Isigqibo esimangalisayo esenziwe ngabawi-mthetho baseTaiwanese ukudala a "UMthetho woKhuseleko loLutsha kunye neNtlalontle yaBantwana" kuyo, i abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emibini ubudala abayi kukwazi ukusebenzisa ii-iPads kunye nezinye izixhobo zombane efanayo, ekhokelela kwisohlwayo esibalulekileyo kubazali ukuba bathe bawaphula umthetho. Ngumthetho ongazange ubonwe ngaphambili (nangona e-China nase-South Korea kukho imimiselo malunga nalo mbandela) ongqubana nemeko ekhoyo ngoku kwihlabathi elijongene nokubizwa ngokuba yi "digital age". Ngaba lo mthetho unengqiqo? Ngaba akhona amanye amazwe awayiphindaphindayo kwimimandla yawo?
Umthetho ekuthethwa ngawo awuthinteli kuphela abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emibini ukuba basebenzise ii-iPads nezinye ezifana nazo, kodwa ukwafuna ukuba abantwana nabani na ongaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18 kufuneka asebenzise ngobulumko amajelo eendaba edijithali, elingadluliyo "kwixesha elingekho ngqiqweni." Izohlwayo abazali baba bantwana abangawuthobeliyo lo mthetho banokufumana imali ukuya kwi-50.000 yeedola zaseTaiwan okanye into efanayo, malunga. 1.400 euro. Izohlwayo eziphezulu ukwenzela ukoyikisa abazali kwaye ubenze bahambelane nesekiweyo.
Kwaye kukuba enye yeengxaki ezinkulu ukuba lo mthetho uya ukuhlangabezana, na Uya kuqinisekisa njani ukuba iyazaliseka? Enyanisweni, ukubhala akucaci ngokupheleleyo ukususela ngoko Lide kangakanani ixesha elifanelekileyo? Yinto enganakulinganiswa kwaye ixhomekeke kakhulu kumntu okanye kusapho ekuthethwa ngalo. Ukuze kuthotyelwe umthetho, into abanokuyenza kukufaka isiqwenga sesoftware kwisixhobo ngasinye esithengiswa elizweni kwaye bayachatshazelwa ngumthetho, othi kwelinye icala, ibe luhlaselo olukhohlakeleyo kwimfihlo kungekuphela nje kwe abasebenzisi kodwa iintsapho xa zizonke.
Abo banoxanduva kwezi zikhokelo (hayi umthetho), IAkhademi yaseMelika yonyango lwabantwana (AAP), bade batsho "Amanye amajelo okuzonwabisa afana nomabonwakude kufuneka aphetshwe kwiintsana kunye nabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emibini ubudala" ebhekisa oko "Ingqondo yomntwana ikhula ngokukhawuleza kule minyaka yokuqala, kwaye abantwana abancinci bafunda ngcono ngokusebenzisana nabantu kunokuba basebenzise izikrini". Ukusa kumlinganiselo othile, kucacile, kodwa oko koko abazali baseTaiwan baye bakubona njengokuphazamisana nomsebenzi wabo.
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Ngendlela: CNN