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Raising Everyday Heroes<BR>by Elisa Medhus, M.D.

Simple and yet wonderfully written, Dr. Medhus does a remarkable job of hooking and holding onto her readers attention. The key to her success is that each page is filled with practical strategies for helping children become confident and self-reliant. Testers felt empowered after reading it. They mentioned the author’s warmth, wisdom, understanding and humor […]

Hearing is Believing<BR>by Elisa Medhus, M.D.

Based on the reviews from our parent testers, there may be no more important parenting book on the market today. Dr. Medhus offers a remarkably insightful guide to parenting. Understanding the power of the words we use when we speak to and around our children should be a clarion call to all parents. How we

ABCs of Newborn Baby Care

ABCs of Newborn Baby Care

Parents who have children running around the house often forget the incredible first days with their newborn babies. The mixture of delight and fear when it comes to caring for your firstborn is often overwhelming. This DVD is designed to answer and guide new parents and parents-to-be in the care and handling of their infant

The John Tesh Radio Show

The John Tesh Radio Show

John Tesh’s career has been varied and diverse, from his many years as co-host on Entertainment Tonight to his new age music compositions. His latest incarnation is as a syndicated radio host and he brings to it what he brings to much of his work, and friendly affability that is welcoming and perfect for a

Eat-n-Play Activity Cooler

Whether you knew it or not, this is the product you have been looking for, at least that’s what our testers told us. The Eat-n-Play Activity Cooler features a wonderful all-in-one design that gives parents the freedom to pack a meal for their toddler, keep it cool AND (here’s the clincher) it’s also a take

Play Along With Me!

Play Along With Me!

If you are going to create a play system for very young children you can choose to stick your toe in the water, or you can jump right into the deep end. Nurture Basics chose the latter and they created the Cadillac of preschool play sets. Testers were quite awed by the huge range of

Whos Raising Your Child

Whos Raising Your Child

There are so many pitfalls to being the parent of a teenager that helping them successfully navigate their way through these turbulent years is no small feat. Our teens have become one of the most desirable segments of society for advertisers. They are marketed to so aggressively that is is almost impossible to keep them

One Step Ahead

One Step Ahead

Once again the One Step Ahead catalogue has proven itself to be a marvelous resource for parents to find superb listings of products for their young family. The design of the publication is so easy to navigate whether you know what you are looking for or just browsing. The photos and descriptions are clear and

Bumbleride Flite

Bumbleride Flite

Many strollers feature plenty of bells and whistles but one of the most important factors for parents, is the weight and maneuverability of the stroller when their baby isn’t in it. It is usually first time parents who don’t understand this, and most do not repeat the mistake twice. All that said the Bumbleride Flight

Bumbleride Carrycot

Bumbleride Carrycot

The Carrycot is a lightweight bassinet that makes gently transporting a sleeping baby a delight. The material is soft, durable, comfortable and impressed our testers with its high quality. It was not just the Carrycot itself but the very sturdy handle that garnered high marks. The cover is large enough to keep baby shielded from

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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