At Sesame Street's online Post Office , youngsters can E-mail characters like the Cookie Monster or Elmo . Celebrity Email puts you in touch with the celebrity you've been dreaming of. Click here for a special offer. Click here for our free newsletter. Five girls sit side by side in a Baltimore middle school library, typing away at PCs, eyes riveted to their screens.
Kids love E-mail.
An estimated 16 million youngsters under age 18 have Internet capability at home, and surveys show E-mail is their main online activity. They revel in their mastery of a medium that often befuddles their parents, believing they've found the ultimate way to chat in utter privacy. Kids begin E-mailing early. Days later, an E-mail reply arrives. From such highly orchestrated starts, many children go on to use E-mail to contact faraway relatives and friends, and ask teachers for homework help.