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Bill Gates explains the ‘safest’ age to give a kid a cellphone

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Bill Gates said his children were not allowed to own their own cellphone until the age of 14 .

The average age that a child gets their first smartphone is now 10.3 years .

Gates' children are still banned from having any Apple products in the house.

Experts say parents are getting tired of handing their smartphones to their kids.

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informal

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English

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41

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