Imidlalo yaBantwana ekwi-Intanethi
Imidlalo yabantwana
Ngelixa iWebhu eBanzi yeHlabathi isanda, baya besanda abantu abafumana i-intanethi kuzo zonke izinto abazifunayo kunye nokonwaba. Imidlalo ekwi-Intanethi yenye yeendlela ezininzi zokonwabela i-intanethi. Kodwa, kukho imeko entsha eyenzekayo ngoku. Endaweni yokuphosa nje ingqalelo yethu kwimidlalo yokudlala kwi-Intanethi, sinokuvumela abantwana bethu ukuba bonwabe kwihlabathi elibanzi lokuzonwabisa kwi-intanethi. Kodwa, ngaba ikhuselekile? Kwaye, nokuba kunjalo, ngaba kufuneka sivumele abantwana bethu ukuba basebenzise imidlalo ye-Intanethi kwaphela? Ngaba kungcono kunabo bahlala phambi komabonwakude?
Uninzi lwabazali alunalo ixesha lokujonga yonke imisebenzi eyenziwa ngabantwana babo kwi-Intanethi. Bonke abazali kufuneka bazi ukuba baninzi abaxhaphazayo kwi-Intanethi abafuna ulutsha lwethu. Kodwa, zikho iindlela zokubathintela ukuba bangasondeli ebantwaneni bethu. Umzekelo, kumagumbi okudlala kwi-Intanethi, unokukhubaza ngokulula incoko kunye nokunxibelelana. Unokukhubaza imiyalezo ekhawulezileyo ngokunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, eyona ndlela isebenzayo yokukhusela abantwana bethu ngelixa bekwi-Intanethi kukugcina nje ikhompyuter abaza kuyisebenzisa ngqo kwigumbi lokuhlala, ekhitshini okanye kuyo nayiphi na indawo evulekileyo apho ungabona khona okwenzekayo ngokujika intloko yakho. Xa abazali besazi ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni ngelixa abantwana babo bekwi-Intanethi, banokugcina abantwana babo bekhuselekile ngcono. Kwaye, ngekhe ngokukhawuleza ukuba uthethe nabantwana bakho malunga nengozi ongayaziyo nakwikhompyuter.
Kulungile, kodwa uthini ngemidlalo? Ngaba kufuneka sivumele abantwana bethu kwi-Intanethi ukuba badlale imidlalo?
Kubalulekile ukwaphula amanqanaba athile apha. Kubantwana abancinci, kubalulekile ukubavumela ixesha lokufunda malunga neekhompyuter, kodwa kuya kufuneka uyenze kwimeko enye. Kule meko, kukho imidlalo emininzi eluncedo kakhulu ukuba bayidlale. Imidlalo emininzi inokufundisa izakhono zokufunda, izakhono zezibalo, kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi zokufunda. Kwaye, kuba kumnandi, abantwana bayakuthanda ukuyenza. Bayayonwabela imibala, izandi, kunye nombono wokudlala noMama okanye uTata. Lixesha elihle lokudibana kunye.
Emva koko, sinokujonga kubudala obudala. Abo bathanda iikhathuni kumabonwakude bayayithanda imidlalo egxile kwezi zihloko. Kwaye, uya kufumana imidlalo emininzi eyenzayo. Imidlalo ekwi-Intanethi efana nale inokunceda ngezakhono zemoto kunye nezakhono zokusebenzisa iikhompyuter. Kodwa, kutheni ungabafundisi kancinci ngokubangenisa kuhlobo lomdlalo owahlukileyo, oya kuthi ubacele umngeni. Umzekelo, iiphazili zamagama kunye neephazili nje ngokubanzi zinokuvuselela ingqondo ngeendlela ezininzi. Okanye, bafundise imbali encinci ngenkqubo efana ne-Oregon (okanye iAmazon) Trail apho bafuna ukusinda ngohambo lokukhohlisa entlango. Nabantwana abadala banokuxhamla kwimidlalo ka ‘Sim’. Abona banobundlobongela bangcono kuba bafundisa oosomashishini bakho abancinci ukusebenzisa izakhono ezininzi ukwakha izixeko, izakhiwo, iinkampani … ufumana umbono.
Xa kuziwa ekuvumela ulutsha kwi-Intanethi, kuya kufuneka uvumele ubuncinci ixesha elikwi-Intanethi. Ngelo xesha, baya kunxibelelana nabahlobo babo nge-imeyile kunye nemiyalezo ekhawulezileyo, kodwa imidlalo yokunxibelelana ithandwa kakhulu. Ukukhuphisana nabahlobo sisidingo esiqinisekileyo sokuba baninzi abantwana. Ngaba ikhohlakele okanye ibhetele kunenkqubo yePlaystation okanye yeXbox? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo, kodwa ubuncinci bayanxibelelana nabanye. Kwaye, unokubeka iliso kwizenzo zabo okanye unciphise i-intanethi yabo xa ubabonelela ngezinto ezininzi ezibonelelwa yi-ISP kwaye oko kulawulwa ngabazali kwiiakhawunti ezisetelwe abantwana kuphela.
Ke, oko kusishiya phi kunye nehlabathi lomdlalo we-Intanethi? Ngaba abantwana kufuneka bavunyelwe kwi-Intanethi? Ewe sikholelwa ekubeni abantwana bayo yonke iminyaka kufuneka ubuncinci babe nethuba lokufunda ukusebenzisa ikhompyuter. Sisakhono esibalulekileyo. Kodwa, kuthekani ngokudlala imidlalo? Ewe bayakudinga oku. Kwimeko ekhuselekileyo, zimbalwa ezinye iindawo onokudlala kuzo imidlalo emininzi ngexabiso eliphantsi. Banokufunda kubo ngokunjalo. Unokubeka iliso kwinto abayenzayo. Ukuba ungumzali uzama ukubona ukuba umi phi nabantwana bakho kwi-Intanethi, kuthathe njengamava okufunda ukubavumela ukuba batyhudise kunye nawe, nokuba kukanye nje. Emva koko, uya kuba nakho ukubona ukuba yeyiphi na phaya ngaphandle enokunika abantwana bakho kunye nendlela abayonwabela ngayo.