#3 When should a student get their first email address? SmartSocial Podcast with Josh Ochs

Summary: We sat down with Brian Fontenot, Founder and CEO of BLF Foundation whose missions is to provide minority college students with mentorship and scholarship opportunities in an effort to help advance our future leaders. Felicia Meadows who is a school counselor at Prince George’s County Public Schools with over 15 years of experience. And Jeff Ervine who is the Founder and CEO of Bridg-it, which is a sustainable solution to bullying cyberbullying and harassment, to talk about kids email tips and when students should get an email address. Join Parent University to get videos to watch with your kids so they can better understand WHY they need to be smart online. View the top 50+ good and bad teen apps in our Popular App Guide page for Parents and Educators. Join our newsletter to learn more about our safety tips. Learn more at https://smartsocial.com In this episode we have 3 experts that share:  How to get your child's brand name before it's claimed Why you want to build the right email address they can use for logevity purposes How and why you want to prepare your kids for emailing so they know how to behave in the real world Why monitoring your kid's emails is so important Why some people give their kids an email address as early as 4th grade and why shame trumps everything.  Thank you to our guests:  Jeff Ervine Founder & CEO Bridg-it Brian Fontenot Founder/CEO, BLF Foundation Felicia Meadows School Counselor, PGCPA and Tomorrow's Future College and Career Readiness Services