igbo - Real Time Child Safety

Igbo is the ultimate resource for Parents to Parent communication when kids are away from home.  Only Igbo connects Parents to the Parents of ANY kid, who is WITH their kid, in an immediate, designated radius.  Igbo is the solution to teen focused social media applications that encourage teens to crowd source on the fly and interact with kids they don’t know well and, in some cases, potentially dangerous strangers.

• Never bug your kid for a parent’s telephone number again
• Accurate location information coupled with secure, real-time communication with in-app participants
• Child locations appear ONLY when kids are within 50 yards of another registered in-app User
• Parents ONLY see GPS representation of kids who are immediately proximate to their own child.
• Teen identities are NEVER exposed unless approved and friended between/by parents
• Build a village of trusted parents who together, are looking out for everyone’s kids

Igbo is the easiest tool for connecting Parents of teens on the move!

A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO ON IGBO…

• Learn who your teen’s friends are
• Know when your teen is separated from a group
• Group message multiple parents of teens in a location
• Make and save contacts for the Parents of your teen’s friends
• Check your teen’s cell phone battery and signal levels
• Identify “home” location of app participants (when your teen is with another teen/in another teen’s home)
• Organize groups for special events such as Homecoming, Prom, Sports Teams
• And MORE coming soon!

WHY YOU NEED IGBO
In a world where technology is the middleman to almost all relationships, parents face the challenge of protecting their teenagers and pre-teens from the unpredictable and potentially dangerous situations created by tech tools and more pointedly, an imbalanced social media market.

At Igbo, we believe in the power of community and real communication.  We believe in

• Connecting parents and fostering dialogue
• Creating safer environments for all our kids
• Providing and sharing resources and knowledge
• Giving teens the room to practice good decision-making skills

Social media products encourage teens to connect online and specifically as teens get older, connect in PERSON at events and parties with people they don’t know well and/or have never met.  Additionally, there is a growing trend to hold Parents accountable for accidents and incidents related to teen gatherings and underage drinking/drugs in personal residences, whether guests were invited or uninvited.

Only Igbo addresses the near complete void that exists for Parents when it comes to technologies and services designed specifically for them to address the problems created by social media.

Join the Village and let’s all work together to keep our kids safe!