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Unique Email Address Required of all Members and Parents
Unique Email Address Required of all Members and Parents
In order to log in to our new USNSCC system, each of our cadets, parents, and volunteers must have a unique email address – families cannot share an email address. Parents and cadets must provide their own unique email address.
We appreciate that many parents/guardians may be uncomfortable establishing an email account for their cadets. Gmail and iCloud offer family plan options for emails–this allows parents/guardians to create unique email addresses for children under 13. The following three companies offer products specifically aimed at providing safe email addresses with parental controls for children.
It’s best to keep your cadet’s email account simple and professional with some variation on their name, such as “firstinitial_lastname@url.com”. If those addresses are already taken, avoid adding numbers that include personally identifiable information such as your child’s birthday, birth year, street address, or area code. Instead, try reordering the names and initials until you land on an available username. For cybersecurity reasons, choose a password that is different from other accounts your child may have. Should one online account be compromised, the others will still be secure. Strong passwords include a mix of numbers, letters, and symbols. Make sure to add your email address and your cell phone number as a backup should your child forget their password or get locked out.
We also suggest looking into Bark, an email account monitoring system that can alert parents to any worrisome content or dangerous activities. Bark monitors AOL email, Gmail, iCloud email, Outlook, Xfinity email, and Yahoo! Mail for signs of cyberbullying, online predators, adult content, depression, acts of violence, suicidal ideation, and more. Bark will also alert you if your child attempts to create another email address or social media account without your permission.
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