Joanna Gaines Tells the Today Show Her 'House Rule' for Her Kids and Their Phones | PEOPLE

Joanna Gaines has a strict policy for how her kids can use their smartphones at home — and Hoda Kotb is all for it.

While promoting the launch of their Magnolia Network on Thursday, Joanna and Chip Gaines told Today co-hosts Kotb and Savannah Guthrie about some of their parenting techniques at home. The Fixer Upper couple share five kids: Drake, 16, Ella, 14, Duke, 13, Emmie, 11, and Crew, 3.

"I did love a little bit of advice, I think, Jo, that you have," says Kotb, 56, who is mom to daughters Hope, 2, and Haley, 4. "A lot of kids are on their devices, and your son was on his a lot and every time he felt a buzz he checked his pocket. And you had a solution."

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