Guarded internet surfing for kids.

[Rogeril]

I am a mother of four children. My older son and daughter are studying at universities away from home. My other two children, a son and another daughter aged seven and nine respectively, miss their older siblings. I want them all to communicate through the internet so that they remain well connected. Where can I get a safe email service for the younger kids?

[Polkadot]

Nothing wrong with google (Gmail) as long as they don't give away, share their account names/passwords. Every time you enter your e-mail address anywhere, you risk the chance of getting onto spam-lists.
If you're on Windows, you can set up accounts for all of them with Windows Live for free. With these accounts, they can exchange e-mails, and even chat live with each other.

[findingmyzen]

Yeah windows live messenger would be a great way for them to connect, even use yahoo and yahoo messenger.

[Mark]

Any IM will do

Adium AOL
Instant Messenger (AIM)
aMSN
A-Talk
Ayttm
BitWise IM
BitlBee
Centericq
climm
Coccinella
Cspace
Digsby
eBuddy
EQO
emesene
Empathy
Exodus
Fire Fring
Gabtastik
Gadu-Gadu
Gajim
GCN GOIM
Goofey
Google Talk
Gyachi
iChat
IBM
Lotus Sametime
ICQ
IMVU
Instantbird
Jabbin
Kadu
KMess
Konnekt
Kopete
Licq
Mail.ru
Agent
MCabber
MECA Messenger
meebo
Meetro
Mercury Messenger
MindSpring
Miranda IM
Microsoft Messenger for Mac
MySpaceIM
Naim
Ometheus
OpenWengo
Pandion
Palringo
Paltalk
Pidgin (formerly Gaim)
pork Proteus
Psi
psyced
QIP
QIP infium
Qnext
qutIM T
encent QQ
RealTime
Query
Scrapboy
Sim-IM Solixa
Skype talk
Trillian
Trillian Pro
Trillian Astra
Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger)
Windows Messenger
Xfire
Yahoo! Messenger
Zephyr

Pick one

[Baldwini]

That is indeed a wonderful thought. There could not be a better way to stay connected with your near and dear ones than the internet. www.kidsemail.org is an excellent option for you. It provides email services especially for children with unique features like parents can log into their child’s email account, parents can get copies of outgoing and incoming mails of their children, and many such features. These will help parents keep a watch on their child’s internet activities.