Sivert Klefsaas did just that.
“I thought it was awesome,” Sivert told CNN Tuesday, “I thought, ‘Ah what’s 6 more years?'”
“I wouldn’t say there was ever a time where I thought I was about to break,” he said. “As it went on, it was more of a pride thing.”
He also had his friends to keep him up to date on the latest information or trends. “I got to avoid all the unnecessary drama that was on there,” Sivert added.
Lorna said she never had to check for any sneakily downloaded apps. “He’s so competitive, it was definitely more for proving a point,” she said.
Now $1,800 richer, Sivert told CNN he hasn’t thought about what to buy (when he was 12, he joked he’d get a house), but it’ll likely be something for his dorm room at the University of Northwestern St. Paul, which he’ll attend in the fall.
“There’s definitely a learning curve,” Sivert said. “I see my friends fly through their social media apps and I can’t do that quite yet.”
After Sivert’s success, Lorna, ironically, took to Facebook to share the challenge. She said it was some of the best money she ever spent. Other parents have seemed interested in trying it out too, she told CNN.
She added she thinks her son now has a “different perspective” on social media than he would have at age 12.
Sivert is the youngest of four children, and his three older sisters all used social media growing up. Lorna said there were times she felt her daughters “got too engrossed” in their apps and feeds.
“For some reason, kids and adults feel so comfortable behind a screen,” Lorna said, referencing the kinds of comments people post. “I’m so happy (Sivert) didn’t have to read any of that.”