今回はスマホのルールについて。
（画像１枚にしたものは一番下にあります！）
さて、小学生のスマートフォン・キッズケータイの所持率はどれぐらいか知っていますか？
２０２３年１１月にモバイル社会研究所さんが調査した結果ではなんと
４割！
参考
クラスに３０人いれば、１２人は所持していることになります。
しかも、小学校６年生になるとスマートフォン所持率が半数を超え、
６割超え！（６５％）
です。
年を越えて１月〜３月にかけては、中学校進学を機に購入する家庭も多いのではないかと思います。
よく言われていることですが、スマートフォンは便利な道具として人生を豊かにしてくれている一方、様々なトラブルを招いてしまうことがあります。
ＳＮＳ関係で友達関係が損なわれたり、使用時間が長く生活習慣が乱れてしまったりと様々なことが起きています。
実際に大人でもトラブルは絶えませんから、使い慣れていない子どもたちであれば、トラブルが起きるのは当たり前なのかもしれませんね。
さて、そんなスマートフォンですが、使う上でのルールを確認しておくことが大切です。
できるのであれば、スマホを持つ前に約束を確認しておきたいものです。
あとから約束というのはなかなか難しいです。子どもからしても縛られたと感じやすく守りにくくなります。
スマホのルールは検索するとたくさん出てきます。が、今回有名なものを一つ紹介します。
以下に紹介するのは、息子グレゴリー君にiPhoneをプレゼントした母親が書いた使用契約書です。
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.
I love you madly & look forward to sharing several million text messages with you in the days to come.
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.
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!
xoxoxo
Mom
これらの１８のルールを１つにまとめたものがこちらです。
画像クリックでＰＤＦがダウンロードできますので、いろいろとご活用いただければと思います。
３種類あるのでお好きなものをどうぞ！（そこまで大きくデザインは変わりませんが・・・）
いかがでしょうか。
ルール作りの参考につながるのではないでしょうか？
また、SNSの年齢制限というものはご存知でしょうか？
実は普段使っているSNSにも年齢制限というものが存在します。
X（旧Twitter）やFacebook、Instagram、YouTube、TikTokは１３歳以上から
LINEは１２歳以上が使用推奨年齢となっています。
このことを知っておくだけでも未然にトラブルを防ぐきっかけになるのではないでしょうか？
年齢制限についても１枚にまとめました！
今回の記事が無用なトラブルを防ぎ、楽しく正しいスマホ生活のきっかけになれば幸いです。
