The National Parenting Center

Seal of Approval Report

Electro Dough Projects Kit

Electro Dough Projects Kit

Electro Dough Projects Kit is a wonderful tech project for kids that engages children’s minds and commands their attention. Calling this a “tech toy” is kind of a misnomer since it uses playdough, which might be the epitome of “low-tech” but we digress. The 20+ projects outlined for children to dive into upon opening the […]

The Balance - Hungry Higgs

The Balance – Hungry Higgs is a wholly unique game, a twist on chess and checkers with an exciting element of balance and physics mixed in. This is one of those games that, initially, seems relatively easy to pick up. The game is all about balance of mass within a defined space or field of

My Buddy Wheels

My Buddy Wheels

Balance bikes have become the de facto way to teach your children balance on their way to riding a bicycle. Yvolution has entered the fray with a decidedly different take on the genre, by throwing in a whole bunch of design flair. This line of My Buddy Wheels look like animal characters and have soft

Aurodo Travel and Transport

Aurodo Travel and Transport is a unique hands-on learning tool that dazzled testers with its unique use of augmented reality. Are you able to name 70 modes of travel/transportation? After your child spends some time with this product they will be familiar with all 70. How you ask? Inside the box you’ll find 70 durable

Kindermusik Holiday 2019 Digital Albums

Perhaps nothing sets the stage for the holidays more than hearing the timeless music that fills the air everywhere you go. Kindermusik is ringing in this holiday season with a digital album loaded with tons of classics and fun holiday songs to sing along with. Testers agreed that its a great way to get into

Pinkfong Baby Shark Melody Shape Sorter

Heres a cute little product for all you Baby Shark fans. Children will love the bright colors, the recognizable character pictures, and all the music in this cute little pre-school toy. Shape sorters have traditionally been great toys for young children to develop their hand-eye coordination and cognitive thinking, this one is no exception. There

ProjeX Projecting Game Arcade

ProjeX Projecting Game Arcade

When it comes to having fun in the dark, it’s pretty hard to top this fabulous game from NSI. The box shows what the game looks like, but until you open and set it up, you really can’t grasp the fun that awaits. ProjeX, a projecting game arcade, is ideal for any boy or girl

Organic Breathable 2-Stage Crib Mattress, 252 Coil

Ask any parent and they will confirm that if your child isnt sleeping, you are going to be at your wits end pretty much 24/7 or darn close to it, because a tired child means a tired parent and no good can come of that. With that said, it’s no wonder that testers were eager

Lullaby Earth Breeze Air Breathable Crib Mattress 2-Stage

Being a parent these days means making numerous choices about items your child comes in contact with, and a crib mattress is no exception. It might be one of the most important decisions since they are going to spend the majority of their early days lying on it. Testers told us emphatically that they would

Airfort

Airfort

So many of our parent testers told us that building forts was a childhood rite of passage that they remember fondly. Now, instead of cushions and other collected parts from around the house, with just an inexpensive box fan to inflate it, you can have an instant hideout or Airfort.* The product is made of

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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