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San Diego Bebe

San Diego Bebe

There are two significant issues that nursing mothers repeatedly face and San Diego Bebe has solutions for both. Attaining a comfortable nursing position for both baby and mother and privacy. The pillow gives you ample room to lay the baby down and even provides a rim at the back to keep baby from rolling off. […]

Help! Theres a Toddler in the House

Whether they are at their wits end or anticipating the worst, parents will discover a wonderful guide to learning and understanding simple and effective techniques for changing behaviors that, believe it or not, will result in happier and healthier relationships with your children. As if he was reading our minds, Thomas Reimers, Ph.D. outlines the

Sunny Sunscreen SPF35

Sunny Sunscreen does what it is supposed to do, protect your family from the harmful rays of the sun. Episcencial has created a product that is easy to apply, soaks into the skin well, is non-irritating and doesn’t leave the skin feeling greasy. It is not filled with chemicals and parents told us it actually

First the Brocolli. Then the Ice Cream. A Parents Guide to Deliberate Discipline.

Dr. Tim Riley’s wonderfully named book of discipline advice for parents resonated with many of our testers. It impressed as a guide book for them to get their children to do what they are supposed to do, regardless of the situation. Let’s face it, despite our best intentions it is sometimes hard to alter our

The Puzzle Pod

The Puzzle Pod

Inevitably every testing period there is one product, usually from a small upstart company that wins the “Gee Why Didn’t I Think Of That” Award. Ladies and Gentlemen your Spring 2011 winner is..The Puzzle Pod. One of the great first toys of childhood are those wooden puzzles with shapes that fit into cutouts. One of

Piggyback Rider

Piggyback Rider

You want to take your child with you on excursions and adventures but the arms, the shoulders and the hips have just so much carrying in them. Along comes the Piggyback Rider, made of incredibly lightweight material that is solidly constructed to actually make the child-toting experience for for you both. It is very easy

Safe Eyes

Safe Eyes

The warnings are everywhere about the various unsavory aspects of this marvelous tool which we have all come to rely on, the Internet. Parents are so often at a loss when it comes to walking the fine line between access and protection as it pertains to the content that is out there. Safe Eyes effectively

EasyCarSeat

EasyCarSeat

Anyone who has ever traveled with a car seat on an airplane knows the hassle it can be. If your child is of booster seat age you may be able to graduate from that extra check-in item with this inflatable, lightweight, portable, collapsable seat. This is not at all designed to replace your normal car

MobiCam Digital DXR

MobiCam Digital DXR

Digital video baby monitors have become essential accessories to nurseries. This is a new development but Mobi has positioned themselves firmly as category leaders. Being able to check in visually on your baby does provide a significant level of comfort to many parents. The DXR monitor has easy to operate buttons and a user friendly

MobiCam Digital

MobiCam Digital

What do you want in a video baby monitor? Great picture quality, security, portability, expandability, long battery life and a lightweight design. According to our testers the Mobicam Wireless Video Baby Monitor delivered on all of those requirements and even added a few more. There is night vision and the ability to add three cameras.

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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