Email is actually one of the best ways to get your kid to learn how to spell. My kid loves to send mail to the others kids in his preschool (all the kids do it). Of course, now Dad has to filter out whatever comes in from TOTLOL since there are apparently no parental controls whatsoever on what they send.

Just another challenge of being a parent, I guess. But isn’t there some law that says they have to delete my kids account if I ask them to? That part of the site just blows my mind (that they will not let my kids account be shut down). I’ve had enough of TOTLOL, but I guess they haven’t had enough of my kid!

After a couple months on TOTLOL somebody spammed my kid with an inappropriate email (I think all the kids on the site got the spam) and after I complained and asked the owner to shut off his account the owner never turned off his account. And I couldn’t close the account, either, because the site doesn’t let you close your account once it’s opened! So my kid’s account is still there today! Take a look at the interface for yourself, there is no way to delete an account once it’s created. It seems like this guy is violating a bunch of U.S. laws regarding children’s personal data, but since the guy is based in Canada he gets away with it.

If you want your kid to get inappropriate email, go ahead and use the site. But just be aware that you can never turn it off. My fear is that they will always have your kid’s email address and they will always have access to your kid.