Ngempelaveki bendiseLeicester Square kwaye ndafumanisa ukuba ivenkile yaseNickelodeon ifikile eLondon. Ukubona ukuba unyana wam oneminyaka emithathu uyintanda kaNick Jr, ndangena ndathenga izinto.
E-UK, uNick Jr uyasasaza Ihagu kaPeppa , UBen noHolly's Little Kingdom (isihloko esingandicaphukisiyo kuba uHolly uyinkosazana kwaye uBen akangobukhosi konke konke), UThomas nabahlobo , kunye neepropathi zikaNick Ukujikeleza iPaw kwaye IBlaze kunye neMishini yeMonster , apho unyana wam ephambene ngayo ngoku. (Iilori ezinkulu ze-anthropomorphised? Meh. Iingoma zePowerpop malunga nesayensi? Yaasss!)
Ngelishwa, ivenkile yeNickelodeon yayiyitempile ISpongeBob , UDora, kwaye Iibhola zeBubble , ezenza ukuba ndifune iifolokhwe zejamm zamehlo am. Akukho Blaze yayiza kufunyanwa, kodwa isixa esincinci se Ukujikeleza iPaw I-swag yayizakuba nayo, kwaye ndazilungiselela ukufaka umthwalo kwibhegi yam.
Ukujikeleza iPaw , Ndimele ndivume, bandicaphukisa: onke amantshontsho angamadoda ngaphandle kukaSkye, umqhubi wenqwelo-ntaka ogqoke ezipinki, kunye neqela le-PP B-iqela elinguEverest elibonise ixesha le-2. Ke loo njana yamapolisa, injana yokucima umlilo, umakhi njana, ukuhlangula ulwandle, kwaye nantoni na eyenziwa sisihogo sikaRocky zonke zinekhowudi eyindoda, kuba ngokuqinisekileyo awungekhe ube nenja yamapolisa yabasetyhini, akunjalo? Sele yindawo yokuhlala enjalo ukuba abafazi bangaba ngabaqhubi beenqwelo moya. Kwaye nangona amazwi ehleliwe, avakala amhlophe: mnye kuphela umntu onombala kulo mboniso, uSodolophu uGoodway, osingelwe phantsi kwindima yakhe yobunkokheli ngokuba nenkuku yesilwanyana njengosekela-sodolophu wakhe nangokuba sisidenge.
Ewe kunjalo. Umboniso unengxaki. Zonke iinkqubo zonyana wam zinengxaki: UThomas nabahlobo sexist, classist, kwaye ukuba ubonile Usuku lwee-Diesel , ayisiyonto ininzi yolwazi ukubona isifaniso sokubola kwedolophu kunye nobuhlanga. Ihagu kaPeppa ikumgangatho ophakathi omhlophe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye abanye ootata abamhlophe endikhe ndadibana nabo abayithandi indlela ahlwempuzeke ngayo uTat'u Pig endala ngokuhlekwa okunje nangona umlinganiswa eyazi kakuhle yonke into. Kodwa unyana wam uyabathanda, kwaye iqabane lam kwaye siye savumelana ukuba asizukuchitha inkunkuma ayithandayo, ngaphandle kweso siqendu sinye sikaThomas neenyosi kuba I-OMG ezo nyosi zithixo .
Xa ndithe unyana wam uthanda uPeppa, abantu baphendula ngokubuza, Ngaba ayingomboniso wamantombazana lowo ? Iyandicaphukisa le nto. Ngumboniso malunga intombazana. Oko ngokuzenzekelayo akwenzi umboniso ye amantombazana. Kutheni le nto inkwenkwe ingenakubukela umboniso malunga nentombazana? Zingaphi iinkqubo amantombazana ekufuneka ezibukele ezimalunga namakhwenkwe kwaye kulindeleke ukuba azithande kwaye athule?
Andikwazi kufumana unyana wam isikipa sehagu yePeppa. Ndingamfumanela iimpahla kuphela nomninawa kaPeppa omncinci uGeorge kuzo. Kuyabonakala ukuba, amakhwenkwe akanakuthanda uPeppa, banokuthanda uGeorge kuphela.
Kuyafana nangoku Frozen . Unyana wam uyamthanda Frozen . Sasiyibukela kabini ngemini kangangeenyanga. Wayekwazi ukucula onke amagama ka-Let It Go phambi kokuba athethe ngezivakalisi ezipheleleyo. Ukuba ufuna ukunxiba kancinci Frozen gear, nangona kunjalo, ngu-Olaf, uSven, okanye uKristof. Ngaphandle kokuba u-Elsa angoyena mntu amthandayo, akukho t-shirt kuye.
