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Seal of Approval Report

iCaddy

iCaddy

The iCaddy, a 4 in 1 product created by a kid for kids, is a must-have if your child has a tablet or a smartphone. Whether you want to dock, charge, listen with headphones or transport all these smartphone items in 1 one convenient location, the iCaddy does it all. The iCaddy comes in an […]

parentandteen.com

parentandteen.com

Anybody who has a teen or who has raised a teen will tell you the teenage years are, more often than not, a challenge. There are thousands of books on parenting but once kids start elementary school the reality is that many parents are past reading and are simply flying by the seat of their

Drop Dots

Drop Dots

While there are many textured balls on the market Drop Dots impressed our testers as being unique. They attributed the special appeal of Drop Dots to the spiky look of the balls. You might think that would be dangerous or uncomfortable to throw or catch, it is quite the opposite. The rubber that creates the

Lights & Stripes Zebra

Lights and Stripes Zebra is an adorable addition to your baby’s toy basket! Not surprisingly VTech has produced a baby toy that hits all the right notes; black and white for early development discrimination, bright colors, textures, patterns, sounds, and lights. Check, check and check! This toy caught the attention of numerous newborns in our

PAW Patrol Learning Watches

VTech’s Paw Patrol Learning watch is a fun and creative way to get young kids interested in learning about time. Made with a soft rubber exterior, the watch is comfortable and doesnt pinch little wrists. Its also easy for little fingers to get the watch on and off themselves. It was adorable watching kids show

Butterfly Counting Pal

The Butterfly Counting Pal is a brightly colored toy for your child’s crib. It’s blinking lights, sounds and music are great for interaction with a baby up to a year old. The musical selection is nice, diverse and easy to cycle through. The light up feature is the real attention grabber here, holding baby’s focus

Scouts Learning Lights Remote Deluxe

At first glance, the Scout’s Learning Lights Remote Deluxe seems like your typical child hands-on toy but oh, it is so much more than that. We’ll start with the fact that it features multilingual options for both Spanish and English. The Spanish channel teaches popular words and phrases. There are two different modes for your

My Peek-a-Boo LapPup

LeapFrog has another hands-down winner with My Peek-a-Boo LapPup. Some might dismiss this as just another electronic toy for babies, that would be a huge mistake. The ingenuity of the My Peek-a-Boo LapPup is out of this world. For us, watching a 6-month-old easily grasp and play with this toy within moments of seeing it

Mr. Mouthful Learns His Lesson

The book Mr. Mouthful Learns His Lesson is a valuable, easy to read, easy to understand childrens book that you will fall in love with. Our parent testers certainly did. Mr. Mouthful is not your typical childrens book that lasts for a particular stage of childhood. This book will definitely last through several stages of

HearMuffs Sounds

HearMuffs Sounds

No matter how much we try to protect our little ones there comes a time when we have to take them outside of the protective home environment and into the hustle, bustle, and noise of the real world. Depending on the level of that noise, significant damage to sensitive and still-developing eardrums is possible. Sure,

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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