Mom pays teen son $1,800 to stay off social media for 6 years
Lorna Klefsaas of Motley, Minnesota had a challenge for her son several years ago when he was 12. Stay off social media until he was 18 and if so, she’d pay him $1800. At the time, Sivert was 12. “I was already a little sensitive to social media since his siblings had struggled with it a bit,” Lorna told FOX Television Stations. “I watched social media cause stress, anxiety and hurt feelings in my other kids and I loved the idea of coming up with a way to spare Sivert from that.” Sivert agreed because at 12, he thought that was a lot of money. Well he just turned 18 last week and got his money. “I saw friends being consumed by social media and I didn’t want that to be me,” he said. “I also learned that people can be really mean over social media. And I saw how damaging that was to people. I might have been sad about missing out on a few things, but I was happy to miss out on all of that drama.”
