A father in Boston is paying his 14-year-old daughter $200 to quit Facebook for five months.
CNN reported that Paul Baier who is a research consultant posted an image on his block that was a "Facebook Deactivation Agreement."
It reads: "I Rachel Baier agree to deactivate my Facebook Account from 2/4/13 to 6/26/13. In return my dad, Paul Baier agrees to apy me $50 on 4/15/13 and $150 on 6/23/13. He/She will have access to my Facebook to change the password and deactivate the account. This will prevent me from re-activating the account in the future. I paln to use the money for the following purposes: stuff."
His daughter has agreed to deactivate the account until June 26. One of Baier's friends, Ken Wellington wrote in response to the agreement, CNN reported, ""He's a good guy and good parent. Regardless, there's nothing wrong with a parent being proactive with their kids in the area of social media. I'm sure the dialog that lead up to the agreement was as valuable as the contract."
Basically Baier has access to his daughters account to change the password and deactivate and Rachel well get $50 of the money in April and the rest at the end of the contract.
Yahoo News spoke to Paul Baier and he said that the idea was his daughters. "She mostly wanted and needed the money as she has been frustrated by not finding babysitting jobs. She is an honors student but she says Facebook can be distracting," he said to Yahoo.
Paul said that Rachel originally asked for $70 but after negotiating with her father, came back with $200. "When she realized it would be for five months, she wanted an amount that would really excite her," Paul said. "I've realized that she is part of a generation of kids that has grown up on Facebook. She's been on it for two years full time. This is two years of 24/7 teen discussion of friends, clothes, parties, etc. They can't get away from it. I'm proud she recognized the benefit of a hiatus. She plans to go on using it after the contract ends."
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