The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Radian RXT

Radian RXT

When it comes to car seats the number one priority for parents is safety and when it comes to the RXT our testers told us that they felt assured, confident and comfortable that their child was safe. Next on the list of priorities is ease of use. Once again the RXT impressed with both installation […]

iLearn "N" Play "Adventure Explorer"

Some iPads, iPods and iPhones offer add-on keyboards or speakers to expand the functionality of the device. For the younger set AppStart Learning has designed an add-on race car steering wheel that turns your device into something you might find in a video arcade. By securing the “i” device in the unit and downloading the

Sunscreen Bands

Sunscreen Bands

We all know the dangers of too much sun exposure, especially for children whose fair skin can turn into a burn at a moment’s notice. Sunscreen bands take the guesswork out of sunscreen lotion protection. The bands come in a variety of styles to fit your child and which will encourage them to wear it.

Squoosh

Squoosh

These pouched organic snacks made from fruits and veggies and with the funny name were a huge hit with our parent testers. Pouched baby food is a fast growing segment and for good reason, they are amazingly convenient, perfect for travel, kids can squeeze and eat them on their own, they don’t spill when knocked

Waboba Balls

Waboba Balls

Crazy cool, wildly innovative, Waboba Balls will be bouncing and skipping on pools and lakes everywhere. Yes we said ON. These remarkable balls are designed to skip like the perfect skimming stone across the water. But Waboba turns the whole rock skimming thing further upside down because no longer is skipping objects across the water

Adora Playtime Babies

Mom testers and their children fell in love with Adora Babies and who can blame them? The dolls are extremely soft and huggable plus they smell just like a new baby. Sized just right for toddlers they instantly became favorites and were constant companions no matter where children went. Adora has filled each doll’s bottom

Combat Creatures Attacknids

Watching this spider-like robot come to life and start crawling around your home is quite a sight. We’ve seen lots of remote controlled vehicles but nothing that moves quite like this. Using the remote control takes only minutes to master and in no time you will be antagonizing the dog while firing soft foam disks.

Volo

Volo

Volo is a lightweight throwing toy that children really enjoyed playing with in the pool, at the park or the beach. It isn’t specifically designed for a game of catch (though it certainly can be), since Volo, unlike most items that you throw (balls or Frisbees), can actually be played with and enjoyed on its

Copter Darts

Copter Darts

Copter darts are a lightweight, winged version of lawn darts but without the long metal spear at the end. This is a family oriented outdoor activity set that our testers felt would be perfect for the backyard, picnics at the park, etc. Anyone who has played or seen the game of bocce or horseshoes will

Music Band Table

Music Band Table

This 3-in-1 electronic activity table has a unique feature that really stood out to testers, removable instruments. Normally activity tables have stationary play sections which means that the only time a child can play with it is when they are at the table. Now these various musical manipulatives can be as portable as you and

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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