Uma odokotela besibuza imibuzo yobuzali ekuhlolweni kwethu kwaminyaka yonke, kuphephile ukusho ukuthi isikhathi sesikrini singaba ngesinye sezihloko ezingase zigqugquzele i-bluff (iqiniso elingaphelele, okungcono kakhulu). Kodwa uma kuziwa ekulengeni izinhlobo zemidiya ukusuka kokuhle kakhulu kuye kokubi kakhulu, injani imidlalo yevidiyo uma iqhathaniswa nombukiso wezingane ojwayelekile? Ingabe le ndlela yokufundisa ayinampilo ngokwemvelo ezinganeni, noma ingabe ngokuvamile iyindlela nje engenangozi—mhlawumbe eyinzuzo—yokuhlanganyela? Iqiniso cishe lizozwakala lijwayelekile, njengoba kuyilelo elisebenza ezinqumweni eziningi ezihlukene zokukhulisa izingane: Ukuthi imidlalo yevidiyo inomthelela ongemuhle noma omuhle kuncike ezicini eziningana, okungenani okuwubuntu bengane okukhulunywa ngayo.
Sesikushilo lokho, uma kufikwa ekuzuzeni leyo ndlela elinganiselayo yokuba umzali sonke esiyilwelayo, ulwazi lungamandla. Qhubeka nokuthola ezinye izihluthulelo zokuhlakanipha ezivela komama abathathu, osemusha kanye nodokotela wezengqondo UDkt. Bethany Cook —bonke banokuthile abangakusho mayelana nezingane ezidlala imidlalo yevidiyo. Isithombe esiphelele singakusiza ukuthi ufinyelele esiphethweni sakho.
Bathini Omama
Umdwebo awunakuphikwa, kodwa abazali bazizwa kanjani ngalokhu kuzijabulisa kuba ingxenye yokuphila kwansuku zonke kwezingane zabo? Sabuza omama abathathu—uLaura (umama kwengane eneminyaka engu-7), uDenise (umama wezingane ezimbili, eneminyaka engu-8 nengu-10) no-Addy (umama kwengane eneminyaka engu-14) ukuthi bami kuphi. Nakhu ababekusho.
Q: Uyawabona amandla okuthatheka (okungukuthi, ukuthambekela kokulutha) athuthuka ngokudlala imidlalo yevidiyo? Ingabe ubudlelwano obunempilo nomuntu osebenza naye bungenzeka?
ULaura: Ngingathi indodana yami inobudlelwano obuhle obuhle nemidlalo yevidiyo. Asikaze sibhekane nanoma yikuphi ukucasuka lapho kuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukudlala...futhi ucela i-TV kaningi kunemidlalo yevidiyo, empeleni.
UDenise: Ngicabanga ukuthi imidlalo yevidiyo yenzelwe izingane eziyimilutha. Isibonelo, izingane zami zithanda ukudlala eyodwa ebizwa ngokuthi i-Roadblocks, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi umdlalo uzivuza [ngemiklomelo, amaphuzu, njll] ngokudlala okwengeziwe.
U-Addy: Indodana yami eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala igxila ngokuphelele kulo mdlalo. Njengomama omatasatasa ongayedwana, kulula ukukhohlwa amahora adlule naye empompini echofoza lapho. Ngizama ukuqonda ukuthi kulula kangakanani ukuthi ubuchopho bentsha, obungakalungiswa, buqeqeshelwe ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi endaweni yesikhulumi. Futhi ngingalindeli ngokuphelele ukuthi ingane yami esengozini ingakwazi ukumelana iyodwa nomzamo webhizinisi osuvele wavela kakhulu, omkhulu wokumbamba—ngoba ukusabela kwami kwasekuqaleni ekusebenziseni umdlalo wevidiyo owumlutha kunguwe. Kwenzile. INI?
Q: Yiziphi ezinye izinto ezikukhathazayo mayelana nezingane ezidlala imidlalo yevidiyo kanye nohlobo lokukhuthaza ezikunikezayo?
ULaura: Kukhona into ethi...nje ngakho ukukhuthazeka okukhulu, umvuzo osheshayo—ukwaneliseka ngokushesha—futhi ngiyakhathazeka ngempela ngalokho njengoba kukude kakhulu nokuba ngokoqobo. Siphinde sidlale imidlalo enzima, ngakho ngiyakubona ukukhungatheka. Nginomuzwa wokuthi likhona ithuba lokubhekana naleyo mizwelo, kodwa uma besingazi ukuthi singamsekela kanjani, ngiyakwazi ukubona ukuthi kungaba kanjani isipiliyoni esibi ngokomzwelo.
