These Celebs All Have Really Strict Cell Phone Rules For Their Kids

Nowadays, most children have access to technology like iPhones and iPads from a very early age -- but it isn’t always the best choice for their mental health and development. That’s why many parents are choosing to implement strict rules when it comes to cell phone usage for their children. Whether that means delaying when their kids receive their own phone or limiting screen time when they do, these parents are making the choices that they feel are best for their families. Find out which celebrities have strict cell phone rules for their kids… 1. Drew Barrymore Drew Barrymore is the latest celebrity to speak out about how phones and social media are affecting children. She admits that when her daughter Olive turned 11, she gave her a cell phone “only to be used on weekends and for a limited time with no social media.” After monitoring her usage over the course of several months, Drew realized that her daughter had become obsessed, explaining, “Happiness was embedded in it. Life source came from this mini digital box. Moods were dependent on this device.” She quickly came to the conclusion that it was too soon for a phone. “Within three months, I gathered the data of the texts and the behavior. I was shocked by the results,” Drew wrote on Instagram. “So missing the human I knew to be my daughter, I printed out every single text onto paper. I handed her a stack of pages and said this is not a black void that these travel to. They’re permanent somewhere where we don’t see it, so we don’t believe in its retraceable and damning nature if we fail digitally to act with decency.” She continued, “I made sure she knew that she was a good person and that this was not punishment on her character. She is so awesome, and I so understood her desires to be part of it all…I was taking her away not because she did anything wrong, but because it was not time yet…We can live with our children’s discomfort in having to wait.” 2. Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban While Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s daughters are now a little more grown up, back in 2019, they shared that they hadn’t yet given them phones. Nicole said she wanted to keep her children off of smartphones and social media for as long as possible -- even if her policies may make her “unpopular.” “They don’t have a phone and I don’t allow them to have an Instagram. I try to keep some kind of boundaries,” she told Vanity Fair. 3. Chrissy Teigen & John Legend Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s children are still young but they limit the time that they have access to phones and iPads. Chrissy recently shared that they can only use the technology for “maybe an hour on the weekends” and that it would be her “absolute dream” for her kids to stay off social media until they graduate from high school. “You have to keep them involved in things they love and be a master at distraction,” Chrissy told Harper’s Bazaar back in 2019. “Luna will beg to use my phone -- like beg -- in bed because there’s an app she loves. But there are certain situations, like when you’re on a plane or in a restaurant, where goddammit, it’s going to help those surrounding us. We are not those people that are like, ‘No screen time!’ So you try to download all the coolest learning activities so at least they’re learning something.” 4. Pink & Carey Hart Pink and her husband Carey Hart have limited technology for their children and have not yet allowed their son and daughter to have phones. In 2022, Pink shared that her daughter was starting to get frustrated that she couldn't have an iPhone like her friends, but the musician stayed firm in her belief. “There’s a light side and a shadow side to technology in general for adults,” she told the Today show at the time. “For kids, I’m not there yet. I have a 10-year-old who does not have a phone, although she pointed out to me yesterday, ‘You know most of the kids in my class, fifth grade, have a phone.’ That doesn't move my needle. I don’t care.” 5. Julia Roberts & Danny Moder Julia Roberts and Danny Moder have allowed their three children to have cell phones but they have strict rules when they’re at home. She says that she asks that Hazel, Finn and Henry all put their phones aside once they’re spending time with family. “For us, we just had sort of simple rules where we had a charging station, where everybody’s phone goes when you get home,” Julia shared on the Today show in 2023. “There’s no phones at the table, certainly.” 6. Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell In 2022, Dax Shepard shared that he and his wife Kristen Bell had decided to delay getting cell phones for their two daughters. They also banned other devices in their household including iPads and iPods. While he admits that their daughters don’t like the rules, he says he often reminds them of all the other cool things they have. “We don’t have a phone pro