Izinto ezimangalisayo ngezinye izikhathi zenzeka kubazali. Kubonakala sengathi bonke banesithakazelo sokuphumelela, bafisela izingane zabo okuhle. Futhi kuningi abakwenzela khona. Futhi-ke babonakala besaba: akukuhle kakhulu?
UDasha oneminyaka engu-14 ubudala walethwa umama wakhe, owasho ngokuhleba wathi: “Uhamba kancane kimi…” UDasha omkhulu, obhicile wasuka onyaweni waya onyaweni futhi wabheka phansi ngenkani. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukukhuluma naye isikhathi eside: noma wabubula, wabe esethula ngokuphelele. Bengivele ngingabaza: izosebenza? Kodwa - imidwebo, izivivinyo, futhi ngemva konyaka u-Dasha wayengabonakali: ubuhle obuhle obune-braid obukhulu, nezwi lesifuba elijulile, lavela esiteji. Ngaqala ukuthola amamaki amahle esikoleni, okwakungakaze kwenzeke ngaphambili. Futhi-ke umama wakhe wamthatha ngehlazo nezinyembezi, wamthumela esikoleni esinobunzima bokufunda. Konke kwagcina ngokuba novalo enganeni.
Sisebenza kakhulu nabantu abadala, intsha ihlukile. Kodwa ngisho nangaphansi kwalesi simo, izindaba ezinjalo ezingaphezu kweyodwa zenzeka phambi kwamehlo ami. Abafana namantombazane aboshwe ngamaketanga aqala ukucula, ukudansa, ukuphindaphinda nokuqamba okuthile okungokwawo, abazali babo abasheshe bawasusa esitudiyo … nginwaya ikhanda ngenxa yezizathu. Mhlawumbe izinguquko zenzeka ngokushesha futhi abazali abakakulungeli. Ingane iba ehlukile, ingase ingalandeli “ezinyathelweni”, kodwa ikhethe eyakhe indlela. Umzali ulindele ukuthi usezolahlekelwa indima eyinhloko ekuphileni kwakhe, futhi uzama, uma nje engakwazi, ukugcina ingane ingalawuleki.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, u-Nikolai wavula izwi lakhe, le nsizwa yabuthana emnyangweni we-opera. Kodwa ubaba wathi “cha”: ngeke ube umlimi lapho. U-Nikolai waphothula enyuvesi yobuchwepheshe. Uyafundisa esikoleni… Abafundi bavame ukukhumbula indlela abadala ababatshela ngayo into enjengokuthi: “Zibuke esibukweni, ufuna ukuba kuphi njengomdwebi?” Ngabona ukuthi abazali bahlukaniswe izigaba ezimbili: abanye, beza emibukisweni yethu, bathi: «Ungcono kakhulu», abanye — «Uyimbi kakhulu.»
Ngaphandle kokusekelwa, kunzima kumuntu omusha ukuqala indlela emsebenzini wokudala. Kungani bengayisekeli? Kwesinye isikhathi ngenxa yobumpofu: "Ngikhathele ukukweseka, imali oyiholayo ayithembekile." Kodwa ngokuvamile, kubonakala kimi, iphuzu liwukuthi abazali bafuna ukuba nengane elalelayo. Futhi lapho umoya wokudala uvuka kuye, uzimele kakhulu. Ayilawuleki. Hhayi ngokuthi uyahlanya, kodwa ngomqondo wokuthi kunzima ukumphatha.
Kungenzeka ukuthi umona omangalisayo usebenza: ngenkathi ingane ivinjelwe, ngifuna ukuyikhulula. Futhi uma impumelelo isondela emkhathini, umzali avuse intukuthelo yakhe yobuntwana: ingabe ungcono kunami? Abadala abesabi nje ukuthi izingane zizoba abaculi, kodwa ukuthi zizoba yizihlabani futhi zingene emzileni ohlukile. Futhi kwenzeka kanjalo.
E-Star Factory, lapho mina nomyeni wami sasisebenza khona, ngabuza abangenele umncintiswano abaneminyaka engu-20: yini oyisaba kakhulu ekuphileni? Futhi abaningi bathi: "Yiba njengomama wami, njengobaba wami." Abazali bacabanga ukuthi bayisibonelo ezinganeni zabo. Futhi abaqondi ukuthi isibonelo sibi. Kubo kubonakala sengathi baphumelele, kodwa izingane zibona: ziphansi, zingajabuli, zisebenza ngokweqile. Kungaba kanjani? Ngiyaqonda ukuthi akwenzeki ngaso sonke isikhathi ukusiza. Kodwa okungenani ungangeni endleleni. Ungacimi. Ngithi: cabanga, kuthiwani uma ingane yakho ihlakaniphile? Futhi uyamemeza ...