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Good Email For Kids?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the think-of-the-children dept.

mgessner writes "My kids are starting to want email accounts of their own. Even though gmail does a pretty good job of filtering spam, it's not perfect. Searching the web the other day for kid-safe email, I found a few sites that say they can do the job. What do others do for their kids' email? Pay for it? Just use a free service like gmail or yahoo? I don't pay for email accounts out of my own pocket, so I don't really see the need, but if the cost was a few bucks a month, I'd do it."

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  1. Re:What the problem with Gmail? by Eg0Death · · Score: 5, Funny

    The OP probably wants to prevent his kids from viewing the contents of the Spam folder. I know I'm not ready to explain to my 5 year old what a message about "H0t Yung $luts ReadY 2 Suk C0K" is really all about.

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  2. Re:What the problem with Gmail? by geoffspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duh, so his friends can contact him when his cellphone is off.

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  3. Re:It's the Ads! by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Girls In Underwear Pics
    Find Fresh Girls' Underwear Info. Fast'n Easy.
    -someunderwearwebsite

    Meet Vampire Males
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    -somegothwebsite

    Those ads have a lot more to do with what Google knows about you than what your friend sent...

    But thanks for sharing!

  4. Re:Is it ok to keep kids off the internet these da by devaudio · · Score: 3, Funny

    I must second parent post. I used Dans Guardian and 3 VLANS (kids, parents, outside) at my home, and their internet access level defined by their login. It all started when my 8 year old googled for "butts"

  5. Re:How old are they? by Freeside1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that parents encouraging their children to look at porn would be a decent deterrent.
    The last thing I want to think about when I'm "seriously" looking at porn is my parents encouraging me.

  6. Re:It's the Ads! by tsalmark · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always try to explain that to people right after they say "Gmail has strange ads". They never get around to explaining the ads after that. I figure it's better for both of us.

  7. Re:What the problem with Gmail? by zumajim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lazy? Wow, I think you're asking for it now. Life's too hectic for me to check my kid's Gmail accounts everyday -- I'm busy watching porn and running the meth lab.