[Hidden-tech] Email for kids

[Peter Degen-Portnoy]

I like Matt's recommendations (though I can't speak for crocker.com) and 
wanted to add one piece that has worked well for us.  When setting up 
email for my eldest (he's 11 and has had email address for about two 
years), I took advantage of our tremendously long last name and gave him 
an email address with a firstname.lastname convention to make it rather 
long.  The reason for this is to minimize the likelihood that automatic 
email address generators would create a combination with nearly 20 letters.

Peter

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Matthew Crocker wrote:
>   ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post .
>   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>
>
>
> You can setup a new mail account with any mail provider and use Apple 
> Mail on OS X for your security.  If you setup their own accounts on OS 
> X you can lock down the mail application to only allow mail to/from 
> specific people.  If they want to e-mail one of their friends you'll 
> need to authenticate the address with your OS X administrator password.
>
> OS X has everything you need.
>
> Apple Menu
> -> System Preferences
> --> Accounts
> ---> Create a new user
> ----> Select Parental Controls
> ----->  Click on Mail and you can add the addresses your son/daughter 
> is allowed to exchange e-mail with
>
> You can do the same with iChat and Safari
>
> Log in with their account and setup their mail account with your 
> chosen mail provider (I hear crocker.com is pretty good ;).  Apple 
> mail will automatically delete mail  that isn't from people on their 
> list.  I think it may send you a permission e-mail if you need to 
> authorize inbound mail before they get it.
>
> My kids are still too young for e-mail so I haven't played with this 
> but it is available.
>
> On May 16, 2006, at 2:13 PM, David Spound wrote:
>
>>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post .
>>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>
>>
>> I am seeking advice about *safe* email options for kids. My son (age 
>> 13) and
>> daughter (10) have been asking for their own email addresses. While I 
>> can
>> easily set them up under my own domain, I am concerned about spam and
>> safety.
>>
>> For those of you with kids, what have you done about email?
>>
>> Options I have considered include:
>> * Email accounts that I would occasionally monitor. Not because I 
>> want to
>> read messages from their friends, but because I want to be aware of what
>> they are receiving. My kids hate this idea and I'm not totally 
>> comfortable
>> with it either.
>>
>> * Email programs that uses a “white list” — I would input addresses of
>> friends and family members and these would be the only people from 
>> whom my
>> kids could receive messages.
>>
>> * A hosted service like Kid Safe Mail <http://www.kidsafemail.com>
>>
>> Any suggestions would be welcome. Software recommendations would need 
>> to run
>> on Macintosh computers (OS X).
>>
>> I want to trust and respect my kids AND keep them safe.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
>> ++++++++++
>>
>> David Spound, M.Ed.
>>
>> Valley Mindfulness
>> Meditation and Stress Reduction: Workshops, Classes and Coaching
>>
>> (413) 219-0654
>> david at valleymindfulness.com
>> http://www.valleymindfulness.com
>>
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>> * A Taste of Mindfulness, Tuesday, May 23, 6:00 pm
>> * Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, June 20 – August 8 (Tuesday 
>> evenings)
>>
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