Ukuqinisekisa ubuthongo obuqhelekileyo nobunempilo kumntwana, imigaqo emininzi kufuneka ilandelwe:
1. Hlalani nizolile. Ubumnyama kunye nokuthumba akufani, akukho nto eyoyikisayo kwintlungu. Njengomthetho, amaphupha amabi aphupha phantse bonke abantwana abaneminyaka engama-3-5 ubudala.
2. Kuye kwenzeka ukuba umntwana olele ebusweni ajikeleze egumbini aze agqume iingalo zakhe. Kwimeko enjalo, kufuneka uqinisekise ukuba akazilimazi. Lindela kude kube sekuphelile, kwaye uqinisekise ukuba umntwana ukhuselekile.
3. Ungamxeleli umntwana malunga nesibongo sokusa. Ukuba intsapho inabantwana abaninzi, ke akufanele baxoxe ngezinto ezenzekile. Umntwana uya kuthukuthela xa eqonda ukuba ulahlekelwe ngumlawuli.
4. Uyakwazi ukulandelela inkqubo yokulala kumntwana kwaye uchaze ixesha lokuphupha amaphupha. Kule meko, kungcono ukuvusa umntwana isigxina seyure ngaphambi kokulala okubi kakhulu, ngoko kuphule umjikelezo wobuthongo kunye nokuphazamisa inkqubo yokuzimela.
Ukongezelela, kukho iingcebiso eziqhelekileyo:
1. Unokwandisa ixesha lokulala. Umntwana omncinci angakwazi ukulala emini. Uninzi lwamaxesha amaninzi, iibhulozo ebantwini zenzeka xa umntwana eyeka ukuphumla emini. Ingane, engazange ilele kwiiyure ezili-12 ngokulandelelana, igxininisa ebuthongweni obunzima kwaye kaninzi ibona ubusuku obuphuphayo ephupheni. Abantwana abakhulileyo banokulala ngexesha lokuhlwa okanye banike ubuthongo obuhle ekuseni. Kunzima kunabantwana abakhathele ukutshintsha ebuthongweni obunzima ukuba kube lula.
2. Ukuba umntwana engakhathazeki, akukho nto iphazamisayo, ngoko iphupha lakhe liqhelekile. Buza umntwana wakho ngaphambi kokulala, ungakhathazeki ukuba kukho. Iintloni kunye nabantwana abanamahloni ngaphambi kokulala bahlala bexhalabile kwaye abalala kakuhle. Ngaphambi kokulala, umntwana kufuneka abe nemvakalelo emihle, akhumbule amaxesha amnandi kunye nazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo ezenzekayo emini. Umsebenzi wabazali kukunika umntwana umxholo wokhuseleko kunye nokukhuseleko.
3. Musa ukunyamekela ukunakekelwa komntwana ngexesha lokulala. Ukuba umntwana uyazi ukuba kule mizuzu uxhalabisa kwaye unikwe ingqwalasela ekhethekileyo, unokuvuka kamva engazi, ukwenzela ukuba abazali bakhe beze bazolile. Ngaloo ndlela, ingxaki iya kuqina kwaye ibe namandla. Musa ukumvusa umntwana, umnike ukutya aze asele.
4. Ukuba umntwana efika egijima kuwe ebusuku kwaye uxela iphupha elibi, mamele ngokucophelela. Zama ukuhlala naye ixesha elithile, uye ekamelweni lakhe, vula ukukhanya. Qinisekisa ukuba akukho nto eyokwenzekayo.
5. Ngamanye amaxesha unako ukuvumela umntwana ukuba ahlale kwigumbi lakho ngobusuku bonke, kodwa oku kufanele kube yinto ehlukile kumgaqo. Ngobusuku obulandelayo umntwana kufuneka alele embhedeni wakhe.
6. Umntwana kufuneka abe nento eyenza "umkhuseli" kumaphupha awonayo kunye neendlobongela zobusuku - i-flashlight, ithoyiji elithambileyo. Le nto iya kuba yinkqubo yokunciphisa umntwana, iya kunceda umntwana ukuba alawule amaphupha amabi aze angabi nasoyika.
7. Ukuthetha nomntwana ngaphambi kokulala kuya kumnceda aphelise ubuninzi beengcinezelo, kubandakanywa nala ma-movie okanye iinkqubo zethelevishini apho kubakho ubundlobongela. Unokuthetha nomntwana wakho malunga noko kwenzekayo emini.
8. Funda umntwana wakho incwadi enhle ubusuku, bhonga ingoma, mnike ithoyiyitha. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuba umntwana alale ngokuthula, ngoko inkqubo yokulala iya kuba yinto emnandi kwaye iyancenga.