My daughter is able to read enough words now that the idea of email is appealing to her. She likes the idea of writing to and hearing back from her grandparents. Being an independent sort (I wonder where she gets that from,) she wants to do it through her own account.
Not wanting to subject her to spam and unwanted email solicitations, I started researching email programs for children and teens. What I found were a number of programs and services that fit in one or more of these camps:
- Outdated and no longer supported.
- Not available for download
- $40 or more for purchase
- $4/month or more for service.
I liked many of the features of the web-based services, including the screening of email and even kid-friendly graphic user interfaces. But I didn’t want my girl to have an address at “kidsafemail.com” or anything like that. So here is my system.
