The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

LEGO Juniors Batman & Superman vs. Lex Luther

The Lego Junior Batman and Superman Vs Lex Luther has a built in audience simply by carrying the famous brands in its name. However, it is much more than that, in fact it offers a lot of fun and quality time when building together with your child. Parents appreciated that LEGO divides the set into […]

LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS Aaron Foxs Aero-Striker V2

If you or your kids have any familiarity with Aaron Fox from Nexo Knights fame then you know that his character is described as that of a “thrill seeker.” With that understanding, it comes as no surprise that this Aero-Striker set is loaded with all kinds of active equipment, including a crossbow, with two shooters

Pump and Go Complete Starter Set

Nursing mom testers called this comprehensive feeding set brilliant. The concept is surely unique and innovative. By pumping directly into the pouch and storing the breast milk while not having to transfer the milk into a bottle, it not only saves on washing dishes, but it also ensures that there is no wasted milk. There

Closer to Nature

Closer to Nature

After spending some time with the Closer to Nature bottle, tester mom after mom reported back delightedly that their baby took to this nipple with no problems. And these were moms who had previously reported having all kinds of issues with bottles. Between finally finding a workable bottle solution and one that is BPA free,

Razor Jr. t3

Razor is a multiple Seal winner having produced some of our testers favorite ride-on toys for all ages. This scooter is aimed at the pre-school set, and according to parents it is high-quality, appealing, fun, and exceptionally easy to use. Pre-schoolers, especially those around older children who are scooting around the neighborhood, are often eager

Hatchimals

Hatchimals

Hatchimals are the big new release from Spin Master for the 2016 holiday season and for all intents and purposes, according to our testers, they have a major hit on their hands. When your child first gets a Hatchimal it is inside a big egg. If your child is patient and takes good care of

Hedbanz Electronic

Hedbanz Electronic

A massive hit with testers of all ages this is a runaway Seal of Approval winner…again. If you know and love the first iteration of Headbanz, we’re pretty confident in saying that you will love this one even more! Everything that testers loved about the original is here: its easy to explain to others plus

Meccano Micronoid

Meccano Micronoid

Micronoid blue basher by Meccano is a combination product that gives your child the tools to build, program, and play with a small sized robot. This is designed for a younger age group than Spin Master’s Meccanoid line and as such some things, like the robot’s head are prebuilt. There are 139 pieces that parents

PowerPuff Girls Deluxe Flip To Action Playset

When it comes to spy toys, most of the one’s you’ll find on toy shelves skew towards boys. Spin Master decided to throw out that old playbook and let the girls take over. We learned that lots of little girls love the idea having a secret life as a double agent where they can do

Spy Gear Video Walkie Talkies

Spy Gear Spy Video Walkie talkies are just as cool as they sound: walkie talkies with video for under 75 dollars. The walkie talkies are well constructed and loaded with some truly remarkable features. For starters, the audio works well and the video (although not HD) was much better than any of our testers expected.

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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