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KidsEmail.org: Safe E-mail For Your kids

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“Mom, Slender Man is real! It said
so on YouTube! And I hope he haunts Ate
Nicole because she is being mean to me!!
”
(And
I wanted to kick myself for letting him use my netbook-unsupervised-because I
wanted to finish my laundry.)


I was never wary of the world wide
web.  I embraced it years ago when DSL
was just a concept (I guess) and dial-up Internet access using a modem was
still the thing.  I reveled in the
technology so much that my kids were introduced to the computer when they were
merely toddlers (okay, they were around three).

But their computer use was heavily
supervised, with a heavy emphasis on educational websites like Starfall and
Jumpstart. My two girls were never allowed to have their e-mail addresses
until they were thirteen, when the school required them to have their own
e-mail addresses for school announcements and homeworks.  Before that, they had to use my e-mail
account, and although I promised I would never read their mail, I did take a
peek 😉

So when Adrian, my seven year old,
asked me a month ago, literally begged actually, if he can have his own e-mail
address, because his classmate Seth has one and he wanted to get in touch with
him this summer vacation, I was very hesitant. 
As in really hesitant (His sisters were claiming he should get his when
he turns thirteen, too). 

Coincidentally, I was given a chance
to try KidsEmail.org.  

KidsEmail.org is an e-mail service
for kids and teens (an option which made my teen girls stop complaining about
how the little boy is getting his own e-mail add six years earlier than they
did) with the aim of providing safe email accounts for kids and teens while
granting parents access (depending on the settings chosen) and supervision.

“You
supervise your children when they go outside to play.  Do you know who is contacting your child
inside your home?”


In recent years, our eyes were
opened to the dark side of the web – stalkers, online bullying, pornography, dangerous
persons chatting with your kids and pretending to be their age.  And in all honesty, we parents have a
difficult time keeping abreast with our tech-savvy children.  KidsEmail.org is one of those amazing tools that
will help you keep your children safe from any online communication dangers.

Setting up after registration is so
easy!  Just add your children, create their
KidsEmail.org accounts then finally, set their e-mail safety settings. 

Your child can then sign in using his
username and password.


Once your child has signed in, he can
go to settings and choose a background for his page.  There are a lot of backgrounds, like this one for a boy:


and these ones for your teen:



One of the options which I chose for
my younger kid is having every message he is sending and receiving e-mailed to
my address.  That is not snooping,
I hope.  This is a seven year old’s
e-mail account.  It is a comfort that I
am able to monitor what he is up to.  I
promise to lighten on the options when he gets older.

There are also options to limit
messaging only to those people who are in his contact list and to block
attachments, audio files and photos.

What I love about it:

Aside from the piece of mind this
site gives me, KidsEmail.org actually helped in making my son turn into a good
writer.  He has been e-mailing me stories
he made up and almost every day, I receive an update of how was his day (even
after he has told me personally about it!)

What I don’t like about it:

Practically nothing.  Even if my son is asking everyone – as in
everyone -what is his/her e-mail address and “Can I please add them to my contact
list?” , I am not complaining.  I
love receiving his daily updates and relatives are enjoying his updates as
well.

And oh, you can also embark on a
safe world wide web journey with your kid by trying it now FREE!

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Comments

  1. Lady Anne Abit says

    April 23, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    That's cute! I'll tell my cousins about this, their kiddos are so techie.

  2. Melgie Campbell says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    this is so perfect for kids.:)

  3. Mommy Maye says

    April 24, 2013 at 1:11 am

    So cute. Naku I am so guilty about letting my son play with his tablet. I have just read an article about a little girl being rehabbed because she developed this obsession over her iPad. Good thing I really don't leave my son's tablet at home though he has this cellphone he can play with. Also he preferred to play with his educational toys. Thank you for sharing this sis, in case my son will want to have his email add in the future. And oh, my son ask me when I am browsing my FB page, "ano na nangyari sa Facebook Mommy". My gulay 🙂

    Mommy Maye

  4. Arvin U. de la Peña says

    April 24, 2013 at 2:00 am

    nice..

  5. reese says

    April 24, 2013 at 4:56 am

    its a nice decision letting your son to have an email, he learns to compose/write; next time baka may blog na rin siya, haha

  6. Farida says

    April 24, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Wow, galing especially for kids who are so techie these days! My nephew who is 10 is now discovering porn sites! 🙁 buti na lang the pc they use is broken.

  7. Jellybelly says

    April 24, 2013 at 9:57 am

    This is really wonderful! I worry about protecting my child from online predators. I'm checking out the site now although it will be years before I let her use the laptop without supervision.

  8. Allan says

    April 25, 2013 at 12:19 am

    this is great! Another way to keep your kids when it comes to technology.

  9. hushieLLa says

    April 25, 2013 at 2:40 am

    Kids are unstoppable with technology, better to have something like this or they'll learn it without your help, anyway.

  10. maxine musings says

    April 25, 2013 at 3:45 am

    kids are different nowadays
    right decision you have for your son

  11. Kristine Gavilano says

    April 25, 2013 at 7:14 am

    I wasn't exposed to the internet until I stepped on first year college.hehe… kids nowadays are so tecchy.

  12. Sabbatical Gal says

    April 25, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    this is something i should be letting my 9yo son use instead if gmail. thank you for sharing! 🙂

  13. Dominique Goh says

    April 25, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    That is cool. I have open a gmail account for my 9 yr old and he does e-mail his grandmother and aunt now and then.may check this one out too.

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