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Calm in Your Palm

Calm in Your Palm

Children experience a wide range of emotions daily, many of which they are unable to identify at a young age. Happiness, joy, and silliness are easily recognizable and understood by children, but anxiousness, sadness, and loneliness are harder for children to comprehend and cope with. This is where Calm in Your Palm comes in by […]

Perfectly Maggie

Perfectly Maggie

It may look like this is just another adorable plush doggie but it’s important to know that Maggie is a storybook first. The story focuses on Maggie who has some self-esteem issues. She sees her crooked teeth and waggy tail as flaws until, through the lessons of her family, she learns that she is perfect

Reindeer In Here

Reindeer In Here

As the holidays approach, many families get ready to welcome the familiar and mischievous Elf on the Shelf. For those ready to change things up, Reindeer In Here offers a cute, loving and stress-free alternative to help you celebrate the magic of Christmas throughout the month of December. The Reindeer arrives on the first of

Reindeer In Here

Reindeer In Here

As the holidays approach, many families get ready to welcome the familiar and mischievous Elf on the Shelf. For those ready to change things up, Reindeer In Here offers a cute, loving and stress-free alternative to help you celebrate the magic of Christmas throughout the month of December. The Reindeer arrives on the first of

Photo Puzzlemania

Photo Puzzlemania

Childhood favorite Highlights Magazine has knocked it out of the park with the new Photo Puzzlemania book. If you ever subscribed to and loved Highlights magazine as a kid, this book is for you. The classic puzzles that are standard in each monthly magazine and other Puzzlemania books have gotten a beautiful boost in this

Mr. Mouthful Learns His Lesson

The book Mr. Mouthful Learns His Lesson is a valuable, easy to read, easy to understand childrens book that you will fall in love with. Our parent testers certainly did. Mr. Mouthful is not your typical childrens book that lasts for a particular stage of childhood. This book will definitely last through several stages of

Disney Minnie: My Friend Minnie!

Disney Minnie: My Friend Minnie!

The Disney Minnie: My Friend Minnie! books are a fabulously packaged collection of durable cardboard books. The 12 books included vary in topic from colors to numbers to manners and mindfulness making them not only fun to read but educational as well. Parents really liked the “I Can Do It” book which focuses on empowering

Here Comes Ingo

Here Comes Ingo

Chances are very good that you have never seen a children’s book quite like “Here Comes Ingo.” There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is the fact that the book contains no words. Add to that the stunning, hand-crafted artwork which has an almost dreamlike quality to it and you have

Summer Big Fun Workbook

Summer Big Fun Workbook

While the book series we reviewed is admittedly called SUMMER Big Fun Workbook, the reality is that it is a brilliantly fun and educational book that you and your child can play all year round. With that out of the way, let’s explore why. For starters, the construction of the book is superb, bright, and

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A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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