Njalo amaphupho omzali evamile enjabulweni yengane yakhe. Ngokuvamile uhlela izinhlelo zekusasa lomntanakhe. Unquma ukuthi ubani okufanele abe ngumngane, lapho kufanele ahambe khona ngemva kwesikole, ozoshada naye noma oshade naye, ekhohlwa ukuthi ingane ingumuntu. Uyazi ukuthi yini okufanele akwenze nokuthi kufanele ayenze nini, abazali kufanele bamane basisekele ingane emzamweni yakhe nasemigomweni yakhe. Uma ungathandi omunye wabangane bakho, kuzomele uchaze ingane ukuthi kungani ungayithandi, futhi ulalele izingxabano zomntwana ekuvikeleni umngane wakhe. Kanye ukuhlaziya isimo, futhi uthole indlela yokuphuma kuyo. Ingane akuyona isidalwa esisiphukuphuku esingakwazi ukuqonda ngaphandle kwakho lapho kuhle khona, kepha lapho kubi khona. Izingane zivame ukuhlakanipha futhi zihlakaniphe ngaphezu kwabazali bazo, ngoba imicabango yabo isacacile, futhi abazali baqala ukugxila ngobuntu bendodana enegunya labo.
Inkathi yenkathi yobusha nezinkinga zayo. Uma uphawula ingane ngokuziphatha kule nkathi, uqala ukufakazela ukuthi unelungelo lokuphila kuzo zonke izindlela ezingacabangeki. Abafana bavame ukuqala ukubhema nokuphuza ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, bangabuyi ekhaya ukulala ebusuku, noma bahlale bephuzile emgwaqweni ukuze bangayizwa izici zabazali babo, beqa isikole. Amantombazane ahlehliswa, angaphinde aphule esikoleni, ekuqaleni nje aqale ukulala naye. Amantombazane afuna ububele nothando, lapho unikezwa khona, noma ngaleso sikhathi kubonakala sengathi lolu thando. Lezi zingane zibonisa ukuthi "Mina", uma abazali bengacabangi ngesikhathi futhi benganaki ukuziphatha kwengane, khona-ke kuyoba nzima ukuyeka inqubo yokwakheka komlingiswa.
Esikhathini sesisakhula sesigqila somuntu osemusha, kunenkinga ethile ephakama, abafana bangena ekushintsheni okujulile futhi kungase kube ngisho nasemiphakathini. Futhi amantombazane afuna ukuthanda, abe omama asencane. Ngokwezibalo zengqondo, amadodakazi angaphansi kweminyaka engu-12 kufanele afundise obaba babo ngokukhathazeka nokukhathalela. Futhi amadodana kufanele afundise omama, kanye nokukhathazeka nokukhathalela. Akudingekile ukujezisa izingane, ngeke kuholele lutho, kufanele nje ube nokubekezela ngesikhathi sokukhula bese usiza ingane ukuba ingayiqondi ngebhande, kodwa ngosizo lwezingxoxo, inkhulumomphendvulwano ehleliwe kahle. Uma abazali ngokwabo bengenakukwazi ukubhekana nalesi simo, kudingeka uphendule kunokholo kwengqondo oyohlale ekusiza futhi akutshele ukuthi ungenzani kahle kulesi simo noma leso simo.
Uma indodakazi yakho ifika ekhaya futhi ithi ikhulelwe futhi izozala, ungamthumeli ekukhipheni isisu. Uzophula impilo yakho kanye naye, uzokhumbula kuwe esikhathini esizayo ukuthi awuzange umsekele. Akukho lutho olungalungile ngokuzalwa kwengane, futhi ungacabangi ukuthi indodakazi yakho izophula impilo yakhe nalokhu. Cha, uzoba umama omuhle wengane yakhe, futhi nje umsize ngalokhu. Futhi ungikholelwe, lapho umzukulu noma umzukulu ezalwa, uzoba ugogo nomkhulu kakhulu.
Indodana ayikho into engayidli, ngakho-ke yenze impilo yakhe encane. Kufanele njalo azi ukuthi unekhaya nomndeni lapho athandwa khona futhi kulindeleke. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, kungumntwana olahlekile kuleli zwe elikhulu lezilingo. Futhi umndeni, abazali bazo futhi unikezwa kuleli zwe, ukusiza ingane yakho ithole yona. Uzovuna uthando, futhi uzoyiqoqa ngokuvuna okukhulu!