Ku itariki ya 8 Nyakanga, abantu basabwa guhagarika akanya akazi n’inshingano z’ubuzima bwa buri munsi bakirekurira mu bitekerezo by’igihe cy’ubwana, bigarurira umwuka wo kwishima no kurwanya stress.
Uyu munsi izwi nka Be a Kid Again Day ugamije kuburira abantu guhagarika guhora bitaye ku mbaraga z’ubukure n’inshingano, ahubwo bakongera kwakira akanya nk’abana—batekereza gake.
N’ubwo iyi gahunda itaramenyekana neza mu mateka, bamwe bemeza ko yagiyeho mu myaka ya za 1990, mu ruganda rw’ibyishimo rwashyizweho n’umushoramari ndetse n’umuyobozi wa Atari, Nolan Bushnell. Yifashishaga uburyo bwo kugaragaza ko, n’iyo umuntu yaba akuze akeneye, imbaraga zo gushimishwa no kugira “inner child” bifite agaciro gakomeye mu kugabanya stress no kongera ibyishimo mu buzima.
Ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi byerekanye ko abantu biyumva nk’abakiri bato bashobora kugira imibereho myiza, bagahangana neza n’amarangamutima mabi kandi bakagira uruhare mu mibanire y’abaturanyi n’ubuzima muri rusange. Urugero, ubushakashatsi bwakorewe muri Kaminuza ya North Carolina State mu 2016 bwerekanye ko abantu bafite imyumvire ifite aho ihuriye no kwiyumva nk’ukiri muto bagabanya stress n’akajagari k’ubuzima, ndetse bagaragaza ibyiyumviro byiza mu buryo bwagutse .
Ubundi bushakashatsi mu 2009 bwaje kugaragaza ko abagore basanzwe bafite ikizere gishobora kubagabanyiriza ibyago byo kurwara indwara z’umutima ku kigero cya 30 % ugereranyije n’abatajya bagira ibyo bitekerezo . Andi masuzuma yagaragaje ko abantu bumva ko bakiri bato ari bo baramba, bagahorana ubuhanga mu guhangana n’imihangayiko, ndetse bakabaho neza mu buzima muri rusange .
By’umwihariko, uburyo bwo gukina buzwi nko gusimbuka, gukina mu busitani, kureba ibyo wakoze mu bwana cyangwa kwifatanya n’abana bikorwa nk’ibikorwa byoroshye bifasha mu gusubirana ubwenge bw’umwana, ndetse ibyo bikorwa byoroshye kandi bishobora kuba intandaro y’uruhare mu buzima, kongera imibanire, kugabanya stress, no kugarura umutuzo mu bitekerezo . Mu by’ukuri, ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko “free play” ifite uruhare mu gutegura ubwonko, gushyiraho imikurire myiza y’ubwonko, guteza imbere imibanire, gukorana n’abandi, ndetse no kwirinda stress .
Muri make, Be a Kid Again Day ni umunsi wo gukomera ku bitekerezo by’igihe cy’ubwana, kwishimira ibikorwa byoroshye, no kwidagadura by’umutima. Bikozwe neza, bishobora kuzana impinduka nziza mu buzima bw’umuntu: kugabanya stress, gutanga ibyishimo birambye, no kugarura umutuzo mu bitekerezo.