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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 neither
alive nor 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
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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 and I, we
are always learning. I am on your
You will mess up.
I will take away your
phone. We will sit down
and talk about it . We
will start over again.”
team. We are in this together.
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.
xoxoxo,
Mom
HUFFINGTON
01.13.13