What do you see from Bill Gates banning his children from using phones until they are 14 years old?

Recently, technology billionaire Bill Gates revealed to “The Mirror” that he forbade his children from using mobile phones until they were 14 years old. This rule of Bill Gates may suggest a solution for parents in managing their children’s use of digital devices.

In an interview with the British newspaper “The Mirror”, Bill Gates - founder of the world's largest software company Microsoft said that he not only requires his three children aged 20, 17 and 14 to wait until they are 14 years old to own a mobile phone, but also limits the time they use their phones before going to bed.

Mobile phones are also banned at the dinner table in the family of the world's richest man.

“We set a time limit after which our kids can't use their phones, which helps them get to bed at a reasonable time,” says Bill Gates.

Bill Gates' three children had to wait until they were 14 to own a cell phone.

Billionaire Bill Gates explains: “You can see that cell phones and social media can be used for very useful things like doing homework or keeping in touch with friends, and the use often becomes excessive. That’s why we don’t use phones at the dinner table, we didn’t let our kids have phones until they were 14, and they complain that other kids get phones earlier.”

Previously in 2013, Bill Gates stated on an American television program NBC that 13 years old is the appropriate age to start using digital devices.

Despite owning 87 billion USD, playing an important role in the technological revolution of the digital age, Bill Gates still thinks that setting limits on technology use is necessary for children. So there is no reason why other parents "carelessly" let their children use mobile phones from a young age.

Bill Gates banned his children from using cell phones until they were 14. In the photo: Bill Gates, his wife and their children.

Bill Gates’s restriction on children’s cell phone use is also in line with the recommendations of psychological and health experts. Nowadays, teenagers become “addicted” to chatting, texting and surfing the internet all day long. Going online to search for information is good for children, but problems arise when children spend too much time using technology.

This leads to poor social skills, health problems due to lack of physical activity and poor grades in school. So parents need to find the right way to help their children reduce their dependence on technology. And the method that technology billionaire Bill Gates uses with his three children can suggest a solution for many other parents.

According to Dantri