Look, I get the intent here, but full Gmail monitoring is trickier than you’d think. Google Family Link doesn’t give you actual email access – it’s more for screen time limits and app blocking.
The honest answer? There isn’t really a “legit” app that lets you read someone else’s Gmail without essentially having their password. That’s kind of by design for privacy reasons, even for kids.
What does work: having an open conversation and asking them to show you their inbox regularly. Yeah, I know, revolutionary parenting advice from a divorced guy on a monitoring forum. But seriously, if they know you’re checking, you’re building way more trust by doing it together than by secretly logging in.
If you’re worried about strangers contacting them, consider setting up email forwarding rules on their account (with their knowledge) or just using their login on your phone occasionally. Not elegant, but at least it’s transparent.
What age kid are we talking about here?