{"id":5743,"date":"2023-05-05T19:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=5743"},"modified":"2024-10-24T10:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:01:53","slug":"what-to-know-about-email-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids","title":{"rendered":"What you should know about email accounts for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">It\u2019s common for kids these days to use emails for school and family. As with any online email service, parent involvement and oversight are key. Here\u2019s what you need to know before getting your child their first email.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids#kids-first-email\">How to introduce your kid to their first email address<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids#online-threats\">Teaching your kids how to avoid online threats and scams<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids#faqs\">Frequently asked questions<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduce your kids to their first email account as safely as possible. Learn about email services that offer child-friendly communication and protection against scams and online threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-5743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy-and-safety","tag-privacy-and-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What you should know about email accounts for kids \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Send your kids into the world of email safely with a little practical advice on setting up email accounts, protecting their privacy, avoiding scams and threats, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What you should know about email accounts for kids \u2013 Microsoft 365\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Send your kids into the world of email safely with a little practical advice on setting up email accounts, protecting their privacy, avoiding scams and threats, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-800x550-1.jpg\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What you should know about email accounts for kids \u2013 Microsoft 365","description":"Send your kids into the world of email safely with a little practical advice on setting up email accounts, protecting their privacy, avoiding scams and threats, and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"What you should know about email accounts for kids \u2013 Microsoft 365","twitter_description":"Send your kids into the world of email safely with a little practical advice on setting up email accounts, protecting their privacy, avoiding scams and threats, and more.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/what-to-know-about-email-accounts-and-kids-800x550-1.jpg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids","name":"What you should know about email accounts for kids \u2013 Microsoft 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-05-05T19:46:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-24T10:01:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#\/schema\/person\/2c23c19871398789718358887bd04035"},"description":"Send your kids into the world of email safely with a little practical advice on setting up email accounts, protecting their privacy, avoiding scams and threats, and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/what-to-know-about-email-and-kids#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Microsoft 365 Life Hacks","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Privacy &amp; 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