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August 22, 2008 - Kidspoints (www.kidspoints.co.uk) is the world’s first reward system for kids and parents available online and via the mobile phone. A new FUN, FREE ‘positive parenting’ tool, Kidspoints recreates the popular concept of reward wall charts online that offer a helping hand to parents and fit in with today’s busy family lifestyle. Available to everyone from September 2008, Kidspoints is guaranteed to point both parents and kids in the right direction.
Kidspoints offers parents a personalized environment to incentivise and provide positive reinforcement for their kids on tasks and general behaviour, as well as a fun and motivating online destination for kids with free games and videos. The set up is simple, parents create a personal task chart, select activities and the children earn points and eventually a reward for completing their activities such as tidying their bedroom or helping out in the garden.
And the service doesn’t stop there, as well as being able to update and regularly keep track of points earned online, Kidspoints are the first to offer access to the reward scheme via mobile phone with their unique Arithmetext system. With Arithmetext, busy parents can update their kid’s points (adding or subtracting) when they are out and about to ensure their good behaviour doesn’t just stay at home.
Kidspoints also provides free, personalised ‘certificates of excellence’ when the rewards are achieved along with a whole range of fantastic reward ideas including those designed to promote spending family time together such as a game of football in the park or an extra story at bedtime. For a special occasion or if your kids are saving for a particular toy, book etc the Kidspoints reward store offers a whole host of treats to choose from ranging from just 79p that your child can work towards, helping them to understand the value of money.
Positive parent’s expert and contributor to the Supernanny website, Sue Atkins comments; X
There are no costs involved to use the website, no handing over of credit cards and with password-protected accounts, no risk of personal data being shared. Kidspoints is simply a great service to make parents lives just that little bit easier. So don’t wait for Supernanny to knock at your door, log on now to www.kidspoints.co.uk, the website guaranteed to work wonders so all the family can reap the rewards. Your kids don’t just deserve it, they’ve earned it!
About Kidspoints (www.kidspoints.co.uk)
Founded by two dads, Glenn Matchett and Ashley Faull, Kidspoints is a newly launched (August 2008) online / mobile reward system that promotes positive parenting among children aged 4-12. The site (www.kidspoints.co.uk) offers parents a personalised environment that is free and easy to use to incentivise and motivate children and provide positive reinforcement for children on tasks and general good behaviour. Kidspoints is also the first to offer access to the reward scheme via mobile phone with their unique, patent pending Arithmetext system. This enables parents to update their kids' points total from anywhere by SMS.
Both dad entrepreneurs share previous successes predominantly in broadcast. Ashley Faull has been involved with over 20 TV channel launches in the UK and continental Europe many of which have gone on to be very successful such as The Discovery Channel Europe, Living TV, UK Gold and Bravo. Ashley co-founded sit-up in 2000 which became one of the fastest growing and most successful companies in the UK. With extensive experience in broadcast, online and start-up business environments, Glenn Matchett joined the senior team that launched and ran the auction TV network sit-up Ltd (bid tv, price-drop tv, speed auction tv) and helped devise and implement a business strategy that built it into a £200million turnover business with over 2 million customers.
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