Zimbalwa izinto eziyilwe zobugcisa ezinokuvala iyantlukwano yobudala, isini, kunye nemvelaphi yenkcubeko njengezinto zokudlala ezimfumamfuma. Bazisa iimvakalelo kwihlabathi liphela kwaye babonwa kwihlabathi liphela njengemiqondiso yonxibelelwano lweemvakalelo. Amathoyizi ePlush amele umnqweno womntu oyimfuneko wokufudumala, ukhuseleko, kunye nobudlelwane. Zithambile kwaye ziyathandeka, aziyonto nje yokudlala. Baphumeza indima ebaluleke ngakumbi ekuthomalaliseni ingqondo yomntu.
Ngowe-1902, uMorris Michitom wadala owokuqalaithoyizi ephuphumayo yorhwebo, i-“Teddy Bear.” Iphefumlelwe ligama lesidlaliso likaRoosevelt, "Teddy." Nangona uMichitom wasebenzisa isiteketiso sikaRoosevelt, umongameli obambeleyo wayengawuthandi lo mbono, ewujonga njengongahloniphi umfanekiso wakhe. Enyanisweni, yayiyi "Teddy Bear" eyavelisa ishishini leebhiliyoni zeedola. Imbali yeethoyi ezixutyiweyo ibonisa uguquko lwabo ukusuka kwizilwanyana ezifakwe lula ukuya kwinto abayimele namhlanje-isipho saseMelika sakudala esifumaneka kuyo yonke indawo. Bavela e-USA ukuzisa ulonwabo ebantwaneni, kodwa kule mihla, baxatyiswa ngabantu bayo yonke iminyaka.
IPsychology isinika izizathu ezichaza indlela ebaluleke ngayo indima yokudlala ekuphuhliseni iimvakalelo zomntwana. Isazi ngengqondo esiphuhlayo saseBritane uDonald Winnicott angacebisa oku ngethiyori yakhe “yento eguqukayo,” echaza ukuba kungenxa yamathoyizi aluhlaza ukuba umntu enze inguqu yokuxhomekeka kubakhathaleli. Olunye uphononongo olwenziwe kwiDyunivesithi yaseMinnesota lubonisa ukuba ukuwola izilwanyana ezifunxayo kunkqonkqoza ingqondo ukuba ikhuphe i-oxytocin, “ihomoni ye-cuddle” esebenza kakuhle kakhulu ngokuchasene noxinzelelo. Yaye ayingobantwana kuphela; malunga nama-40% abantu abadala bayavuma ukuba bazigcina iithoyi ezimfumamfuma kwasebuntwaneni babo.
Izinto zokudlala ezithambileyoziye zavelisa iiyantlukwano zeenkcubeko ezininzi kunye nehlabathi jikelele. "I-Rilakkuma" kunye "neZidalwa eziKona" zibonisa ukuthanda kwenkcubeko yaseJapan ngobuhle. Amathoyizi eNordic plush amele ifilosofi yoyilo lwaseScandinavia ngokwemilo yejometri. E-China, i-panda dolls idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwisithuthi sokusasazwa kwenkcubeko. Ithoyi yepanda, eyenziwe eTshayina, yasiwa kwiSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe kwaye yaba “ngumgibeli” okhethekileyo emajukujukwini.
Amathoyizi athile athambileyo ngoku agcinwe kunye neemodyuli zobushushu kunye neemodyuli zeBluetooth, ezihambelana ne-app ephathwayo, kwaye yenza ukuba isilwanyana esithambileyo "sithethe" nenkosi yaso. Izazinzulu zaseJapan ziye zenza iirobhothi eziphilisayo ezingumxube we-AI kunye nethoyi emnandi ngendlela yeqabane elinobubele nelikrelekrele elinokufunda kwaye liphendule kwiimvakalelo zakho. Nangona kunjalo, ukulandela konke - njengoko idatha ibonisa - isilwanyana esilula ngakumbi sikhethwa. Mhlawumbi kwixesha ledijithali, xa kuninzi kumasuntswana, umntu ulangazelela ubushushu obuthile obubambekayo.
Ngokwasengqondweni, izilwanyana ezityebileyo zihlala zinomtsalane ebantwini kuba zenza “indlela esisabela ngayo,” igama elaziswa sisazi ngezilwanyana saseJamani uKonrad Lorenz. Baxhaphake ngeempawu ezithandekayo, ezinje ngamehlo amakhulu kunye nobuso obungqukuva ecaleni kweentloko "ezincinci" kunye nemizimba ye-chibi ezisa imvelo yethu yokukhulisa ngqo phezulu. I-Neuroscience ibonisa ukuba inkqubo ye-Reward Comms (n Accumbens -isakhiwo somvuzo wengqondo) siqhutywa kukubona amathoyizi athambileyo. Oku kusikhumbuza indlela ingqondo esabela ngayo xa umntu ejonge usana.
Nangona siphila kwixesha lezinto ezininzi eziphathekayo, akukho nto inqumamisayo ukukhula kwemarike yezinto zokudlala ezitofotofo. Ngokutsho kolwazi olunikwe ngabahlalutyi bezoqoqosho, baqikelela ukuba imarike yemalike ukuba ibe kwindawo yeebhiliyoni ezisibhozo ezingamakhulu amahlanu ezigidi zeedola ngo-2022, ukuya ngaphezu kweshumi elinesibini leebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2032. Imarike yokuqokelela abantu abadala, imarike yabantwana, okanye zombini yayiyi-catalysts kolu kukhula. Oku kungqinwa yinkcubeko yaseJapan “yokudlala” kunye “nento yokudlala” eqokelelwa yi-US naseYurophu edize indlela ezithambileyo ezibambelela ngayo ngokumangalisayo.
Xa siwola isilwanyana sethu esixutyiweyo, kunokubonakala ngathi senza izinto zethu - kodwa eneneni singabantwana abathuthuzelwa yiyo. Mhlawumbi izinto ezingaphiliyo ziba ziziqulatho zeemvakalelo ngenxa nje yokuba zenza abaphulaphuli abathe cwaka abagqibeleleyo, abasoze bagwebe, abanakuze bakushiye okanye balahle naziphi na iimfihlo zakho. Ngaloo ndlela,amathoyizi amnandikudala befuduka ngaphaya kokugqalwa “njengezinto zokudlala,” yaye, endaweni yoko, baye baba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yengqondo yomntu.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-08-2025