A niche market for GMail; a child friendly version ?

Cycling to work on a rather dull looking morning, an old idea of mine
came to mind.

Why doesn't Google Gmail provide a GMail service, specifically for
primary school age children ?

I've given my three kids there own GMail accounts (although none of them
are literate enough yet to use them), but there's no way I can make
these accounts child safe:

- A higher SPAM filter setting;
- SPAM shouldn't be kept but trashed immediately;
- A guarantee that adverts are safe;
- The parent has the option to block (specific and additional) email
addresses.

>> I would imagine that a child GMail account would be a sub-account of
the parent account; allowing the parent access even when the little brat
discovers how to change the password.

Great eh ?

But then I started thinking that when for example Timothy becomes more
literate (and he's already quite internet-savvy), there's nothing to
stop him from just creating a new (standard) GMail account.

In that case I'd lose all control.

Which brings up the matter of how to make your child "modern-world-wise"
? (But that's a subject for a separate blog ...).

So is it a good idea or not ?

Gegroet. Paul.