Set Up an E-mail Account for Your Child That You Can Monitor

To get your child a Gmail address and all the other Google services that go with it, you'll need to fill out the form to create a Google account. Though you may be limited by availability, try to avoid using your child's full name -- first initials and last name, or a word that's memorable but not your child's name at all, would be preferable. Since you may want to access this account without your child present, make sure that the user name and password are ones you will be able to remember. (Continued on next page)