My Secret Circle

Being a mother of 2 teenage daughters, I can assure you that my husband and I have had a few battles with catching them using MySpace and Facebook. Don't get me wrong, my husband and I both use Facebook but we are adults. However, when I find out my 12 year old daughter is using it, then I know she has easily lied about her age. Some social networks worry me more than others and I just feel it isn't a safe place for children to be. My daughters are older now, ages 14 & 17 but they are still not allowed to have a social networking page.

A new place for kids to get together and chat has recently came out. It's called My Secret Circle.“Studies show that more than 25 percent of girls ages nine to 17 are heavy users of social networking sites. Girls rule the social networking world, yet there aren’t any secure communities geared toward them,” says Mike Nakamura, founder and CEO of Senario. “My Secret Circle presents this demographic with the ability to create completely private communities with friends, while avoiding the advertising and strangers present on other social networking sites.”

My Secret Circle is invisible to the online world and is not a Web site. By purchasing online access keys featuring proprietary technology with embedded browsers and unique ID codes, only friends can connect on My Secret Circle by exchanging private codes. Once a code is used to connect two friends, it is inactive and can never be used again. Since the codes are embedded in the product itself, girls never need to upload personal information online, further enhancing the security of the network.

Other key features of My Secret Circle include:

• All-About-Me profile pages with a Diva Designer avatar tool
• An online journal that can be kept private or public for friends to read
• Instant messaging
  
• Games
• An extensive photo feature in which girls can upload photos, add text and decor and even create slideshows
  

My Secret Circle access keys can be purchased individually or in a B.F.F. (best friend forever) Pack, which includes two online access keys, to shared among friends or siblings. Also available is a headset with microphone, which allows girls to voice-chat online in a secure environment.
The headset with microphone is purchased separately.

“Parents can finally feel at ease knowing their daughter is only accessible to her best girlfriends,” says Nakamura. “My Secret Circle is revolutionizing the way young girls communicate, and the way parents feel about their child’s safety while spending time on the Internet.”

My Secret Circle is currently available for purchase at Justice stores across the nation for $19.99. Justice is the subsidiary of Tween Brands (NYSE:TWB), the largest premier tween specialty retailer in the world providing the hottest fashion merchandise and accessories for girls ages seven to14. The B.F.F. Pack retails for $29.99 and the chat headset with microphone is $14.99. To learn more about My Secret Circle, visit www.mysecretcircle.com.

Senario is offering one As They Grow Up reader a My Secret Circle Online Access Key!

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