The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Ozobot

Ozobot

You know how everything that used to be a 3D/real experience, like your favorite board games, are now apps? Lately we are starting to see a new trend of virtual technology coming off the screen and becoming real. Stay with us here. Meet Ozobot. Under his domed body Ozobot has wheels and sensors that read […]

Babys Brilliant

Babys Brilliant

Apps for babies? Really? YES! Baby’s Brilliant is an app that provided soothing and engaging entertainment for our littlest testers with vivid pictures, a soothing voice, music and a night light. Testers felt that the images appearing on the screen of their phone or tablet were appealing and held baby’s attention. There is a wide

Zoku Character Pops

If you think that popsicles created at home can only be in one or two shapes, think again! Zoku Character Pops literally break the mold. Well at least bend it. You see, the little red cylinder tub that you find inside the box contains a silicone mold that flexes to let you pull out perfectly

Blooming Bath baby bath

The earliest months of bathing your baby, the ones where you use the kitchen sink, have always featured a variety of hard-shelled plastic baths. UPANAWAY has a different idea. Their fabric Blooming Bath lets you place your baby in a soft fabric cocoon. It is unique for sure and for many testers the concept was

FunBites

FunBites

FunBites is a unique take on kitchen gadgets. We all have a drawer of things that do one special thing (and you can never find it when you need it!). According to our testers FunBites is something you are going to want to keep track of until your children learn how to cut their own

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Hey, Diddle, Diddle is one of the newest additions to the multi-Seal winning line of sing-along storybooks from Music Together. As with so many of the books in their collection, the first thing that caught our tester’s eye was the bright and colorful illustrations. The quality of the books themselves are superb, with pages that

Two Little Blackbirds

Two Little Blackbirds

Two Little Blackbirds is a sing along storybook that comes with a free download of the song. Once you have downloaded the song you can play it (on any device) and sing along with your child during story time. The cute story is about two birds that fly away and return over and over to

Mr. Rabbit

Mr. Rabbit

Another winning book from the talented folks at Music Together. This book, like others in the line, is well put together, features simple instructions and the supporting resources are easy to follow. The first step is to download the free song that comes with the book. It plays as a sing-along in conjunction with the

BalanStix

BalanStix

Balance and dexterity are something many parents would like to have their children develop. There are sports like gymnastics that build those skills but can a toy do that? Creative Concepts has introduced BalanStix and according to our parent testers they have created something that gives children the tools to develop not only those skill

WEDGNETIX

WEDGNETIX

It has been 16 years since Wedgits won a Seal of Approval. Since that time this building set has consistently maintained it’s position as one of the most innovative and remarkable toys. According to a whole new set of testers, all these years later, it appears like Wedgnetix is ready to follow in its footsteps.

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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