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Feb9

Do We Really Want to Feed Our Kids Spam?

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Do We Really Want to Feed Our Kids Spam?

I am talking about the kind of spam that tells you that you have chosen as the winner of an X-Box or that you can lose 10 pounds today. I talk a lot about howKidsEmail.org protects our kids from predators, but we also shield your children from spam peddlers.

Kids are apt to believe anything sometimes—they are kids. One day my son and I were playing a game online when an annoying pop-up claimed that we were one of 10 people selected to win an X-Box. All we had to do was click on the ad. My son was about to jump out of of his skin thinking we had really won something. He pointed out that the ad said, “this is not a joke.” He was totally convinced we were big winners. Until they understand the difference between legitimate advertising and spam, our kids need a filter.

I realize that people need to market their products. I don’t object to legitimate marketing efforts. But senseless spam is annoying. Oh, and just to show you what I am talking about, here’s a comment I deleted from our blog comments:

“I enjoyed the article and thanks because of posting such valuable paperback to the bathroom to all of us to skim.”

I am glad I can post valuable paperback for you.

Feb6

New York Officials Find More than 3,500 Sex Offenders on Social Networking Sites

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New York Officials Find More than 3,500 Sex Offenders on Social Networking Sites

Social networking is becoming a popular tool for parents and children to share photos and information about their life. It’s also become a popular place for sex offenders to search for new victims. In New York, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that more than 3,500 sex offenders from his state were found on the popular sites Facebook and MySpace. Both companies deleted the accounts.

While laws prohibit sex offenders from logging onto social networks, many are still able to establish accounts using aliases and public computers. Both sites ban children under the age of 13 from having accounts.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10406914-93.html.

Feb3

New Study Reveals Interesting Facts about Kids and the Computer

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New Study Reveals Interesting Facts about Kids and the Computer

As a child in the 70s (ooops, I am telling my age), a lot of emphasis was placed on playing outside. Kids seem to be getting away from outdoor activity. A new study from the Kaiser Foundation, kids between the ages of 7 and 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day using some form of media, including the computer. When you consider that school is about seven hours a day and they do need to sleep that leaves time for little else.

Much of that time on the computer could be doing school work. The study does show that kids are spending more time online.

That’s why it is so important to have safety measures in place for when your kids are online. If you have any questions about KidsEmail.org or internet safety, please ask us.

Here’s a link to the article.

http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012010nr.cfm

Jan30

Our $50 Gift Card Winner!

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Our $50 Gift Card Winner!

Susan Buetow is the winner of the $50 Wal-Mart gift card and one year of KidsEmail.org. Congratulations!

Jan28

Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying

Bullies are not just on the playground. They can now follow your child wherever they go as long as your child is online. Cyberbulling is defined as online messages meant to demean, threaten or cause emotional distress to another. These messages can be emails or instant messages in a chat room. Some bullies will post on a person’s Facebook wall or MySpace page.

If you don’t think Cyberbullying is a problem, read this story from ABC News. Let us know your thoughts.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/girls-teen-suicide-calls-attention-cyberbullying/story?id=9685026

Jan5

Hey Bloggers – Get Kids Email for FREE!

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Hey Bloggers – Get Kids Email for FREE!

How would you like to get Kids Email absolutely FREE for up to a year?  If you are a blogger, then you can!   Our current promotion for the month of August allows bloggers to get Kids Email for free for up to a year.  And, just like our regular service, you will never be charged at the end of the term unless you sign up afterward.

RULES:
-You must register for a KidsEmail.org account: http://www.kidsemail.org/register.php?blogPromo
-Try the service for a couple of days
-Write a review of what you thought of it on your blog
-Come back to this forum and post a link to your article and tell me what kidsemail account is yours (the email address that you use to log in) and I will credit your KidsEmail.org account with 6 FREE months.

BONUS:
-For an extra 6 months (1 year total) place the Kids Email button on your bloghttp://blog.kidsemail.org/add-blog-button/

FAQ:
-I don’t have a very popular blog, it’s mostly read by family and a couple of friends.
+That’s fine! We love family blogs.

-What if my review is negative?
+We value your honest feedback.  We only ask that if you have a negative experience, you give us a chance to fix the issue or answer any question that you might have so that we can improve our service.

Feb9

Making a Difference!

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Making a Difference!

As Christmas nears, many people are thinking about how they can help the less fortunate. KidsEmail.org, a Utah-based company dedicated to keeping children safe online, is donating fifty percent of December’s profits to United Way of Utah County.

“I felt like our missions complement each other,” said Jacob Andersen, founder of KidsEmail.org. “United Way is committed to keeping children safe and healthy. I am committed to keeping children away from child predators and scammers when they are online.”

The service allows parent to set up an email that will:

• Allow child to only receive email from those in their contact list
• Email a copy of incoming messages to the parent
• Remove images within emails
• Remove links within emails
• Only allow specific attachment types such as: images, pictures, video, mp3s, zip, pdf, Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.
• Allow a parent to approve or deny any email sent to your children via the mail queue
• Only allow children to send email to those in their contact list
• Email a copy of outgoing messages to the parent
• Filter out offensive words found in incoming emails
• Spam filtering
• Several templates to choose from
• A simple mode for young children as well as an advance mode for slightly older kids

Parents can sign up for a free trial at http://www.kidsemail.org/register.php.