Kids with email????

[lukenick1]

My almost 10 year old wants an email account. Do your kids age 10 or younger have email??? Not sure I'm going to let him just yet.

 

[diznygirl]

My kids have email - came with the house.

They use it mainly to communicate with us and with grandparents. Everything they register for they use one of my emails. They don't really have any other use for it.

 

[StitchFanZ]

You can setup a limited email account where they can only send to and recieve email from people you approve. Its a great way for them to start learning how to communicate online.

 

[Belle0101]

DS10 has one. He uses it to register for sites I've approved. Occassionally he'll email me a "Hi Mom!".

 

[wesmom]

I think the best way to try it would be to give him the user name and you keep the password. You would therefore have all the control and be able to do a quick check when you sign him in for anything questionable. Just a thought

 

[kimblebee]

My daughter is 10 and she has an email account. She mostly wanted it so she could MSN with her friends. I know the password and I check her emails every once in a while. I don't read all the emails but I do like to know who she is in contact with.

She has been begging for a facebook account and I refuse to let her lie about her age so she can get one. Letting her have email allows her to keep in contact with her friends.

 

[Carlyzmom]

My DD 9 has one. She uses it to e-mail grandparents. Oh, and she has used it to e-mail me and tell me she needed a snack!

 

[ilovejack02]

DS8 has one, but its for his own sites Club pengion, lego etc. His grandparents email him on it . He never checks it unless I tell him to go read the email his Gigi sent him lol.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Yes. DS10 and DD13 both have email, and have had it for several years. Neither uses it much (mostly to communicate with me and my wife), although DD13 uses Facebook a lot to talk with friends. That and texts on her phone all the time.

 

[laurie31]

Both our kids got email when they were much younger than 10. They only emailed their grandparents and cousin for many years, then they started emailing friends too. Now my DD14 is on facebook and hardly gets any email. Like a PP, I won't let DD12 lie about her age to get on facebook, although all her friends are on there, so my resolve is wavering.

Anyway, I think email is a great way for a kid to get used to using the internet to communicate.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Yes. Mine have both had email since they were 6 or 7 I guess.
They email grandparents and cousins often. They also keep in touch with friends in the last two places we have lived.

My son (11) and his friends often set up get togethers via email and CC all the parents--it is much easier than having three of four boys making phone calls back and forth and then having to track down parents to ask us, etc. and then everyone is really on the same page.

DD13 handles all of the email communications for her scout troop (sending out meetings reminders, sending out the minutes, people email her to say they will miss a meeting and she compiles a list to bring in, etc).

DH and I also email the kids DH travels most weeks for business and he tries to email each child at least once every week so they know he is thinking about them. I find sending them a quick email is a good way to make sure I do not forget to mention something that comes to mind mid morning (while they are in school)--and I often find websites I want to share with them (like I emailed the links to the London and Rome scout patches to my DD yesterday because she has already done the activities and could just fill out the paperwork and get the patches).

 

[Sgt Mickey]

My oldest two do 10 and 15. I got my 1o year odl one so she could play Fairlyland or what ever that Tinkbell thing online.

 

[nmmom95]

My DS12 and DS7 both have email. The 7 year old mostly emails his grandparents, although he does email me (usually when I am in the same room).lol

 

[The Mystery Machine]

My now 14yodd had her own computer at 10 and she had her own email. I would not want her stuff coming to my email, I have enough stuff.

However she really does not use it except to sign up for stuff. She has moved onto a Skype headphone for communication with her cyber people. She does not have a camera on her computer however, that is where I draw the line.

She wants a laptop now and I told her the only way she is getting one is when she gets a job and buys it herself.

 

[Nik's Mom]

My 8 year old just sent me an e-mail from school using his teacher's account. I had to check with her to make sure that she knew he used her account. It turns out it was her idea. He can type better than speak (he is a special needs child) and the teacher wants him to start sending me e-mail updates from school. For a second there, I thought my kid was a computer hacker though.

 

[Ilivetogo]

Yep. DS10 has had e-mail for a while now. He chats with Grandma and cousins, etc. But he rarely looks at it anymore ... he's too busy playing games to "bother".

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[Mickeypooh99]

My kids have had email for a couple years. They are 8 and 9. They use it for email between grandparents, cousins, and us. DH gets their email on his phone so he knows everything that goes to their account. They usually forget to check it until we tell them to.

 

[marcyinPA]

My 15 year old has his own email account, my 11 year old does not. The 15 year old uses his to correspond with teachers, and family. At 11, there is no need for them to correspond with teachers (I do that for him...with my email account), and really no need for him to have his own address. If he wants to write to family, he can use my account.

We get too many SPAM ads for drugs that will "get it up" or "increase your length"....He doesn't need to see that!

 

[design_mom]

My 10 year old does not have his own account. We set up a "family" e-mail address that the kids can use if they want to send something or that they can give out if someone wants to send him something, but he does not have a personal, private account. I do not think he needs one.

 

[Kitzka]

DD is 12 and has had an email account since she was 7. They are required at her school as teachers/administration send out information to parents and students this way.

Lara