudingekayo ukuba aqale ukujwayela nabahambahambayo. Isibonelo, eduze kweserofa.
Ukunquma ukuthi ungakhetha kanjani umntwana ohamba ngezinyawo? Kunoma yisiphi isitolo udinga ukulandela imithetho elandelayo:
- Hlola imodeli yekhwalithi nokuzinza.
- Ukuphakama kwesihlalo kufanele kulungiswe ngokukhululekile ukuze ingane ingabi phezu kwamasokisi, kodwa iphakame kuze kube sekugcineni.
- Kukhiqizi abaningi bemikhiqizo bhala ukuthi bangasetshenziswa kusuka ezinyangeni ezingu-6. Ungathembi lo lwazi. Ingane ngayinye ikhulisa ngabanye.
Uma ngemuva kokuthenga ingane akuhambisani nomuntu ohambahambayo, lokhu akudingeki kubhekwe njengesizathu salesi sifo. Futhi nakakhulu akudingekile ukuba uzibuze ukuthi ungamfundisa kanjani izingane ukuhamba. Akuzange kube khona icala elilodwa lapho amadivaysi anjalo okungenani asize ekuthuthukiseni ingane. Kodwa zingalimaza ngempela. Ngakho-ke, umzali ngamunye kufanele azikhethele ukuthi ngabe uhambahamba yini kuyadingeka enganeni yakhe.