Ewe ndiyaqonda ukuba ndinokuvele ndicofe icandelo lamantombazana ukuze ndimfumanele ihempe kaPeppa okanye ihempe ka-Elsa, ngaphandle kwempahla yamantombazana ehlupheka ngokufana neempahla zabasetyhini kuloo mikhono kubonakala ukuba ayisosinto sizikhathaza ngaso. nxiba iihempe. Kwakhona, kukho imicimbi yokunambitha: nokuba unyana wam ebeyintombi yam ngekhe ndithenge nto ine-glitter kunye ne-ruffles. Ndinemigangatho.
Ke ngoku ndikumbindi weLondon kwivenkile esembindini yejelo labantwana likamabonwakude, indawo ephambili yazo zonke izinto ezinophawu lokuthengisa, kwaye zintathu Ukujikeleza iPaw iihempe ekufuneka zibekhona, kunye neseti yejammies, kwaye akukho namnye kubo onenja yentombazana kubo.
Kwaye nantsi apho ikati yeConway yaya kuberserk.
U-berserk, enyanisweni, ukuba umncedisi wevenkile enamahloni onxibe i-orenji wandiqinisekisa ukuba kukho umthengisi we-Skye, enyanisweni, kodwa ithengise ngokukhawuleza.
Masithi ebengahlekisi nje umfazi waseMelika othabathayo ophakamisa ibhokisi yesepha enkulu kumgangatho wokuqala wevenkile yaseNickelodeon kwaye acinge ukuba ulungile, kuba ukuba kunjalo, ndingathi kunamathuba aphosiweyo wentengiso ngokungekho kubandakanya uSkye kwinto nganye yentengiso enophawu. Ngokuqinisekileyo uqoqosho lubetha umkhethe kwisini kubungxowankulu? Ungazikhathazi ngokuphendula. Sele ndiyazi.
Ngokunyaniseka, andazi nokuba yeyiphi kwezi njana, ukuba ikho, unyana wam ukhetha. (Kukho into malunga nokulungiswa kwemidlwane endikhumbuza into embi G-Umkhosi , ukuba ndinyanisekile.) I-alpha, i-beta, kunye ne-gamma ye-Paw Patrol line yayifumaneka-Chase, Marshall, Rubble-kwaye i-jammies inamantshontsho amane, hayi ayisithupha apheleleyo, ke uZuma, umhlanguli wolwandle ( kwaye umbala omnyama kunabo bonke ezintandathu) kwaye i-blonde Skye ayizange isike.
Ndiyazi ukuba ayindim ndedwa odiniwe yile nto. Ubuyatha bayo kumbono wamantombazana buya bubhalwa, kwaye kuya kucaca ngakumbi. Kwivenkile yakwaSketchers inyanga ebuyile, umhlobo wam uRuth, umama wamantombazana amathathu, wabonisa ukuba sonke isihlangu kwicandelo labantwana elithengiselwa amantombazana sasinopinki kuso kwenye indawo. URuth uyasokola ukuthenga iintombi zakhe iimpahla ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye ufumana i'upsell 'epinki rhoqo. Ngubani owenza ezi zigqibo? Ngubani othathe isigqibo sokuba amantombazana afune i-pink accent kuyo yonke impahla abanayo kwaye bangavumi ukunxiba enye into? Kungenxa yokuba ayingobantwana bethu abathatha isigqibo malunga noku: Ndiyamtyhalaza ngonyana wam ekutsaleni kunye ne-pink Disney Princesses rhoqo njengombane uluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka uMcQueen kuba ndifuna ukuba akhethe kwaye angaziva ethintelwe zizimvo zomnye umntu malunga noko anako kwaye angakwaziyo njenge. Ndifuna ukuba iintombi zikaRuth ezinamandla zikhethe. Ukuba intombi kaRuth ifuna ukunxiba oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye unyana wam ufuna inkosazana yomkhenkce ephikisanayo ngokweemvakalelo kwisikipa sakhe, kutheni kungenjalo? Ngaba le nto iyenzakalisa nantoni na okanye nabani na?
Ngokwenyani andikholwa ukuba inkwenkwana encinci phaya izokwala ukunxiba Ukujikeleza iPaw ihempe kuba kukho intombazana kuyo-ndiyakholelwa, nangona kunjalo, ukuba kukho intombazana encinci phaya evakalelwa kukuba iphantsi komlinganiswa adibanisa naye kakhulu kumdlalo awufumaneki kwisikipa kuye anxibe, kwaye kufuneka azinze. Lixesha lokuba siyeke ukwenza abantwana bethu bazinze.
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