Umzuzu omnandi kakhulu kuwo wonke umama ngowamazwi okuqala omntwana. Ukukhuliswa kwentetho kubantwana kuxhomekeke kwindlela yokuphila komama ngexesha lokukhulelwa, kwi-psyche yengqondo yomntwana, kwi-genetics, emoyeni apho umntwana ekhula kwaye akhule, kunye nendlela abazali abajongene ngayo ngayo. Umsebenzi oyintloko womama, kwakhona, kukunceda umntwana aphuhlise kakuhle kwaye akhusele inkqubo yokwakhiwa kwentetho. Ngezantsi zingcebiso kumama omncinci, indlela yokufundisa abantwana ukuba bathethe. Ngoko, ukuze umntwana afunde ngokukhawuleza ukuthetha, umama kufuneka afunde indlela yokuphendula ngayo naziphi na izenzo zakhe. Emva koko umntwana uya kujonga yonke intshukumo aze athi ngunina aze adibanise nenjongo. Kungenxa yoko, ukwenza izinto ezilula, gqabaza ngesenzo sakho kwintsana. Kubaluleke kakhulu kule nkqubo ufunda iincwadi kumntwana. Esi sifundo kufanele sinikezwe ubuncinane imizuzu engama-15 ngosuku. Iincwadi zinqweneleka ukhethe imbala, ngemifanekiso, ukuze ngelixa ufunda, bonisa imifanekiso yomntwana ngomnwe. Yifunde ngokuthe ngcembe kwaye ngegama elicacileyo. Ukuba ngethuba lokufunda umntwana uqala ukuphazamisa kwaye aphazanyiswe ngezinto ezingaphandle, kuthetha ukuba wayenalo umdla wokufunda, kwaye kungcono ukumisa. Ukuba umntwana ngokwakhe ufuna ukufunda, ke ungayihoyi isicelo esinjalo, kuba unokumnciphisa inzala kwiincwadi. Ukuba umntwana wayethandana nantoni na yefayile, omnye makangayenakulifunda kwakhona, kuba ukuphindaphinda kuyinzuzo. Ukuqhuba iiklasi kunye nomntwana kuyimfuneko kuphela xa ehlala entle. Ukuba umntwana ungekho emoyeni, ngoko zifundo kufuneka zihlehliswe. Ukuphuhliswa komntwana kuxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kwiimvavanyo zabazali bakhe. Nangona umntwana esincinci, ufundiswe kakhulu, kwaye ukuba le mzuzu ilahlekile, kuya kuba nzima ukugcwalisa le galeko. Ezi ngcebiso ziya kunceda abazali abaselula baphendule umbuzo othi: "Indlela yokufundisa abantwana ukuba bathethe?" Kodwa kukho imeko xa umntwana engathethi unyaka. Yintoni abazali abayenzayo ngoko?
Okokuqala, ungakhathazeki. Umntwana ngamnye ngumntu ekuphuhliseni kwakhe kwaye kwenzeka ukuba abantwana bathule baze bafikelele kwiminyaka eyi-3, kwaye xa beya kwi-kindergarten, baqala ukuthetha ngaphandle kokuyeka. Kodwa ke kuyimfuneko ukuhlawula ingqalelo ngokukhethekileyo kule ngxaki. Izizathu zokulibaziseka ukuphuhliswa kwentetho kubantwana zingabininzi: iimpawu zomzimba, i-lag yokuphuhliswa ngenxa yokunyamekela kwabazali, ukungabikho kokuqhagamshelana nabantwana abaneminyaka efanayo, okanye ukwesaba emva kokuba umntwana wenqaba ukuthetha. Ezi zizathu nazo zifanelekile kwimeko xa umntwana engathethi iminyaka emi-2.
Ngoko, ukufumanisa izizathu zokubambezeleka kokuthetha, umbuzo uvela: "Indlela yokufundisa abantwana ukuba bathethe?"
Okokuqala, kufuneka uhlolwe ngugqirha. Uya kugqiba ukuba umntwana unokwenza okuthile. Ukuba ayifumaneki, ngoko unako ukubuyela ekhaya uze ufunde nomntwana wakho.
Siyabulela kule nqaku, unokukwazi ukuphendula ngokulula umbuzo: "Indlela yokufundisa abantwana ukuba bathethe?" Inhlanhla kuwe!