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One Dad Is Paying His 14-Year-Old Daughter $200 To Quit Facebook

Feb 8, 2013, 04:29 IST

flickr/english106When a 14-year-old teenager proposed to her dad that she would quit Facebook in exchange for cash, he thought she was joking.

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"I said, 'Go away, you can't live without Facebook!'" her father, Paul Baier, told ABC News.

But she wasn't joking. She needed some extra money to buy "stuff."

So Baier drew up a contract to make it official. For about four months, Rachel's Facebook account has to remain deactivated. Halfway through, Paul must pay Rachel $50 and after the full four-month period, Paul must pay her an additional $150.

Taking a break from Facebook is more common than you might think.

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In fact, 61 percent of Facebook users have voluntarily taken several weeks off from the social network at some point, according to a recent Pew study.

But this is the first time we've heard of someone actually getting paid to quit Facebook.

Check out the contract below.

Paul Baier

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