Single mum creates game app to help children stay safer online
Gooseberry Planet is a new game app created and funded by a single mum who could not find the kind of tool she was looking for to help her children understand about safety online.
- (1888PressRelease) December 20, 2014 - Launching in December 2014, Gooseberry Planet is a new game app created and funded by a single mum who couldn't find the kind of tool she was looking for to help her children understand about safety online.
Gooseberry Planet includes a game for children, aged 9-14, plus a parallel parent app that comes free with it. This enables parents to see how their children are progressing in the game and includes tools, tips and ideas for starting conversations about child safety online.
Gooseberry Planet addresses issues including email, stranger danger, webcams and how/why to block people.
Creator Stella James said: "In 2013, I started looking around for ways to help my own children and those of my wider family stay safe online. I could track their activity but I wanted to do more than that - I wanted them to be aware of the dangers in the first place." Stella was particularly concerned about bullying, as this was something she'd suffered from herself in the school playground.
She continued: "I was getting frustrated because I couldn't find the kind of tool I had in my mind. There was only one solution: to come up with one." Stella sat down one night last September, started scribbling on a scrap of paper - and Gooseberry Planet was born. She has funded it herself because she believes so passionately in its ability to help with child safety online. Stella said: "If I can help add to children's safety online, I will have achieved my mission."
Gooseberry Planet will be available through the app store and also through the gooseberryplanet.com website, for $0.69 for level 1 (Gooseberry Street) and £3.99 for all four levels, including the parent app. It will be suitable for downloading to pcs, tablets and phones. There are no additional in-game purchases.
Contact
Founder and creator of Gooseberry Planet, Stella James on Landline: 01865366468.
Email: stella ( @ ) gooseberryplanet dot com
Web: www.gooseberryplanet.com
About Stella James
Stella James has previously worked in the radio industry as a marketeer, and she also ran her own business for ten years. Finding her opportunities to return to the corporate world were limited as a single mum with two children, she launched a new business in 2013. She is now also launching Gooseberry Planet because she believes so passionately in helping children stay safe online.
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