Tip #3746 - Gmail Child Account
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Gmail
Child Account
I was visiting a friend
the other day and his young child was complaining that she wanted an e-mail
address. She wanted one to keep in touch with her aunt and uncle, who
had told her to e-mail them. My friend explained to her that she could
use his, but she wanted one with her name in it. My friend was wary of
creating one for her, because of all the bad spam she'd get and he also
wondered how he would be able to monitor her account.
Well, when I went
home, I did some research and found out that users of the Gmail e-mail
program can create a parent and child account. Cool, huh?! Read on for
some more details.
If you want to create
a sub-account (child account), just follow these directions:
1.) Log in to your
Gmail account.
2.) In the upper right
hand corner, click Settings.
3.) Select the link
that says Accounts. Below that, select the link that
says "Add another e-mail address."
4.) When asked what
e-mail address you'd like, type your Gmail user name, followed by a plus
sign and the name of the child's account, with no spaces. For example,
if your Gmail address was dillan@gmail.com and the child's name was Jenna,
you'd type in dillan+jenna@gmail.com. When you have finished,
click the Next Step button.
5.) Now, when your
child goes to compose an e-mail, in the From: drop down menu, they can
select their account instead of yours.
Any messages or replies sent to that account will appear in your Inbox
and you can tell your child when they have a new message. It's the perfect
way to give your child what they want, but still keep a close eye on what
they do while on the Internet.
You can even create
multiple child accounts. Heck, they don't even necessarily have to be
for a child. They can be for whatever you like!
Not a shabby deal, huh?!
~ Neil Patel
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