Njengayo yonke i-20 kaNovemba, namhlanje lusuku loSuku lwaBantwana, usuku olukhethekileyo olungafanele ukujongwa. Isizathu salo mbhiyozo kukukhumbula ukubaluleka kobuntwana, isidingo sokwenza oko khusela bonke abantwana behlabathi kwaye ubanikeze uzinzo, ukhuseleko, imfundo kunye nempilo, nokuba bazalelwe phi.
Kutheni le nto kubhiyozelwa uSuku lwaBantwana lweHlabathi?
Ngo-1954, iZizwe eziManyeneyo (i-UN) zabhengeza olu suku njengo usuku lwabantwana lwehlabathi. Lo mhla ibaluleke kakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezininziUkongeza kumbhiyozo okhankanywe ngasentla, ngo-1959 kwavakaliswa isibhengezo samalungelo oluntu kwindalo iphela. Kwaye ngokungathi oko akwanelanga, kwiminyaka kamva kwi-1989 iNgqungquthela yamaLungelo oMntwana yaphunyezwa, kwangolo suku lunye ngoNovemba 20.
Oko kukuthi, zininzi izizathu nezikhumbuzo zalo mhla ubalulekileyo. Kwaye kutheni uSuku lwaBantwana lwaBonke babhiyozelwa? Kuba ngelishwa, abantwana abaninzi ehlabathini baphila bengakhuselekanga, ixhoba leemfazwe kunye neengxabano zamazwe ngamazwe. Izigidi zabantwana emhlabeni ngamaxhoba endlala nentlupheko, abantwana abangabaziyo ubuntwana njengawe.
Bonke abantwana banelungelo lokonwaba ebuntwaneni, apho bakhuselweyo kwaye banokuphuhla njengezinto ezizimeleyo ezizayo, ezinokubakho ebomini babo. Konke oku nokuba bazalelwe phi, kuba abantwana ngabantwana. Kubalulekile ukulwa kwimeko nganye, hayi kuphela kumanqanaba aphezulu, kodwa usapho ngalunye olusuka ekhaya linoxanduva lokulwela ilizwe elingcono labo bonke abantwana.
Ukuba uyazibuza ukuba ungenza ntoni ukuphucula le meko, mhlawumbi eyona mpendulo ilula iphambi kwamehlo akho. Fundisa abantwana bakho kwiinqobo ezisemgangathweni, ubafundise ukuba ngabantu abanovelwano nabanye, ukwazi ukuba abanye abantwana abaninzi emhlabeni abanalo ithamsanqa elifanayo njengabo. Kwaye mhlawumbi, ngethemba, ngenye imini akuyi kuba yimfuneko ukukhumbula ukuba baninzi abantwana ehlabathini ababulawa yindlala.