The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Sparkle Crayon Melter

If you have an art lover at home, the Sparkle Crayon Melter by Crayola is going to make them very happy. The experience of creating melted crayon art, and watching the sparkly liquid lines form as you are drawing, proved to be a magical experience. After plugging the Crayon Melter and inserting crayons to be […]

Mickeys Snuggle Time

Mickeys Snuggle Time

Mickey’s Snuggle Time is a unique and innovative toy with great educational value that caught several of our parent testers by surprise. What sets this game apart is the fabric its made from and the pieces you play with. Its incredibly soft and a fun alternative to your typical cardboard fold-out game boards. The game

KNow!

KNow!

KNow! has hit the trivia game market with a lightning bolt and our testers certainly stood up and took notice. It is as if the maker has taken every fun element from every other trivia game and loaded it all into KNow! However, unlike trivia games in the past, new information is ever-evolving and can

My First Farm

BRIO has always set the highest of bars when it comes to producing high-quality products for children and the My First Farm train set is no exception. The My First Farm set incorporates two highly engaging play concepts by combining farm animals and trains. The box is beautifully designed with enlarged pictures of the products

Invasion of the Cow Snatchers

Invasion of the Cow Snatchers is an absolute homerun by Thinkfun. This magnetic game has building elements, logic problems, hand-eye manipulatives, and a big ol’ sense of humor. Since Invasion of the Cow Snatchers is designed to be played solo, there is no scoring. Without a scoring component, there is no winning or losing in

King of the Ring

King of the Ring is a fun and exciting board game with lots of physical activity and action. The game comes with an 8-inch by 8-inch ring with a “pop-up” tower and four different sumo wrestlers. The wrestlers have a rolling metal ball underneath, making it easy to move and slide them onto the board.

Kids Weighted Blanket

Kids Weighted Blanket

Weighted blankets seem to be THE hot ticket item these days. They are everywhere! One might think that if youve seen and felt one weighted blanket, youve seen and felt them all. Unfortunately, this is just not the case. Finding the perfect weighted blanket can actually be quite challenging. Some are too heavy, some are

MobiCam HDX

MobiCam HDX

The MobiCam HDX marks another Seal winning product for the impressive line-up of baby tech products. MOBI has done it again with an excellent combination of tech, design, features, and pricing. To begin setup is extremely simple and quick. Most testers told us it took them less than 5 minutes to get set up and

DoodleMatic Mobile Game Maker

Doodlematic is a new technology and toy that first intrigued testers and then wowed them. The whole concept behind Doodlematic is to introduce kids (and their parents) to the experience and process behind the making of a video game. The learning curve seems a little daunting at first, but by following the very clear directions

Mini Cosmo Nail Polish Set

Mini Cosmo Nail Polish Set

The Mini Cosmo Nail Polish set is an excellent activity for little ones who love all things fancy! These polishes thrilled our child testers because they are wonderfully colorful and just their size. On the parental side of the equation, they love how La Simple made them non-toxic and they do not have a strong

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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