UDenise: Angikuthandi neze izinga lokwaneliseka okusheshayo okuhilelekile. Imidlalo eminingi ihlanganisa nokusebenzisa imali ukuthenga izinto futhi ngizizwa ngikhathazekile ngezingane eziba nalolo hlobo lwesipiliyoni sokuhwebelana zisencane. Sekukonke, ngicabanga ukuthi imidlalo yevidiyo ingcolisa kakhulu ingqondo uma iqhathaniswa nezinhlelo ze-TV.
U-Addy: Kudingeka ngifunde indlela enzima yokubeka imingcele, futhi kuyizingxoxo eziqhubekayo. Ekuqaleni kwe-COVID, ngokwesibonelo, lapho wonke umuntu ebhekene nezinkathazo zethu isikhathi eside, ngathola ukuthi wayekhokhise inani lezinkanyezi ekuthengeni kwangaphakathi nohlelo esebenzisa ikhadi lesikweletu engalinamathisela ku-akhawunti ukubhalisa kokuqala. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngithathe imidlalo yakhe yamavidiyo izinyanga, futhi manje usebuyela kuyo kalula. Kufanele kube nesigqebhezana esiyisixwayiso emabhokisini emidlalo yevidiyo: Abazali abaningi abazi ukuthi imidlalo eminingi yamavidiyo, ngaphandle uma uphuma, ivumela umdlali ukuthi asebenzise ikhadi lesikweletu (elilidingayo ukuze alidlale okokuqala ngemali encane) yenza ukuthenga okwengeziwe ngaphakathi nohlelo. Mayelana nokuziphatha, ngiye ngaqaphela lapho esanda kudlala imidlalo yevidiyo engaphumuli, uyacasuka futhi aphelelwe isineke kakhulu.
Q: Ingabe ikhona imithetho oyibekile mayelana nesikhathi esichithwa udlala imidlalo yevidiyo, noma uthola izingane zakho zizilawula ngendlela efanele?
ULaura: Imithetho yethu iwukuthi [indodana yami] ingadlala imizuzu engu-30 kuya kwengu-45 kuphela ngosuku uma idlala yodwa. Futhi asimvumeli ukuthi adlale ku-inthanethi ukuze angalokothi ahlanganyele nabanye abantu ngenkathi edlala...sivele sizizwe sengathi kunengozi enkulu yokuphepha ngalokho. Njengoba simvumela ukuthi adlale isikhashana nje, siyamtshela ukuthi ayicime ngaphambi kokuthi ayozihambela...kodwa angiboni ukuthi uyazifela ngemidlalo.
UDenise: Sithembele kuzibali-sikhathi ezibukwayo ukuze izingane zazi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukudlala. Imizila nayo iyisici esikhulu uma kuziwa ekulawuleni isikhathi esisichitha kumageyimu evidiyo.
U-Addy: Uma [indodana yami] ithola ikhonsoli entsha yegeyimu yevidiyo kaKhisimusi, ngizoyilawula nge Umbuthano , uhlobo lomshini wokubulala engingawusebenzisa ukucisha izinto zakhe zikagesi ngikude. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi izoba yini imithetho yami yesikhathi esizayo, ngisebenza nomqeqeshi wabazali ukuthuthukisa imithetho ethile emayelana namabanga nemisebenzi engizoyinakekela kanye namalungelo egeyimu yevidiyo.
Q: Yiziphi izinzuzo ocabanga ukuthi imidlalo yevidiyo inganikeza, uma zikhona?
ULaura: Ngizwa sengathi kunezinzuzo ngokudlala le midlalo. Imidlalo esiyidlalayo ibandakanya ukuxazulula izinkinga eziningi, ukuzuza umgomo. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle ngempela ukusebenzisana neso lesandla—udlala imidlalo yethenisi. Futhi kukhona izinqumo ezithathwayo: Emdlalweni wePokémon kufanele anqume ukuthi uzowasebenzisa kanjani amaphuzu akhe ukuze athenge amathuluzi futhi anakekele iPokémon yakhe. Ngiyathanda futhi ukuthi ixhumana kancane kunethelevishini.
UDenise: Izingane zami zidlala nabangane ukuze zikwazi ukusebenzisa isici sokuxoxa ngenkathi zidlala, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ukusebenzelana kwabantu ngokuvamile kuyinto enhle, ikakhulukazi phakathi nobhadane lapho wonke umuntu ephuthelwa yilokho. Izingane zami ezimbili nazo zidlala imidlalo zodwa [ngasikhathi sinye, ezikrinini ezihlukene] futhi lokho kunikeza ukuzizwisa okusebenzisanayo phakathi kwezelamani.
