Parent Approved Social Networking Site For Kids-Click here http://bit.ly/n1clLK for full article

Parent Approved Social Networking Site For Kids-Click here http://bit.ly/n1clLK for full article

BizRocket.com, Inc. has announced the launch of KidzRocket.com, a subscription-based social networking site for the pre-teen child demographic. The site aims to ease parents' concern about the dangers of internet communication by providing ways for them to control their children's use of the service. KidzRocket.com is centered around a chat service, but also includes Facebook and MySpace-like functionality such as profiles, blogs, and media collections. It also comes with a WebFilter module that parents can use to monitor and control their children's Internet use outside of the KidzRocket.com jurisdiction.

When children sign up for KidzRocket.com, they have to include the email address of their parent. The parent is then able to confirm the child's membership at their discretion. As the child chooses friends to chat with on the KidzRocket website, the parent must approve of each friend before the child can start chatting with them. This feature is intended to let parents keep control over who is communicating with their children. The chat feature uses a content filter to prevent members from using profanity or other offensive words. Chats can have embedded audio and visual elements, but these are also checked for appropriateness.

The KidzRocket WebFilter is another component of the KidzRocket service that goes beyond the social networking site itself. It hooks into the Internet browser, allowing parents to define their children's access privileges and check which sites they are visiting. Thanks to its real-time image analysis engine, it can filter out not just inappropriate text but also pictures that parents may find objectionable. It also keeps a record of which sites children have visited or attempted to visit, which parents can access later. Parents can prevent their children from accessing entire categories of website, such as adult entertainment or e-commerce. They can also allow certain sites within these categories.

The KidzRocket.com service costs $5.95 per month or $57.95 per year. BizRocket is confident about KidzRocket's ability to keep its members safe and under the careful watch of their parents while on the Internet. Robert G. Williams, founder of BizRocket, says they have “built the safest social network for kids that parents approve of.”