Thursday, April 7, 2011

What are the best options for a kid's (9 y.o.) desire for his own web site?

Last night James stated that he wants his own web site. And I figure it’s about time to bring him into the online world officially. But the big question becomes how? What are the best options for this? There are a lot of things to consider:

1. What conditions and requirements? I already told him that when I set this up there will be a contract for him to sign, just like his home work contract. It will contain things like:

•While he will have his own e-mail address and web site he will not be allowed to change the password, I will always know what that is.
•He cannot give out his e-mail address online without consulting me first.
•He cannot sign himself up on any web sites without first consulting me or Kim.
•I will have a say in what sort of things he posts, not so much final control, but more of an ability to look at it, and tell him to take down things he shouldn’t have.

2. What is the best option for the actual web site? There are a number of different choices out there. My inclination is that I will probably end up just setting him up on Google, with GMail, and blogspot etc. Just to keep things simple (one account, one password).

3. What is he going to post there? He says he wants a place to post pictures of his Lego stuff, and possibly other things.

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