The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Thomas and Friends: Day of the Diesels

Thomas and Friends: Day of the Diesels

Do you have a Thomas the Train fan in your home? If so you will want to load this app on your iPad and watch your little one’s eyes light up. There are loads of activities to explore. Of course you can choose to hear a Thomas story read to you or you can watch […]

Miss Spiders Bedtime Story

Miss Spiders Bedtime Story

This is the kind of children’s app that our testers told us they have been waiting for. Fun, bright and appealing loaded with adorable characters and a nice assortment of interactive experiences, Callaway really hit the nail of the head with this one. The layout of the app is refined and very easy to navigate.

Miss Spiders Tea Party

Miss Spiders Tea Party

The delightful David Kirk Miss Spider books have seamlessly made the transistion to mobile devices like the iPad thanks to the design team at Callaway Digital Arts. Parents and children loved playing with the app over and over, logging countless hours either reading, watching, playing games, painting or solving puzzles. The vibrant colors really jump

Angelina Ballerinas New Ballet Teacher

Angelina Ballerinas New Ballet Teacher

The adorable and delightful Angelina Ballerina has made her debut on the iPad and according to our testers it a very impressive opening performance. Little girls were thrilled to be able to interact with Angelina both on and off the screen, meaning they manipulated the scenes, but also emulated her movements and techniques long afterward.

Manner Mats

Manner Mats

So many chain restaurants offer children play mats to help keep them busy and occupied until the food comes but they are almost always just time fillers with no educational value. Patch Products now gives parents the chance to substitute the standard fare for a more lesson oriented experience. Each mat features simple activities that

I Can Build Lower Case Letters

I Can Build Lower Case Letters

Testers found this letter learning activity kit to be ingeniously designed. Using magnets to teach children how to recognize and write lower case letters. Included are a magnetic dry erase board, a dry erase pen, a set of 17 magnastix and a writing tablet. The various shapes of the magnastix, nicely sized for small hands,

Chicco Baby Driver

Chicco Baby Driver

Chicco has done it again, created a wonderful stroller or car seat companion for your baby. Loaded with interactive components that create lights, colors, sounds and music to delight little ones, the Baby Driver got consistently high marks from our testers. It’s perfectly designed for little hands and it is a great tool for encouraging

bebe POD flex+

bebe POD flex+

Babies, before they reach the age of mobility, are often lying down to rest or strapped in watching life as it zooms past. The bebe POD flex+ presents a different option, one where baby can sit up in a supported seat to both witness and be a part of the action in a whole new

Marvels All-in-One

This cloth diaper really impressed testers with its superb absorbency and its one size fits all adjusting capabilities. No matter what size, age or weight of the baby, Marvels All-in-One was able to hold in messes thanks to Kissaluvs’ terrific snap system. The inner fabric is very soft which was nice for babies and appreciated

Kissas Pocket Trainers

These trainers look like diaper cover ups or brightly colored undies. The colors and prints are very appealing to both parent and child. Each trainer comes with adjustable snaps so that you can get just the right snug fit. Other design highlights include the fact that they are reversible, are washing machine friendly and one

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 ’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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