Ask HN: Best email service for kids?
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My only suggestion would be to set him up with a Gmail and try and play around. I think there could be mail forwarding in the settings.
Although its probably just best to let get his own personal address. I had an email at the age of 10.
Although its probably just best to let get his own personal address. I had an email at the age of 10.
I can't think of any good parent oversight mechanism except from receiving a copy of every message that is sent or received from that inbox and this doesn't sound like feature.
Just a question, what does he _need_ email for?
I was visiting some family recently and their ~5yo son was interested and playing with code.org. You can do the exercises without a login but with a login (which requires an email address) you can save progress and have a profile to share with others.
Good question: at present mainly so I can answer his programming questions and send him learning material. We live in different countries.
I would love to invite you to use Kids Email, it has awesome parental controls - no ad and no spam.
Please tell me that he's not a Nigerian prince.
Has anyone had good experiences with this? Also interested in whether people think it's a good idea for a nine year old to have their own email..