Pandaikwesha dumbu remwana wangu wekutanga achangoberekwa neruoko rumwe chete ndichitarisa pafoni yangu nerumwe, ndakaona nyaya yaityisa mune imwe saiti yenhau yairatidza zviso zvevacheche vachiona terevhizheni. Slack-shaya uye yakatsikitsira pamusoro, vana vakatarisa vakatarisa-maziso pazvikirini, vachitarisa zvakanyanya zombie kupfuura vanhu.
Ndakafemereka kunhuhwirira kutsva kwemwana pamutsipa wemwanasikana wangu akarara, ndikatsvoda dama rake diki, uye ndikapika kuti haaizove mumwe wevana veZombie.
Asi tiripano. Makore mashanu, mukoma mumwe, uye denda repasi rose gare gare…
Huya ne zombies kuti mhamha vawane kuzorora.
Sesame Street ndiwo waiva mushonga wedu wepasuwo apo dangwe rangu rakachinja. Zvaiita sezvisina mhosva. Pamusoro pazvo, zvaidzidzisa. Ndakakura pazviri, uye ndakabuda zvakanaka…ndinofunga. Super Simple Songs uye Cocomelon , kutenderera kwenziyo dzetudiki dzine katuni dzinoperekedza, zvakatevera. Asi iyo ingori, semimhanzi ine mifananidzo. Ivo vakatibatsira kupfuura nekugadzwa kwekurapa kwemuviri uye nzendo dzemotokari. Vaisatomboti TV. Blaze uye Monster Machines aiva masvomhu. Super Why! akanga achiverenga. Paw Patrol chaive…kushanda pamwe chete uye kugadzirisa matambudziko, ndinofungidzira?
Chiratidziro chazvino uno-chinonyanya kukumbirwa nevana vangu vaviri vekuchikoro nde…drumroll, ndapota…Mavhidhiyo eYouTube evana vanongotamba nezvidhori. *Inovhara maziso nekudzungudza musoro.*
Iye zvino icho—chakavanzika changu chinonyadzisa, muchengeti wangu wemagetsi—chakaoma kururamisa.
Pakati peshamwari dzangu dzevabereki, Covid-yakanangana nescreen nguva chinhu chinosekesa munhu wese nezvacho asi hachimboverengeki. Tese tinofungidzira kuti vana vari kuona terevhizheni yakawanda…asi ingangoita, awa pazuva here? Maawa mashanu pazuva? Mitambo yemavhidhiyo yakakosha here? Inogona Bubble Guppies kuiswa pasi pekudzidzisa TV?
Apo shamwari yaamai muchivako changu yakarohwa neCovid panguva imwe chete nemurume wavo nemwanasikana wavo ane makore matatu, ndakamukurudzira kuti arase mitemo yenguva yescreen uye kuti mwanasikana wavo atarise TV yese. Akanditumira meseji kuti: 'Ndiri bho. Ari kuona, semaawa maviri akazara eTV pazuva.'
Izvozvo zvakanditadzisa kufamba.
Masvondo mashoma apfuura, vana vangu vakatarisa maawa maviri eTV vasati vadya. Patakanga tagwinya tese.
Ndinoziva inguva yechando yechando uye ndiri kuyedza kuvaraidza vana vanoshanda vakaiswa mu1200-square tsoka, imba yekurara yeguta remakamuri maviri isina kuseri kwemba… asi ndiri chikara here? Kana kuti vanhu vanopedza maawa kubva pane yavo skrini nguva inokwana nenzira imwe cheteyo yavanoita pasi nhamba yezvinwiwa zvavanonwa pasvondo panguva yavo yegore negore?
Ndakatanga kutarisisa nhaurirano dzenguva dzose nezvenguva yescreen uye ndakaona kuti kunyangwe vabereki vakaseka pachena kuti inguvai yescreen yaiitwa nevana vavo, hapana akataura maawa akati wandei. Kana kuti kana vadaro, nhamba yacho yakanga yakaderera chaizvo. Ini ndaizoona chinyorwa cheFacebook chaitaura senge, ndapedza kurera nhasi. Ndakaisa chikamu che'Paw Patrol' uye ipapo nguva yekurara! Um...chikamu chimwe chakareba maminetsi makumi maviri nemaviri. Kana yave vhiki refu uye ndapedza kurera vana kwezuva, ndinobatidza bhaisikopo rehurefu.
Ndaida mhinduro. Saka ndakatsvaga pa Instagram yangu. Mune ongororo isingaite zvesainzi yandakagadzira mu Instagram Nhau dzangu, vabereki vakati vana vavo vari kuwana nguva yakawanda yescreen kupfuura yavaigarika nayo, vachiona kuti mari yacho yaiwanzova awa imwe kusvika matatu pazuva.
