美国妈妈圣诞节送儿子iPhone：约法18章在先！

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.
公共场合请关闭手机，或是静音以及收起来。尤其是在餐厅、电影院，以及和其他人交谈的时候。你是个有礼貌的孩子，不要因为你的iPhone让别人改变了对你的看法。

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.
不要发送或接收你私处或者其他人私处的图片。（不要笑）未来你可能会经受不住诱惑做出这样的事。这样做很不好，并且会毁了你中学大学乃至未来的生活。互联网很庞大，远比你想得复杂，里面有很多不好的东西是我们不该去接触的。

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.
不要无节制地拍照、拍视频。没有必要把生活中的所有东西都用手机记录下来，对我们来说只有记在脑子里才是永恒的。

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.
有的时候出去玩可以选择把手机放在家里，这样你会更有安全感。手机不是你的全部，学着抛开它。不要被手机束缚住。我们即便离开了手机一样可以生活得很好。

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.
下载的音乐，不管是新潮还是古典的，都要有你自己的个性，不要流于俗套和其他同龄人都听一样的东西。你们这一代人能够接触到音乐的途径比前人广得多，好好利用这个礼物，这对扩展你的视野会很有帮助。

16. Play a game with words or puzzles or brain teasers every now and then.
可以用iPhone常常玩一些拼字、解谜和锻炼大脑的游戏。

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.
保持冷静，时常留意你周围发生的事，看看窗外、听听鸟叫、出去散散步。和路上的行人说说话，不要总是用手机搜索。

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.
当你因为这部手机感到迷茫的时候，我会暂时收回手机，然后我们一起坐下来谈谈。我们再从头开始，我和你都还在学习的过程中，我和你是一起的，记住！

It is my hope that you can agree to these terms. Most of the lessons listed here do not just apply to the iPhone, but to life. You are growing up in a fast and ever changing world. It is exciting and enticing. Keep it simple every chance you get. Trust your powerful mind and giant heart above any machine. I love you. I hope you enjoy your awesome new iPhone. Merry Christmas!
我希望你能同意上面每一条内容。上面的大部分内容都并不仅针对这台iPhone，更是对生活的提示。你在这个快速变化的世界里长大，这里有许多令人兴奋和诱人误入歧途的事物。相信你自己的内心，不要被任何机器左右。我爱你。最后希望你使用这台手机愉快！圣诞快乐！

xoxoxo

Mom

爱你的，妈妈