What is best about Mousemail however, is it’s ability to intercept inappropriate incoming/outgoing emails and text messages, sending them to parents before they reach the children. So if a child is sent an email or text with harmful content, it goes to the parent for review, so the child cannot see it unless the parent decides that they can.
Also, if anybody posts something inappropriate on a child’s facebook page, the email notification of the post will also be diverted and sent to the parent, not the child. This way, the parent can take apropriate action.

Vanessa, I saw that you include certain products in your recommendationds section. Would you be willing to include Mousemail in that list? It is a product that really helps families in ther digital age. Furthermore, the parent company, Safe communications inc. is dedicated to protecting our children. Check it out! https://secure.mousemail.com

Thanks,

Joe

This is a very special product and it is totally free! I bet they could make a lot of money with it if it wasn’t free though!

Steve

The product you need is called Mousemail and is offered for FREE from SafeCommunications inc. It is by far the best email and text filtering service available and offers one of a kind protection. Mousemail filters a child’s incoming and outgoing emails and text messages for inappropriate content. Any messages that are flagged for harmful content (as the emails sent to yor son Joshua would have been) are diverted to the parent for review and approval BEFORE they reach the child. Parents can decide whether or not to allow their child to see the flagged message(s).

So John, if you signed up for Mousemail and Joshua continued to be cyberbullied through his email, only you would see the harmful emails, not Joshua. So Mousemail keeps you aware of the hateful emails but protects Joshua from the pain of cyberbullying because he never has to see those emails if you don’t want him too! I would strongly recommend this product to you. It works great for me and is totally free. Here is a link to the website: http://www.mousemail.com/

Best of luck to you and your son!

Brenda

Best,

Vanessa

Seeing how the cyberbullying was affecting my son made me worry that he might try to hurt himself (as many victims of cyberbullying have done). When I spoke to Joshua about the emails and texts he had been receiving, he was embarassed and begged me not to get his bullies in trouble (he was worried about being retaliated against for tattling).
I did however speak with Joshua’s vice principal about the issue and she said her hands were tied since the bullying happened off school grounds. When I explained how the cyberbullying was affecting Joshua’s academic performance and his happiness, she said she would look into the situation. The bullying did not stop and I never heard back from the school (not unusual from what I hear).

I decided to start monitoring my son’s emails and text messages so I could be aware of what was happening. I looked into many parental control options but was unimpressed by what I found. These services are expensive and are essentially spyware. They force parents to spend hours going through all their child’s emails and texts (I don’t have time for this because I work and I am a single dad). Also, what is the point of having parental control software if the kid continues to receive hurtful messages? For Joshua, getting these hateful emails is devastating to him, whether or not I am aware of them.

I am wondering if anybody out there knows of a monitoring or filtering service that can prevent bad emails from getting through to my son. Does anybody know of anything like this?

Thanks,

John

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Thanks for mentioning Safe Eyes here. A feature that might be of interest…parents can configure Safe Eyes to record IM conversations, so parents can see exactly what’s going on with a bullying incident.

I just signed up for your ebook list. I’m looking forward to reading that.

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Ron

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