Savannah Guthrie wants her kids to soak up every second of their childhood.

That's why the Today host and her husband Michael Feldman have not given daughter Vale , 11, and son Charley , 8, their own cell phones just yet.

"My conversation about social media is, 'No,'" Savannah told E! News during Oct. 9's World Mental Health Day Gala hosted by Project Healthy Minds in New York City. "And my conversation about a smartphone is, 'No.'"

While 53-year-old acknowledged that her children "want all of that stuff," she's hoping to "hold off as long as possible" so they'll live in the moment.

For now, Savannah allows Vale to borrow her phone when the tween wants to talk to her friends. And as the mom of two has previously explained, she did make Vale sign a smartphone "contract"

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