Getting an email address for a kid

I think there are many ways to pull off a "safe" email address for your kids. I researched a bunch of options, but liked gmail's "plus-addressing" the best.

The idea is to set up a gmail account (or even use your own existing gmail address) and use gmail's plus-addressing to create a dedicated account for your kids. The advantage is that you still have all the control and can set up filters.

So, if your last name is Smith, you could set up a new gmail address named smithkids@gmail.com. Then, for each of your kids, you can add them to the this account, like:

smithkids+john@gmail.com
smithkids+jane@gmail.com
smithkids+tommy@gmail.com

Here are the two links that give the best context:

http://lifehacker.com/235423/give-your-kids-personalized-gmail-addresses
http://flagrantdisregard.com/how-to-give-your-young-children-a-personalized-managed-email-address/

In our case, all the kids have email that comes into a single inbox using email addresses much like my examples above. I have set up filters and can view their inbox whenever I want. My kids know this and I sometimes look at it with them.

Plus, since, the other kids look at the same inbox, there is another level of accountability.

Check it out. It is working great for us so far!