Singayisebenzisa njani itekhnoloji ukugcina umkhondo wabantwana bethu? (Ifoto: New York Braganca)
Ubuncinane kabini ngosuku, umzali ubiza uBrickHouse Security, i-salon yaseMidtown yokujonga, kunye nombuzo ofanayo: Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukufaka i-microchip yokulandelela kubantwana babo? Ukuba asifumani mnxeba ngosuku, umphathi wenkampani uTodd Morris uxelele Umjongi ngokuhleka, ndiza kucinga ukuba inkqubo yethu yefowuni yaphukile.
Njengoko uMnu. Morris echazile, okwangoku akunakwenzeka ukuba abantwana be-microchip babengathi ziinjana. Iitshiphusi ezisemva kweendlebe zezinja ziibhakhowudi kuphela, ke zinokuchongwa ukuba ziyavela kwisikiti-ayizizo ii-GPS trackers. Ukufakela i-GPS tracker emntwaneni, akuyomfuneko ukuba ufake kuphela i-chip phantsi kolusu lwabo, kodwa i-receiver cell cell kunye nebhetri, nayo.
Ungayithanda lento phantsi kolusu lwakho? UMnumzana Morris ubuzile, esibonisa ibhetri enkulu emnyama emnyama. Ubungakanani be-pacemaker… ayonyani ukuyenza.
Kodwa itekhnoloji yokulandela umkhondo yabantwana engathandekiyo iye yanda ngokuya kwiBrickHouse. NgokweSebe lezoBulungisa laseNew York eliqikelela ukuba abantwana abayi-20,124 babikwa ukuba balahlekile ngo-2013- nge-8,003 yabo isenzeka kwisiXeko saseNew York-abazali baya ngokujonga kubuchwephesha ukuze bagcine inzala yabo.
Imveliso ethandwa kakhulu yiBrickHouse okwangoku yi- $ 129 Spark Nano 4.0, itracker encinci, engunxantathu yeGPS enokuthi ibotshelelwe kwibhanti lomntwana. Kukho ne-30 ye-Toddler Tag Child Locator, eqhoboshela engxoweni, isihlangu okanye inqaku lempahla kwaye ithumele isilumkiso kumthumeli ohamba nomzali xa umntwana ezulazule ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-30.
Iimveliso, utshilo uMnu. Morris, ziye zaba nomtsalane ngakumbi kubazali babantwana abaneemfuno ezizodwa, ezinje nge-autism. Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sabantwana abane-autism abazulazulayo, ngokophando olwenziwe ngo-2012 liqela elikhuthazayo i-Autism Speaks.
Ukubhadula ngumngcipheko wokwenene kwinxalenye yabemi, uLisa Goring, usekela-mongameli wesigqeba we-Autism Speak weenkqubo kunye neenkonzo, uxelele Umjongi . 
Iimpahla ezivela kumnxeba kaNks Thierry. (Ifoto: Facebook)
Xa kufikwa kumba wokulandela umkhondo we-GPS trackers, abazali banokuba nomdla nakwizinxibo zoSuku lweNkululeko: Umgca owenziwe ngumnxibelelanisi wangaphambili we-CNN uLauren Thierry, ononyana wakhe, uLiam, one-autism. Ngaphandle kokubuyela umva kwaye ngaphandle kwamaqhosha, iithegi kunye neeziphu-izinto ezivusa uvakalelo kubantwana abane-autism kunye neTourette Syndrome-izinto zempahla zinamagumbi afihlakeleyo, afihliweyo ayilelwe ukugcina iitracker ze-GPS. I-EMPOWER GPS tracker, enokuthi ivavanywe ngabazali nge-smartphone, ifumaneka simahla ngayo yonke i-Independence Day Order (abathengi baya kuthi, nangona kunjalo, bahlawule i $ 69.95 yokuhlawulisa kunye ne- $ 14.95 yentlawulo yenyanga).
Ngokombono kaNks. Thierry, ukufihla aba bazingeli ngaphakathi kwempahla yokunxiba rhoqo kusebenza ngcono kunokunyanzela umntwana ukuba anxibe iwotshi ekhethekileyo okanye isongo seqatha.
