Mom Contract

One of the first viral posts of 2013 is The Mom Contract. A mom makes her 13 year old son sign a contract about how to properly use his iPhone. You can read the original post by clicking the link above. I found 5 rules that struck me as some of the most important rules any parent should give their child about the use of technology. The rules are:


8-9. Do not text, email, or say anything through this device you would not say in person.
10. No porn.
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.


When I was a kid I remember my mom telling me not to talk to strangers, look before I cross the street, and not to sit to close to the T.V. or I will go blind. Life seemed simple as a kid with a mom who looked out for me. Today there is no option about talking to strangers, hundreds of them read about everything you do, every minute of the day. Socially Rebranding yourself is not about being someone your not. Rather, recognizing the fact that you are always talking to strangers who will judge you by every heart beat you put on the internet. The new rules for your kids, The Mom Contract.