E-mail for kids?

[Earl Young]

     You can setup free email accounts (no home page) at:
     
     http://www.hotmail.com
     
      - or -
     
     http://www.rocketmail.com
     
     My children (5, 8, and 12) have accounts on each.  They log in through 
     the browser - we use Netscape 3.01 - and that means that the Mac angle 
     is no problem.  Word of caution - the accounts are passworded, and you 
     have to decide whether you want your children to have an account that 
     you may not be able to access.  It will not take any child long (our 
     12-year-old took about three minutes) to realize they can set up their 
     own account about which you will not know a thing - including that it 
     exists.
     
     There are ways to tell where they have been using Netscape tools - the 
     "about" series, for example.  Email is somewhat riskier for children 
     than standard web pages - given the number of pedos that are on the 
     prowl in the chat and news groups. It's not a big risk, but I don't 
     want to be the parent who played "can't happen here." The rules in our 
     house are that they can disclose nothing in an email that they 
     wouldn't disclose over the phone - and that means don't talk with 
     strangers.  They understand that the policy is one of zero-tolerance.
     
     Hope the addresses are of help.
     
     


______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re: E-mail for kids?
Author:  drewwe at morrisville.edu at INTERNET
Date:    4/30/97 11:25 AM


I think I need to clarify my request.  My son wants his own e-mail 
accoutn and homepage.  I receive over a hundred e-mail messages a day 
and so does my wife.  We would prefer he has his own in and on a site 
that is designed for kids.  The same goes for a web page.  I want him in 
a site with other kids if possible.  
     
A couple of people have suggest Juno e-mail.  It is only avialable for 
the PC environment.  I have a MacIntosh at home.  I alos looked at 
HotMail but I am afraid that the ads might not be appropriate for a kid. 
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