Ingabe kuphephile imilenze yengane ukuthinta isihlalo semoto ngenkathi ugibele esihlalweni semoto esibheke ngemuva? Kuthiwani ngalawo milenze emincane elenga phezu kokuphela kwesitulo sezinyane lesana? Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi ingane inkulu kakhulu esihlalweni?
Abazali abaningi abasha babuza le mibuzo ejwayelekile, kodwa ngeshwa, izimpendulo eziningi ezinengqondo kodwa ezingalungile zizungeze nxazonke. Abazali abasha bazwa iseluleko sokuhlala esitokisini esivela kumngane nomndeni, noma ngisho nakubantu abangabazi, ukuthi umntwana wabo mkhulu kakhulu ukugibela ubuso obheke ngemuva noma esihlalweni semoto ethile.
I-Verdict
Bonke ochwepheshe bezokuphepha kwabagibeli nezinhlangano zokuphepha bavuma ukuthi kuphephile kulawo milenze emincane ukuthinta isihlalo semoto lapho ugibele ubuso obuseduze. Uma ungenaso isiqiniseko, hlola incwadi yokufundisa yehlalo yemoto yakho. Izokunikeza iseluleko esinemininingwane mayelana nokuthi ungayisebenzisa kanjani leso sikhundla semoto ngokuphepha. Uma ingakuxwayisi ngemilenze ethinta isihlalo, akuyona inkinga.
Kuthiwani ngenduduzo?
Abanye abazali kanye nabahlaziyi bezimoto ababuza ukuthi yini ingane encane okufanele iyenze ngemilenze yakhe ende uma ihlala ibukeka iminyaka embalwa. "Lokhu akunakwenzeka ukuba kube mnandi!" isitatimende esivamile.
Nakuba kubonakala kungakhululekile emehlweni ethu omdala, empeleni kukhululekile kakhulu ukuba izinsana zigibele esihlalweni semoto esibheke ngemuva. Njengoba wazi, abancane bangakwazi ukuzibandakanya kuzo zonke izikhundla ezingabangela abantu abadala ubuhlungu obukhulu. Ukuphakamisa imilenze yabo esihlalweni noma ukuwafakela eceleni kwehlalo womoto kuyinto encane uma kuqhathaniswa.
Okubaluleke kakhulu-ke, kuphephile imilenze yengane ukuthinta isihlalo semoto uma ugibela esihlalweni semoto esibhekene naso.
I-Myth Broken Leg
Kungase kubonakale ukuthi ukuhlala esihlalweni semoto esibhekene nomuva kungase kubeke ingane engozini yemilenze ephukile lapho kuphahlazeka khona. Ukuhlala ubuso obheke ngemuva kunikeza ukuvikeleka okukhulu kakhulu kwekhanda, intamo, nomgogodla ngokuphazamiseka.
Kunoma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka okukhulu okwanele okwenza imilenze ephukile, kuyoba khona amathuba amakhulu ekhanda, entanyeni kanye nokulimala komgogodla. Ngakho-ke kuyindaba yokukhetha ukuvikela izingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu. Kulula kakhulu ukulungisa umlenze ophukile kunentamo ephukile, isibonelo.
Ngokusho kwe-Safe Kids, iseshini yokuqeqeshwa kwezobuchwepheshe, imilenze ephukile yilezi ezimbili ezilimazayo kakhulu ezibhekene nezingane ezibhekene nezimo eziphuthumayo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi imilenze yengane iphonswa phambili ngenkathi kuqhuma futhi ingashaya isihlalo sokuqala sezimoto noma i-console. Uma ukhathazekile ngemilenze ephukile, ukuguqula esihlalweni semoto esibheke phambili akuyona impendulo!
Ukulahlekelwa Isihlalo Sezimoto
Ukungaqondi kahle okukhulunywe ngaye ngenhla ukuthi izingane ziphuma ezihlalweni zemoto zabo ezincane lapho imilenze yabo ilele phezu komphetho futhi izinyawo zabo zingathinta isihlalo semoto. Isikhundla semilenze yengane asinandaba. Uzokwazi ukuthi umntanakho uye wahlala esihlalweni senqola encane lapho engaphansi kwe-intshi yegobolondo kanzima ngaphezulu kwekhanda lomntwana, noma lapho ingane yakho idlula ubude obuphezulu noma isisindo sesihlalo semoto. Kufanele futhi uhlole ibhuku lokufundisa ukuze ubone ukuthi zikhona ezinye izincomo zesayizi, noma iziqondiso eziphathelene nokwehla kwesihlalo, okucacile esihlalweni semoto yengane yakho.
Izingane ezindala nezinsana ezinemilenze yazo zikhukhumeze izihlalo ezibheke emotweni, zingakwazi ukuhlala ezinemilenze, zibeke imilenze yazo ezinhlangothini zesikhundla semoto, noma zifake esihlalweni semoto. Izihlalo zemoto eziguqulwayo zanamuhla zinezilinganiso ezibhekene neminyaka engu-35, 40, kanye namapounds angu-50. Iningi lalezo zihlalo zezimoto nazo zinezigobolondo ezinkulu futhi zingakwazi ukuhlala nengane eseceleni kunazo zonke isikhathi eside kakhulu kunokuncoma okungenani okuncane, okuyiminyaka emibili ubudala. Izingane eziseneminyaka emithathu noma emine ubudala zihlala zibheke ngemuva zibheke ngokuphepha futhi zikhululekile kwelinye lalezi zihlalo zemoto, ngenhloso yokuhlinzeka ngokuvikelekile kahle ikhanda, intamo, nomgogodla, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zibekaphi imilenze.
UHeather Wootton Corley yi-Child Certified Safety Technician-Instructor.