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Setup An E-mail Account For Your Child

Well, the time has finally arrived to give little Suzy or Johnny their own e-mail address. However, you may not be comfortable giving them a normal e-mail address since you may not want them to view the pornography and other spam the regularly arrive in a normal e-mail account. You may want to consider an e-mail program that has an approved list.

The way an e-mail system with an approved list works is, you and your child enter a list of the addresses from which he or she can accept e-mail. Your newest family geek will have to collect the e-mail addresses of his or her friends. Don’t forget to include the addresses of other family members, teachers and other “approved” adults.

Once you have everything set up, e-mail from anyone who is not on the list will be routed to a junk folder. Just check the junk folder periodically to be sure important e-mails aren’t being mistakenly sent to the junk folder.

You can setup this type of accounts using Hotmail or America Online’s AIM Mail, which are both are free.