Chainyanya kundifadza, kunyanguvezvo, vaiva vabereki vakanga vakashinga zvakakwana kubvuma kuti vana vavo vaitarira anopfuura maawa matatu emasikirini pazuva. Vabereki vakabvuma kuti vana vavo vaishuvira mavhidhiyo akaderera eunboxing kana marekodhi evamwe vana vachitamba mitambo yemavhidhiyo. Amai vakashinga vakati vakasiya TV ichibatidzwa kwenguva yakareba mamwe mangwanani- apa aidekara zvake achimuka zvishoma nezvishoma - kuti iye vana ndiye akatanga kuidzima. Uye fungidzira chii? Haana kana kumbonzwa mhosva nekuti kumwe kuzorora kwakamuita kuti ashande nesimba uye abatanidzwe nevana zuva iroro. Fungidzira izvozvo.
Masvondo mashoma apfuura, ndakabvunzurudza nyanzvi yepwere Dr. Tovah P. Klein, munyori weHow Toddlers Thrive uye mutungamiriri weBarnard College Center for Toddler Development, nezvechinyorwa chandainyora. Kuedza kuita hurukuro dzefoni nevana vechikoro munzeve kazhinji kunoita kuti ndizvidye mwoyo zvikuru. Ndaiedza kuisa pfungwa pabasa rangu ndichizvishingisa nokuda kwekunyadziswa kwekurwisana kwehanzvadzi inonzwika kana kuti chikumbiro chepoto. Pakupera kwebvunzurudzo, Dr. Klein akati, Une vana here? Vari kupi? Hapana chandinonzwa.
Ndakaseka, Ah, imhaka yekuti ndakavaita kuti vagadzirise iyo iPad uye yavo yavanoda inotyisa YouTube show.
Ndaitarisira kuseka kwekunzwisisa, asi ndakawana chimwe chinhu chiri nani-kusimbiswa.
Kunyangwe hazvo kugara munyika isiri-screen kwakanakira, Dr. Klein vakati masikirini anogona kuita sechishandiso chinodiwa chemazuva ese. Ndiyo imwe yenzira dzedu shoma dzekubatanidza uye varaidzo yemukati. Akandisimbisa kuti kunyangwe zviratidziro zvingave chokwadi chedu chazvino, hazvifanirwe kuve ramangwana redu. Sezvo mamiriro ekunze ari kuita nani uye vanhu vachibaiwa nhomba, mhuri dzinogara dzichipedza nguva yakawanda dziri kunze—kure nemasikirini. Saka hapana chikonzero chekushushikana kana vana vako vakanamirwa kwenguva pfupi kumasikirini (ane zvakatenderwa nevabereki) kakawanda kupfuura zvaungada.
Paaitaura kudaro ndakapotsa ndafenda nemufaro. Ndinotenda here kuti ndinogona kurega kunzwa kuti amai vane mhosva nezvenguva yescreen? Ndakanzwa sokunge ndaida chiratidzo chinobva muchadenga. Wechipiri ndakaona Amy Schumer tsigira Dr. Klein zuva rakatevera, ndakapa iPads.
Mazuva ano ndiri kuyedza nepandinogona napo kuti ndiite pakati pekushanda, kutamba nevana vangu, kutenderedza matoyi avo uye kumisikidza. Mwana Akabatikana -maitiro mabasa. Uye kana isu tese tichida kuzorora kubva kune mumwe nemumwe, ndiri kuyedza kuti ndisanzwe ndine mhosva nezvekushandisa skrini sechishandiso chinoshanda. Asi ndiri kuedza kuchinja rudzi rweTV yatinoona pose pazvinogoneka.
Handisi kumanikidzira vasikana kuti vatarise zvinhu zvepamusoro-soro, asi pandinowana purogiramu inogona kudzidzisa pamwe chete nekuvaraidza, ndinoikurudzira chaizvo. Saka hanzi kuenda Emily's Wonder Lab iyo inosuma vana vangu kunzira yesainzi mune yakagadziridzwa Mr. Wizard nzira. Love to Izzy's Koala Kingdom yekuratidza mifananidzo yevatsoropodzi vanoyevedza pasi pano uye mwanasikana anotapira wemhuka anovachengeta; inonyaradza uye inofadza pamwe chete nekuzivisa. Uye cheers to Bluey yekubatsira vese vabereki nevana kushandisa hunyanzvi hwemagariro-epfungwa, fungidziro, uye kuseka kuti vapedze zuva.
Uye kana ari aya anotyisa eYouTube mavhidhiyo evana vasina kujairika vachitamba nezvidhori…Ndinotokutendai. Ndinokahadzika kuti uri kudzidzisa vana vangu chero chinhu chinobatsira, asi unonditendera kuti ndishande murunyararo kana zvichidikanwa. Handikwanise kumirira kusvika wave mugirazi rekumashure, asi panguva imwe chete, handizive kuti tingadai takapona sei denda iri munguva yechando pasina iwe.
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