Many knew Steve Jobs as the visionary behind one of the best-known tech companies today. Jobs was a pioneer in the digital age wherein gadgets transformed the way we listen to music, watch movies, communicate. 

You would imagine that his two teenage girls and son were only too eager to get first dibs on their fathers' invention.

Not really.

In fact, back when the first generation of iPad made its debut, when everyone was excited to get their hands on the shiny new device, Jobs' children did not even want to use it.

In an article in the Sunday New York Times, reporter Nick Bilton shared a very interesting conversation he had with Jobs when he was still running Apple.

Here's an excerpt of the article:

"So, your kids must love the iPad?" I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company's first tablet was just hitting the shelves.

"They haven't used it," he told me. "We limit how much technology our kids use at home."

I'm sure I responded with a gasp and dumbfounded silence. I had imagined the Jobs's household was like a nerd's paradise: that the walls were giant touch screens, the dining table was made from tiles of iPads and that iPods were handed out to guests like chocolates on a pillow.

Nope, Mr. Jobs told me, not even close.

Jobs was said to be very pleased with how his children behaved as a result of this rule.

Walter Isaacson, author of his biography titled "Steve Jobs" told Bilton that Jobs made it a point to have dinner at a big long dinner in their kitchen, where his family would discuss books and history and a variety of other things.

"No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer. The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices," he claimed.