Tracy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 It seems that my 10yo now needs her own e-mail account. Can anyone recommend a safe site for kids? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinsomeCreek Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 What do you mean by safe? My older kids have had personal emails for many years now (currently 11,12 yos) and have not had issues with spam or inappropriate emails. They also have google accounts (for file sharing, groups, meet ups) and have not had any problems. They do have strict rules about what they may share online as far as personal information goes and I have access to all of their accounts and activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 My boys (2, 4 and 6) share a Gmail account that they use to communicate with their grandparents. Anything that is sent to them automatically gets forwarded to my account...both for safety and because they don't ever check their account so I let them know when they have an email waiting for them. Wendy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 If you have gmail, you can start an address that's yours - like a second account for yourself - and then let her use it. Gmail has a pretty good filter. If she isn't entering her address for many things, she won't start getting spam, at least not right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 We got ds a zoobuh account for a couple of years until he was 13 and could get his own gmail account. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipling Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Tocomail is a safe, free email program for kids. messages that are received from "unauthorized" senders are kept in quarantine until the parent can approve them. Once approved, the kids can then read the messages. The kids or parents can put in an address book of approved addresses, and they can add more as new messages come in. My kids have been using it for a few months, and I have been pleased with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 We have had good success with gmail. Its spam filters are very good, and my children don't use their emails to sign up for anything; they use one of my junk ones. I have it set up so that I get a copy of anything they receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I also set up my 13 year old with a gmail account and have a copy forwarded to me. We've had no issues with spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Ditto: Gmail, all mail forwarded to me. It's emails from family and friends. If it weren't forwarded to me, I'd probably forget to have them check their messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility7 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 We like zoobuh like a PP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 My kids have gmail. They can only send and receive if it is someone in their contact list. Never had issues with spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 We do gmail as well. For my 8 year old copies of all are sent to me, for my 11 year old I just check her account a couple times a week to make sure everything is okay. I actually signed both my older two up for these gmail accounts when they were babies (weird, I know, but I was worried at the time that there would be no nice gmail addresses by the time they were old enough to sign up for themselves). So I consider myself the "owner" of these email addresses and they know that until they are 13 and legally old enough to sign up themselves, I own their email accounts. :-) We've had zero spam problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I set my DD up with a regular e-mail account from our ISP, but going through my Outlook account. Mostly she needs it for online classes that use a student account as an identifier anyway, and doesn't actually need it 99%of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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