The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Maxville Blocks

Maxville Blocks

What a treat for our young testers to discover this wonderful assortment of wooden blocks with bold colorful artwork, graphic patterns and sparkles. ALEX has crammed over 30 blocks with faces, arms and feet into this early building set so that there is virtually no end to the imagination and manipulative play. The shapes are […]

Spontuneous Board Game

Spontuneous Board Game

If you and your family like music then get ready for your next favorite family game. This game was a big hit with so many testing families. Loads of fun and very easy to play. You will need players who aren’t afraid to sing. The intimacy of your immediate family is a great place to

Roylco Sensory Sensations Finger Painting Kit

Finger painting is the messy, artistic, multi-sensory stuff of childhood. Roylco has produced a kit that makes the whole process easy for parents to give their kids this valuable experience. Inside you will find convenient containers to hold the paints and a tray to put them in. But there is a great twist added in

Skylanders Giants

Skylanders Giants

Skylanders just keeps growing and becoming more and more of a phenomenon. The reasons are many; the creatures are appealing and quite captivating. The ability to use toys and transfer their powers to a video game is just ingenious. As for the game play, the graphics are superb and the movement through screens is so

YA Novel: "Echos Revenge" & Website

In this new kind of hybrid book that is woven together with a vibrant website. Readers are taken on a wild ride that is aimed specifically at boys who have grown up in this video game generation. The story is driven by chaos which is why it resonated with testers. It is an exciting, tense

Ansel & Clair Cretaceous Dinosaurs

We’re quite sure we have never seen any product priced under $2 come close to garnering the overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement as this app did from our testers. How did they love it? Let us count the ways: 1) It kept kids entertained for hours, 2) It takes full advantage of every sensory component of

Touchy Feely

Touchy Feely

Your sensory perception will be put to the test in this fun new game that many testers told us was going right into their game night rotation. To play you place several objects into the smartly designed grab bag/tube that allows you to feel but not see the objects. There are accompanying cards that match

The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Adventure Book #1

If you think you know dot-to-dot books and consider them activities for very young children, trust us when we say you are in for a BIG surprise. David Kalvitis has taken the familiar concept and turned it on its ear in ways that will startle, amaze and completely captivate you. This book is filled with

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids Game

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids Game

Parents were easily drawn to this game based on its name alone. The number one thing any parent wants for their children is for them to be happy. Can a board game really offer a path to that goal? Based on the evaluations by our parent testers the answer is that this game certainly provides

Magic Moves

Magic Moves

This microphone shaped toy is like holding a workout instructor in your hand. The plastic light up ball on the top is certainly eye-catching, that combined with nearly 100 different spoken instructions outlining various movements for kids to follow and very upbeat music make this an exercise sensation. Children are instructed to do things like

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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