Digital Praise Family-Friendly PC Games Win Multiple
2006 Awards From Top Parenting Organizations
Dance Praise™, Hermie & Friends™: Camping the Bug-A-Boo Way Honored
FREMONT, CA (November 28, 2006) - Digital Praise Inc, a leader in Christian themed, family-friendly entertainment software, announced today that two of its newest PC game products - Dance Praise™ and Hermie & Friends: Camping the Bug-A-Boo Way, have been honored with awards from three respected parenting organizations:
"Digital Praise's commitment to producing fun, challenging and positive games and educational products of the highest quality has once again been affirmed by leading children's advocates," said Tom Bean, president and CEO of Digital Praise, Inc. "These awards from America's top parenting organizations certainly encourage the entire Digital Praise team in its work."
Adding Wisdom Awards
The Parent To Parent Adding Wisdom Award is given to products that entertain and teach, as well as those that inspire imagination and creativity. To win the award, the product must be approved by a committee comprised of teachers, librarians, pediatricians, psychologists, media critics, child care facilities
and other professionals who are involved with children on a daily basis.
Once a game is approved by the committee, it is given to a family for testing and evaluation. Products are judged on how they help children grow ethically, socially, intellectually, emotionally and physically. Any product that encourages violence is unacceptable.
"Our family testers found Dance Praise to be totally fun! The kids loved turning their computer into a dance arcade with top Christian hits!" said Jodie Lynn, CEO/founder of AddingWisdomAward.com, syndicated parenting/health expert and author of Mom CEO (Chief Everything Officer) - Having, Doing and Surviving It All! (June 2006). "The 50 songs and three playing levels kept them groovin' to the music. The dance pad included is so easy to use and inspires moving and dancing for hours. We loved it!"
Lynn went on to say that Hermie & Friends: Camping the Bug-A-Boo Way was a delightful game that allowed the kids in the family testing team to have fun without knowing they were learning. "They especially enjoyed the various parts of telling campfire stories, practicing archery, building any pyramids, working in the mess hall, and answering nature trivia," she said. "The parents loved the fact that the kids were learning about friendship and tolerance while practicing early learning skills. A true treasure!"
Dance Praise and Camping the Bug-A-Boo Way were two of only four computer software products to win Adding Wisdom Awards this year. In addition, Camping the Bug-A-Boo Way was cited in the Educational Products category, while Dance Praise received a Children's Health and Well Being listing.
iParenting Media, National Parenting Center
iParenting Media produces all the content for three national newsstand magazines concerned with parents and families: Pregnancy, Baby Years, and Women's Health & Fitness. The company also operates a network of over 40 web sites devoted to the entire family lifecycle, from pregnancy through teenage years.
iParenting selects winners of its iParenting Media Award through evaluation of licensed childcare centers, experts, and parents nationwide. Hundreds of companies participated in this year's competition, with thousands of products entered. Each product is rated using an extensive survey including written feedback; in addition the iParenting Media Awards Executive Committee reviews all submissions.
The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval program is an independent testing procedure conducted to judge a variety of products for the parent/child consumer market. Children, parents and educators rate products based on their desirability, sturdiness, interactive stimulation and other factors.
Additional information about Dance Praise, Hermie & Friends: Camping the Bug-A-Boo Wayü and all Digital Praise products is listed on the company's Web site, www.digitalpraise.com.
About Digital Praise, Inc.:
Digital Praise is an independent developer and publisher of family-friendly entertainment software for personal computers. The company produces and publishes faith-based and mainstream titles for families looking to enjoy interactive entertainment software with principled character-building themes and "just good clean fun." Digital Praise products have achieved top recognition from leading children's gaming and advocacy groups including Parents Choice, iParenting Media, the National Parenting Center, The Dove Foundation, Dr. Toy and Plain Games. For more information, visit www.digitalpraise.com.
Press Contacts:
For Digital Praise:
Sarah Ryser
S&S Public Relations
847-415-9318
sryser@sspr.com
©2006 Digital Praise, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Praise and Dance Praise are trademarks of Digital Praise, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.