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Today, many improvements are being done inside the eKidnaworld to bring its members a more enjoyable, exciting and convenient online gaming environment and game play. While the developers of this virtual world for kids are keeping their goals to enhance the game and although a lot of changes have been made, Karen Orford, its Founder & CEO is equally persistently in continuously putting into operation the unique Mate Safety, an Internet safety feature that is especially integrated into this gaming system, letting parents control how the kids interact on eKidnaworld.
"Some parents have fears about kids being online. I do too. I am a real mum, and I want to know who my kids were chatting to while they are online. That's why I created ekidnaworld.com. With its unique safety feature Mate Safety, eKidna delivers reassurance to parents knowing their kids can play and chat online and not have their sense of independence inhibited. I have created the first site that enables the parent, not the child, to decide with whom they chat with," Karen says in one of her news articles.
As a mother herself, Karen has always been concerned about the many harmful sites that are readily accessible on cyberspace, where kids can easily visit and become exposed to. Even mere advertisements have contents that are malicious in nature, and are obviously not for kids. eKidnaworld, being guaranteed safe to kids, does not allow advertisement posting from any third party website or organization.
Since the creation of the game website, Karen Orford has been given a lot of recognition not only by mums like her but also huge award-giving bodies. The Mate Safety in particular has helped the game gain recognition as it won the prestigious iAward for innovative use of technology for media and entertainment category in Queensland.
She says, "My biggest challenge so far has been turning my dream for a safe kids chat site into a commercial reality, and for $7.95 a month, just two coffees, I hope parents will agree that the peace of mind that Mate Safety provides, and the safe social engagement children get from virtual worlds such as eKidna World are worth it. I did, have put my house on the line for it!"
Karen has also been featured last year in the blog section of Sydney Morning Herald, an Australian online newspaper, where she shared her thoughts, experiences, and achievements on being a 40-year-old mom as well as the creator of a safe virtual game for kids, the eKidnaworld.com.
