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Teddy Needs A Bath

Until parents saw this great new product from GUND we never really knew the constant state of terror most Moms live in when it comes to washing and cleaning their children’s stuffed animals. The responsibility of not damaging their child’s most precious belonging brought some of the strongest of women to their knees. Never fear, […]

Raising a Talker: Easy Activities for Birth to Age 3!

As a developmental psycholinguist Renate Zangi not only knows her field but also how to convey her advanced understanding to those of us without a doctorate. “Raising a Talker” has an accessible tone with simple instructions broken down into manageable parts: “Skills Fostered,” “Goals,” “Materials,” “What to Do,” “What to Look For” and an end

Milkies Milk Saver

Milkies Milk Saver

Breast feeding moms know that breast milk is considered liquid gold. Some Mom’s told us how upset they would get anytime any of their milk spilled or if they put too much milk in the bottle and the baby would not finish the whole bottle. But one of the biggest milk wasters is when you

Milkies Freeze

Milkies Freeze

Nursing mothers who saw Milkies Freeze were instantly drawn to it. They told us stories about their freezer’s which they described as complete disasters with bags of frozen breast milk everywhere and the frozen bags were in all shapes and sizes. After using Milkies Freeze they delightedly reported that they had completely changed the way

Evenflo Advanced Nursing Pads

Evenflo Advanced Nursing Pads

Any breastfeeding mother has experienced leaking at some point, especially early on in their newborns life. Of all the things you prepare for and anticipate, you would be hard pressed to find an expectant mother who imagined that nursing pads would quickly become one of their most valuable and appreciated accessories. Not until you start

Evenflo Advanced Deluxe Double Electric Breast Pump

Evenflo has found a way to combine power and portability in this Double Electric Breast Pump. With the ability to be plugged in or run on batteries, mothers were quite enamored with the ease of use they experienced. Being able to choose from multiple power settings, just about all our testers were able to find

Evenflo Advanced Angled and Vented Bottle 9oz. 3pack

Our testers put these new L shaped bottle to the test on both infants and toddlers and they emerged from the experience as newly crowned Seal of Approval winners. The bottles are designed with the angled tilt which helps liquids flow to the nipple thus reducing the likelihood of baby sucking in air. Parents felt

Safe-n-Clear Dual Digital Baby Monitors

Delta Children submitted three different models of low cost digital audio baby monitors for review. These days there are all sorts of baby monitors with all sorts of bells and whistles, video and movement trackers, etc. What our testers told us was that while gizmos are all well and good what they really need most

Mamas & Papas Armadillo City

Sometimes the size of our car or our living space determines the quality of the stroller we purchase. Mamas & Papas set out to bring luxury to the compact stroller category, and our testers think they succeeded. Among the features and functionality they found most appealing were the nicely padded, comfortable seat; the large sized

Mama Strut by PELV-ICE

Most Mom’s-to-be are aware of the many changes that their body will experience during the course of their pregnancy. Not as many are aware of the post-pregnancy phase, instead focusing on the fact their family will have a new bundle of joy. The post-partum recovery that every woman’s body undergoes can vary greatly. PELV-ICE is

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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