Ndikhe ndabona intombazana ihlafuna iwotshi ye-Hello Kitty kwimizuzu ye-15 ukuyikhupha-intliziyo yam yaya kuye, UNksz Thierry uxelele Umjongi . Kwaye ufuna ukuba anxibe isongo seqatha?
UDavid Finkelhor, umlawuli weCrime Against Children Research Centre kwiYunivesithi yaseNew Hampshire, ubuza ukuba ingaba izixhobo zeGPS zezona ndlela zisebenzayo zokulandelela abantwana.
Cinga, umzekelo, ukuba umntwana wayexhwilwe edabini lokugcina umntwana — olona hlobo luxhaphakileyo lokuxhwilwa komntwana. Kubantwana abayi-8,003 baxela ukuba balahlekile kwi-NYC ngo-2013, bonke ngaphandle kwabali-15 babekhe babaleka okanye bathimba usapho.
Ingxaki ngokuxhwilwa kosapho, utshilo uMnu. Finkelhor, ukuba omnye umzali ufuna ukunyamalala nomntwana, kusenokwenzeka ukuba banolwazi olwaneleyo ngomntwana ukukhubaza okanye ukulahla nasiphi na isixhobo.
Ukuba isixhobo sokulandela umkhondo sigqame kakhulu, ungasoloko usebenzisa amandla ento ethile phantse kuwo wonke umntwana kule mihla: iselfowuni.
Cinga ngamandla okufumana i-iPhone yam, inkonzo ka-Apple ekunceda ukuba ulandele isixhobo esilahlekileyo-okanye, kwimeko ka-2013 eTexas, umntwana olahlekileyo.
Ngo-Septemba ka-2013, utata washiya unyana wakhe oneminyaka emi-5 emotweni ngelixa wayengena kwivenkile yotywala yaseHouston. Isela latsiba langena kwi-SUV laza lakhawuleza — inkwenkwana leyo isengaphakathi. Ngoncedo lwe-iPad yakhe, utata okhathazekileyo wasebenzisa usetyenziso ukulandelela i-iPhone awayeyishiya kwimoto ebiweyo. Inkqubo ikhokelele amapolisa kwisithuthi sakhe ebiweyo, kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ngunyana wakhe olahlekileyo. 
Followmee, olunye usetyenziso lokulandela umkhondo. (Ifoto: iTunes)
Olunye ukhetho yi-Followmee, i- $ 3.99 yokulandela umkhondo we-GPS enabasebenzisi abakwi-100,000, ngokuka msunguli uChris Li. Nje ukuba usetyenziso lukhutshelwe kwifowuni yomntwana, abazali banokungena kwi Followmee.com ukufumana uhlaziyo rhoqo kwindawo yomntwana wabo. Ngokuzenzekelayo, usetyenziso lubhalisa indawo yabo rhoqo kwimizuzu eli-10, kodwa abazali banokuhlengahlengisa useto ukuze uhlaziyo lube rhoqo kanye ngomzuzu.
Insiza iza neqhosha lokuphakuzela. Xa becinezelwe, abazali baya kufumana i-imeyile ebazisa ngendawo yangoku yabantwana babo.
Umntwana wam une-app eqhuba kwifowuni yakhe-iyure nganye, ndiyabona ukuba uphi, utshilo uMnu Li. Kwiminyaka eli-11 ubudala, akaphikisani nayo. Kodwa xa esiba mdala, andazi! Kuza kuba ngumzabalazo.
Nokuba yeyiphi na into abazali abagcina ngokuyisebenzisa, iingcali ziyavuma ukuba kufuneka zilungiselelwe iimfuno zosapho. Ukuba akukho amathuba okwenyani omntwana olahlekileyo-njengakwimeko yabanye abantwana abane-autism okanye idabi elinzima lokugcina abantwana-abazali akufuneki bagqithe ngetekhnoloji yokulandela umkhondo.
Ekupheleni kosuku, umngcipheko wokuba umntwana athinjwe ngumntu angamaziyo unjengokubetha kombane, utshilo uMnu. Morris weBrickHouse Security. Ugqibela ngokuhlala uloyiko, uqhubeke, ayisiyiyo le nto siyifunayo.
Ingxelo eyongezelelweyo nguSage Lazzaro .
