I måndags fick jag en härlig Sverige-injektion då en fin vän kom hit till Sri Lanka på besök. Med sig hade hon ett antal förpackningar micropopcorn men hon kunde tyvärr inte få med sig min familj, vänner (förutom hon själv då) eller sushi som också stod på önskelistan. Hon hade också med sig en mycket efterlängtad telefon (som trots en hel del komplikationer på vägen kom fram till slut).
Eftersom jag lyckats förstöra min gamla iPhone 3 på grund av dumsnålhet (OBS: lås aldrig upp telefonen utomlands. Aldrig.) så beställde jag en ny från Sverige. Den var faktiskt billigare att beställa hemifrån än att köpa direkt här på Sri Lanka, de har väldigt höga skatter på importerade varor. Så nu kan jag äntligen använda alla smarta funktioner igen!
Apropå smartphones så måste jag dela med mig av ett fantastiskt blogginlägg som har spridits som en löpeld i sociala medier sedan julhelgen, till och med DN skrev en artikel om det häromdagen. Bloggen tillhör Janell Burley Hofmann i USA, som gav bort en iPhone till sin 13-åriga son i julklapp. Med telefonen kom ett antal villkor som han behövde gå med på för att få använda den. Villkor som inte bara kan appliceras på hans telefonvanor utan på livet i stort. DN har valt att översätta råden från hennes blogg till svenska, men jag sprider dem hellre på originalspråket. Villkoren lyder:
Gregory’s iPhone Contract
Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good & responsible 13 year old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations. Please read through the following contract. I hope that you understand it is my job to raise you into a well rounded, healthy young man that can function in the world and coexist with technology, not be ruled by it. Failure to comply with the following list will result in termination of your iPhone ownership.
1. It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren’t I the greatest?
2. I will always know the password.
3. If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say hello, use your manners. Do not ever ignore a phone call if the screen reads “Mom” or “Dad”. Not ever.
4. Hand the phone to one of your parents promptly at 7:30pm every school night & every weekend night at 9:00pm. It will be shut off for the night and turned on again at 7:30am. If you would not make a call to someone’s land line, wherein their parents may answer first, then do not call or text. Listen to those instincts and respect other families like we would like to be respected.
5. It does not go to school with you. Have a conversation with the people you text in person. It’s a life skill. *Half days, field trips and after school activities will require special consideration.
6. If it falls into the toilet, smashes on the ground, or vanishes into thin air, you are responsible for the replacement costs or repairs. Mow a lawn, babysit, stash some birthday money. It will happen, you should be prepared.
7. Do not use this technology to lie, fool, or deceive another human being. Do not involve yourself in conversations that are hurtful to others. Be a good friend first or stay the hell out of the crossfire.
8. Do not text, email, or say anything through this device you would not say in person.
9. Do not text, email, or say anything to someone that you would not say out loud with their parents in the room. Censor yourself.
10. No porn. Search the web for information you would openly share with me. If you have a question about anything, ask a person – preferably me or your father.
11. Turn it off, silence it, put it away in public. Especially in a restaurant, at the movies, or while speaking with another human being. You are not a rude person; do not allow the iPhone to change that.
12. Do not send or receive pictures of your private parts or anyone else’s private parts. Don’t laugh. Someday you will be tempted to do this despite your high intelligence. It is risky and could ruin your teenage/college/adult life. It is always a bad idea. Cyberspace is vast and more powerful than you. And it is hard to make anything of this magnitude disappear – including a bad reputation.
13. Don’t take a zillion pictures and videos. There is no need to document everything. Live your experiences. They will be stored in your memory for eternity.
14. Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe and secure in that decision. It is not alive or an extension of you. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than FOMO – fear of missing out.
15. Download music that is new or classic or different than the millions of your peers that listen to the same exact stuff. Your generation has access to music like never before in history. Take advantage of that gift. Expand your horizons.
16. Play a game with words or puzzles or brain teasers every now and then.
17. Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without googling.
18. You will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You & I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together.
Kanske något för alla tonårsföräldrar att inspireras av? Och kanske även vuxna användare?
Blogginlägget i original hittar du här.
/Ylva
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