U-Addy: Ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuvalelwa, mancane amathuba okuthi osemusha ahlangane, futhi imidlalo yevidiyo iyindlela amaqembu abangani angahlanganyela ngayo ekude. Ngakho-ke, kwenze ukuthi ingane yami ingabi yodwa. Kuyingxenye yezingxoxo zakhe zokuzilibazisa okuku-inthanethi okuhlanganisa uhlelo lokusebenza lapho ethola khona intsha engahleliwe ezweni lonke azoqophisana nayo ngezombusazwe—futhi ingane yami ingitshele mayelana nezingxoxo enazo nenye intsha enemibono ehlukahlukene yezombusazwe, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle lokho?
Ukuthatha Kwentsha
Pho ithini osemusha lapho ebuzwa imibuzo efanayo ngale ndaba? Umlandeli wegeyimu yevidiyo oneminyaka engu-14 esixoxisane naye ukholelwa ukuthi imidiya ingafundisa ngempela, ecaphuna i-Call of Duty njengesibonelo—umdlalo awuncoma ngokumfundisa okuningi mayelana nomongameli bangaphambili kanye nemicimbi ethile yomlando njengeMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Kodwa-ke, lapho ebuzwa ukuthi imidlalo yevidiyo inamandla okuba yinkinga yini, akazange alinganise: amaphesenti angu-100 yebo, angikholelwa ukuthi ibangela ubudlova kodwa iyalutha nakanjani. Wabuye waphawula ngezinkinga zakhe zomuntu siqu zokulinganisela lapho edlala esikhathini esidlule—okuhlangenwe nakho ngokungangabazeki okwazisa umbono wakhe wokuthi abazali kufanele babeke imingcele yesikhathi: Amahora amathathu ngosuku ezinganeni ezineminyaka engu-14 nangaphezulu, futhi ezingaphansi kwaleyo minyaka, ihora elilodwa ngosuku.
Umbono Wochwepheshe
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, ukuma kwesazi sokusebenza kwengqondo kuhambisana ngezindlela eziningi nemibono yabazali nengane esikhulume nayo. Njengezinto eziningi ekuphileni, imidlalo yevidiyo inamandla okuba yinhle noma ibe mibi, kusho uDkt. Cook. Sesikushilo lokho, ukungathathi hlangothi kwakhe kuza nesexwayiso esibalulekile: Abazali kufanele baqaphele ngodlame oludlalwa imidlalo yevidiyo, njengoba lolu hlobo lokuqukethwe lungase lubangele ukungezwani komzimba, umphumela lapho izingane zincipha khona ngokomzwelo ekukhuthazeni okubi noma okuphikisayo. Ngamanye amazwi, uma ufuna ingane yakho ibone izinto ezinyantisayo ngalokho eziyikho, qiniseka ukuthi izinto ezinjalo azibonakali kaningi kumageyimu wevidiyo kangangokuthi ziba yinto evamile.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, uDkt. Cook uqinisekisa ukuthi amandla okuba umlutha angokoqobo: ubuchopho bomuntu buxhunywe ukufisa ukuxhumana, ukwaneliseka okusheshayo, isipiliyoni esisheshayo kanye nokungaqiniseki; bobane banelisekile emidlalweni yevidiyo. Uyini umphumela? Ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo kugcwala isikhungo senjabulo sobuchopho nge-dopamine—okuhlangenwe nakho okungenakuphikwa okujabulisayo okungenza iningi lanoma ubani lifune okwengeziwe. Noma kunjalo, imidlalo yevidiyo akufanele ibhalwe njengohlobo oluthile lwesidakamizwa esiyingozi okufanele sigwenywe ngazo zonke izindleko. Kuye ngohlobo lomdlalo ingane yakho ehlanganyela nawo, i-medium ingacebisa ngempela. NgokukaDkt. Cook, imidlalo yevidiyo ingaba negalelo ekuthuthukisweni kokusebenzelana, ukunaka nokugxilisa ingqondo, amakhono okuxazulula izinkinga, ukuqonda kwe-visuospatial, ukwanda kwesivinini sokucubungula, inkumbulo ethuthukisiwe, kwezinye izimo ukuqina komzimba futhi ingaba umthombo omkhulu wokufunda.
Umugqa ongezansi? Imidlalo yevidiyo iyisikhwama esixubile—ngakho-ke uma unquma ukuvumela ingane yakho ukuthi iyidlale, zilungiselele ukuthatha okubi nokuhle (bese ubeka imingcele eqinile ukuze uphakamise isikali ngasemuva).
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