Ukubeletha ngokuqinisekile kuye kwashintsha kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Futhi nakuba sivame ukukhuluma ngendlela izingane ezisetshenziswa ngayo ubuchwepheshe, iqiniso liwukuthi, abazali abaningi bafaka ubuchwepheshe kumasu abo okubeletha.
Ukuze uthole ukuqonda okwengeziwe ukuthi abazali banamuhla benza kanjani izinto ngokuhlukile, ngiye ngaxoxa noRyan Jenkins, isikhulumi esivela emhlabeni wonke esihlonishwayo seMillennial, kanye nomlobi.
Unolwazi olusiza abaholi ukuba bathuthukise emakethe yemikhiqizo yanamuhla, futhi uyaqonda ukuthi abazali baseMillennial basebenza kanjani.
U-Amy Morin: Kubantu abangajwayele leli gama, ububanzi buni yobudala obhekisela kuwo uma uchaza izinkulungwane zeminyaka?
Ryan Jenkins: Izinkulungwane zeminyaka zizalwa phakathi kuka-1980-1999. Eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-Generation Y," yiyo isizukulwane esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi izigidi ezingu-80 ziqinile e-US kuphela. Ngo-2025, bayokwenza u-75% wabasebenzi. Okubangela ukuba baphumelele ezizukulwaneni zangaphambilini ukukhuliswa kwabo okuphezulu nokuxhumene noxhumene nabo. Ubuchwepheshe kanye ne-intanethi baye babumba indlela abacabanga ngayo, ukuxhumana, ukusebenza, inkinga yokuxazulula, ukuthenga, nomzali.
UMorin: Yiziphi ezinye izici eziyinhloko ezenza abazali beMillennial bavelele?
I-Jenkins: Izinkulungwane zeminyaka zakha iningi lamama omusha, ama-83% omama amasha abe yiMillennials. Ngokusho Kwezokukhangisa, iminyaka engu-40% yeminyaka eyizinkulungwane sezibe abazali futhi eminyakeni engu-10-15 ezayo, 80% bayoba abazali.
Bazozama ukulinganisela umsebenzi nokusebenza - ama-61% wamama-Millennium asebenza. Bazohlala beqaphela njengabantwana - abazali abangama-50% bathi bayama ukuthenga imikhiqizo esekela izimbangela noma izinsiza. Futhi ngezinkulungwane eziningi zeminyaka, ukuba "umzali omuhle" yizinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwabo.
UMorin: Abazali beMillennial bazohluka kanjani kunezizukulwane ezidlule?
Jenkins: Ngelinye igama, ubuchwepheshe. Ngokungafani nabazali bazo, ama-86% weMillennials azama - noma azozama ukugwema ukuba "umzali wezindiza" ngokusho kwakhe. Njengoba izinkulungwane zeminyaka ziqhubeka nokulangazela ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wazo kanye / noma ukuqala ibhizinisi, zizophendukela kwezobuchwepheshe ukushaya ibhalansi elidingekile njengabazali abasha. Izenzo ze-tech zanamuhla zifana nesethi yesibili esilandelayo ukulandelela izingane zabo zonke izinyathelo, imizwa, nokushaya kwenhliziyo.
Esikhundleni sokuba yi-helicopter abazali, ngikholelwa ukuthi i-Millennials izoba abazali be-drone. I-Generation Z, isizukulwane esincane kunazo zonke kanye nenzalo yezinkulungwane zeminyaka, ikhula tech-iqondiswa ngaso sonke isikhathi sokuphila kwayo nezingane ezingenazintambo zokuqapha, izingane zokugqoka, izinhlelo zokusebenza zokubeletha, amakhamera ahlakaniphile asekhaya, kanye nabathengisi befoni. Ezimweni eziningi, i-Millennials izoqoqa idatha, ilungiselele iphinde ilandele izingane zabo zisuke zisetshenziswe kusetshenziswa idivayisi yeselula.
UMorin: Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi iMillennials iyala izingane zabo?
I-Jenkins: Izinkulungwane zeminyaka izokholelwa kakhulu yiontanga uma kuziwa ekuqondiseni. Iminyaka Eyinkulungwane Yomsebenzi izosebenzisa amadivaysi awo eselula ukuyala ngokuhamba ngezinyawo zokusebenza ngokusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza noma ukusesha amabhulogi wokubeletha ukuze kube nesimo esifanele sesimo esithile.
Ukuqondisa ukuqhutshwa kwe-cyberbullying kanye / noma isitayela sedijithali sesizukulwane esikhulayo sizokhula futhi i-Millennials ithemba ukuthi izohlonywa kangcono kunezinye izizukulwane ukungena nokuqondisa ngezibalo.
Ngilindele futhi ukuthi iMillennials izosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukunciphisa inkululeko yezingane zabo njengendlela yokuziphatha. Isibonelo, umzali oneminyaka eyi-Millennial angase aqale ukulandelela ukuthi ingane yakho ikuphi, noma ukunciphisa lapho ahamba khona ngokubeka i-geofence, noma ukuqapha umsebenzi wabo we-intanethi, noma (fipha) ushintshe iphasiwedi ye-wifi ekhaya.
UMorin: Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi iMillennials ingasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukuqondisa, ukuqapha noma ukuyala izingane zabo?
