Slache Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Isn't it a thing that I can have mykidsname.myemail@gmail.com so they can have their own Facebook (or whatever) account, but any emails would go to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 My Dh set it up that my boys have gmail accounts. Their emails go: firstname.lastname@gmail.com All email their receive shows up on my gmail account, which is good because I'm the only one who checks their email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 My Dh set it up that my boys have gmail accounts. Their emails go: firstname.lastname@gmail.com All email their receive shows up on my gmail account, which is good because I'm the only one who checks their email. And it goes to yours because yours is lastname@gmail.com, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 And it goes to yours because yours is lastname@gmail.com, correct? I don't think that's the reason. One way is to make sure all their emails are also forwarded to your account. It's under settings. You basically get a copy of any email that is sent to them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I think there is a button, maybe "create account" that specifically does a linked account. Put "linked account" into gmail help and see what you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Yes, we did one for dd. It doesn't have the '.last name' thing though. Just went in to Gmail and you can just add an account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I just made DD a gmail account for herself, which (after they put in the age restriction) had my birthday until she turned 13. I have the password. Once she turned 13, I changed the birthdate to her actual birthdate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I read about this a long time ago, but I've never tried it .... http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/gmail1-student-email-addresses-to.html?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Can you unlink an account later? I wouldn't want to linky kids' email to mine forever. They will grow up and want it unlinked at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 And it goes to yours because yours is lastname@gmail.com, correct? Nope. I have a different last name then the boys. So our emails have nothing the same except the "@gmail.com" part. I have no idea why it also comes to me, just that it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Can you unlink an account later? I wouldn't want to linky kids' email to mine forever. They will grow up and want it unlinked at some point. You can unlink at any time. I don't know how to link, or unlink. Just that my Dh has done so for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Gmail forwarding is very easy to set up in the settings. Both of my kids have Gmail accounts and I get copies of everything they receive. Because we chose an email address for them that is professional enough for them to keep long term, I will just remove the auto forwarding when I no longer need to screen their mail. (Mostly when they get into the habit of checking it regularly themselves instead of being promoting from me, so they don't miss deadlines - we're almost there with my 9th grader.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Gmail forwarding is very easy to set up in the settings. Both of my kids have Gmail accounts and I get copies of everything they receive. Because we chose an email address for them that is professional enough for them to keep long term, I will just remove the auto forwarding when I no longer need to screen their mail. (Mostly when they get into the habit of checking it regularly themselves instead of being promoting from me, so they don't miss deadlines - we're almost there with my 9th grader.) This. I have a firstname.lastname email. It is not a form of directory. If someone leaves out the period, I still receive the email. The only way to "link" accounts to to set it up to forward all messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathkath Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 It's called an alias on gmail. Say you are happy@gmail.com. You can add anything to it with a + and it will direct to your email. So these could be aliases: Happy+whatever@gmail.com Happy+notme@gmail.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 It's called an alias on gmail. Say you are happy@gmail.com. You can add anything to it with a + and it will direct to your email. So these could be aliases: Happy+whatever@gmail.com Happy+notme@gmail.com This is my plan. kidfirstname+myemail@stuffnthings.com Neat concept. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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