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Kids email?

NessiaNessia
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Hi guys. I just found this board a couple days ago and thought you could help me out. 

Do your kids have email addresses? At what age did they get one? How do you even get them one because I don't think I can get her one from gmail? She's asked for one and while I don't necessarily mind, I want to have full control over it. I think it would be good for her to practice her language skills if she is typing out emails to her grandparents or aunts/uncles. 

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    Jakob got an email when he was 5, it was when we moved to Texas so he could keep in touch with my parents.  DH set it up and put down all of his own info, so technically the account belongs to DH.  But its Jakob's email.

    He uses it to send emails to family and for a couple different logins...like Webkinz and Club Penguin.

    Honestly, I don't check it.  Our laptop stays in the kitchen though, so I always know what he's doing.  And he's really good about asking the use the computer and telling us what he wants to do on it.

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  • DandelionMomDandelionMom
    My 10 y/o has one.  My 7 y/o isn't interested in one yet but I'll get her one when she asks. 
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  • SammysuSammysu
    My DD's do not have one. I don't see a need for one yet. My oldest DD had one a year ago secretly and we found out about it which wouldn't have been such a big deal to us except for what we found. She didn't know how to delete things permanently but was putting naughty emails in the trash folders and so thats why we won't let her have another one. I don't know how to avoid things if she deletes them permanently which I am sure she knows how to now. I think when we move soon I will look into how to put spyware or something of that sort on the computer so that she can begin to have an email and stay in contact with her current friends.
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    We opened an email account for DD last year when she was in 4th grade.  She rarely used it last year.  This year she has used it quite a bit more, emailing friends, and writing teachers when she's home sick to ask for homework.  My dad sends her forwarded emails that are cute or funny.  Her friends have not discovered FB yet, and hardly any of them have cell phones.  So emailing each other after school seems like a fun, novel idea.

    Since I set up her account, I know her login/password, etc.  I check on her inbox occasionally, just to make sure she's not getting a ton of weird stuff or spam.  No problems there so far. 

    DS, who is 6, really has no need for email yet.  He hasn't expressed an interest yet at all.  When he expresses an interest, we'll think about it.   

    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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  • blueshirt2003blueshirt2003
    My son is 7 and we don't have an email for him yet. We haven't ran into a reason for him to at this point. 
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