UJenkins: Akungabazeki ukuthi abazali beMillennial bazothuthukisa ubuchwepheshe, ikakhulukazi amadivaysi eselula, ukuze bafunde izinga lokukhulisa izingane zabo.
Eqinisweni, amakhomitha amathathu e-Millennial moms abika ukufuna iseluleko sabazali kudivayisi yabo yeselula.
Uma kuziwa ekusebenziseni ubuchwepheshe ukuqondisa, ukuqapha, nokuyala izingane zabo, izinkulungwane zeminyaka kungenzeka zisebenzise okunye okulandelayo:
- Unganaki uhlelo lokusebenza oluvumela abazali ukuba bavale konke kodwa oxhumana nabo abavunyelwe abazali efonini yezingane zabo. Ukuze uthole iphasiwedi yokuvula, ingane kufanele ibize ekhaya.
- Ukuhluma yiyona yokuqala yokugqoka ingane. Ukuhluma kuvumela abazali ukuba balinganise zonke izenzo zengane zabo bese belandelela imininingwane kuhlelo lokusebenza lweselula olubonisa idatha efana nesilinganiso senhliziyo, indawo yokulala, izaziso lapho umntwana esesezovuka, futhi ubikezela ukuthi bazoba kanjani. Uhlelo lokusebenza ibuye ilandele ukukhanya, umsindo, nokushisa ku-nursery.
- I-Mimo i-onese ifakwe i-Chip ehlola ama-vitals nokuhamba.
- I-Owlet iyi-smart sock ethumela izimpawu ezibalulekile ezinganeni yakho kwi-smartphone yakho.
- I-Toyota Toyota Sienna ifika ne "Driver Easy Speak" okuyindlela ekhulisa izwi labazali ukushayela emhlane ukuze bakwazi "ukuzwa ngokumemeza kwezingane zabo."
- Amakhamera asekhaya ahlakaniphile avumela abazali ukuthi babuke ividiyo ebukhoma ukude ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane ziphephile ekhaya futhi ziqale umsebenzi wesikole.
UMorin: Kukhona izixwayiso eziningi mayelana nokubaluleka kokunciphisa isikhathi sombukiso wezingane. Ingabe abazali abangama-Millennial kungenzeka bahlanganyele ngaleyo nkinga noma kungenzeka ukuthi banakekele ekufuneni izingane zabo ukuba zikwazi ukwenza ezobuchwepheshe?
UJenkins: Ngikholelwa ukuthi iMillennials ibheka njengokukhathazeka okukhulayo kodwa ekugcineni iyokhuthaza izingane zabo ukuba zisebenzise ubuchwepheshe. Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi iMillennials izisize izingane zabo zibuke ubuchwepheshe njengethuluzi lokuzijwayeza hhayi nje ukuphunyuka. Ngokusho kwe-Common Sense Media, ama-38% wabantwana abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-2 asebenzise idivayisi yeselula yokudlala imidlalo, ukubukela amavidiyo noma ezinye izinhloso ezihlobene nabezindaba.
Imikhuba eminingi ye-Millennial's tech is a wreck. Kungenzeka ukuthi badonsa ku-imeyili, banomlutha ku-Snapchat, noma bavumela i-Facebook ukuthi ibambe ukugxila kwabo. Kodwa ukungaboni kahle kwabo ukubeka ibhalansi nobuchwepheshe akusona isizathu sokuphika isizukulwane esivelayo sezixhobo abazozisebenzisana ngokuqinisekile nezwe. Ngikholelwa ukuphika intsha "kwesikhathi sokuvala," kuzobangela ukuba baqaphele ubuchwepheshe futhi ekugcineni bayisebenzise kabi.
Angicabangi ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi izingane ezincane zakwaMillennial zizethula kanjani kwezobuchwepheshe kodwa kunalokho okubalulekile ukuthi bazibandakanya kanjani njengomzali ekuqondiseni ukusetshenziswa kwazo. Ngenxa yokuthi ziyizimboni zedijithali, i-Millennials ihlomele kangcono ukuqapha nokuthinta ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bezingane zabo. Kodwa iMillennials kumele futhi isebenze ukudla okunempilo kokuziphatha okuxhumekile nokuxhunyiwe ukuze kusebenze njengesibonelo sezingane zabo sokuthi kungcono kanjani ukuthuthukisa i-tech ukuze kucebise impilo ngenkathi isalokhu isintu.
UMorin: Uyini iseluleko sakho kubazali baseMillennial?
I-Jenkins: Hlala ebuchwepheni kodwa qaphela ukwedlula ngokwethenjelwa kwetheknoloji okungase ekugcineni kudikibala izikhungo zakho zokubeletha. Qaphela ubuchwepheshe obuthathe isikhundla sesimo sakho somuntu, ukuthinta othandwayo, nobukhona obukhona bokusekela ngokomzimba. Ekugcineni, iseluleko sami somzali esikuthandayo sasivela ekuphathweni kobuholi bomhlaba, uJohn C. Maxwell, owathi, "Kukhona izinto ezintathu okudingeka uyenze njengomzali: thanda izingane zakho ngokungenasisekelo, uzivelele kubantu abangavamile nasezindaweni, futhi ubasize bathole futhi baphishekele amandla abo. "