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The World Health Organization just released screen-time guidelines for kids. Here's how some of the world's most successful CEOs limit it at home

The World Health Organization just released screen-time guidelines for kids. Here's how some of the world's most successful CEOs limit it at home

Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple, limited the use of his own technology among his kids.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda did not let their kids get cell phones until they turned 14.

In fact, the Gates kids were not allowed to use phones at the dinner table. The couple also set limits on how close to bedtime their kids could use their phone, Bill Gates said in a 2017 interview. The former CEO also implemented a cap on screen time when he noticed his daughter playing video games too much.

Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel imposes an hour and a half of screen time per week on his kids.

The screen-limit rule comes from his wife Miranda Kerr's first marriage, Spiegel told the Financial Times.

The Snapchat founder urged other parents to cut down on screen time so kids aren't "looking at the black back of the phone . . . [with] no idea what's going on."

Young people use Snapchat more than any other age group — 35% of teenagers aged 13 to 7 used the social media platform more often than YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai keeps the TV away from his kids.

In an interview last year, Pichai told the New York Times his 11-year-old son does not have a cell phone, and he keeps the television away to limit its use.

Mark Cuban, business mogul and co-owner of the Dallas Mavericks, allowed his kids two hours of Netflix for every hour of reading.

Cuban implemented this viewing method first, but his daughter got another Netflix password from her friend. He tried a similar tactic with his son: he could only play Minecraft after watching math videos or solving math problems.

Now, the CEO has Cisco routers that allow him to detect when his kids are using technology so he can shut down all activity.

Apple CEO Tim Cook did not want his nephew using social media, and argued the use of tech in schools should be limited.

While Cook has no children of his own, he said he did not believe overusing technology leads to success, and he would want to limit social media use for his nephew.

Additionally, Cook cautioned against overusing technology in the classroom.

"There are still concepts that you want to talk about and understand," Cook told the Guardian. "In a course on literature, do I think you should use technology a lot? Probably not."

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella monitors which sites his kids can go on.

Nadella gets reports on what his kids are doing on their computers. "Technology for entertainment is always going to be a negotiation in our house. How many movies, what kinds of video games," Satya's wife Anu said in an interview with Good Housekeeping.