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Products for Parents

Grandmas Secret Spot Remover

No matter how quaint or cute a picture you put on a product that calls itself a spot remover, if you have those words on your bottle it better do one thing, remove spots. Guess what? According to our testers, Grandma’s Secret does just what it says and does it really, really well. Most testers […]

Oreck Halo Vacuum

Oreck Halo Vacuum

At first glance our testers looked at the Oreck Halo Vacuum and questioned what the big deal was, after all the reality is that it looks like just about any upright vacuum. As it turns out, that’s what makes the Halo Vacuum special, it uses familiar vacuum designs and functionality but adds a very special

Safe Sizer Choking Prevention Plate

As parents we are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure the safety of our children and when it comes to choking prevention you can never be too careful. This plate makes food sizing easy. Simply put, if the piece of food fits into the mold it is safe to be served to

Proud Parents Guide to Raising Athletic, Balanced and Coordinated Kids

If you are a parent who is interested in furthering your child’s physical well-being (and who isn’t?), this book is one that should be sitting in your night stand. The author uses easy-to-understand language and approaches which serve to make it very easy to implement the skills needed to nurture and help make the development

CARES

CARES

Isn’t it strange with all the safety regulations we experience at airports and in airplanes that our kids still sit in their seats with minimal restraint? CARES is an very well designed belt-and-buckle device/harness that works in conjunction with the standard airplane seat belt and provides children with virtually the same level of safety they

Boogie Wipes

Boogie Wipes

Yes, those boogies, not Boogie Nights or Boogie Fever! Let’s face it, most of us didn’t give much thought to nasal discharge when dreaming about little bundles of joy coming into our lives but such is life as a parent. The battles to clean the faces of our little cherubs were also not part of

Quick Stick Write On!

An unfortunate reality of life today is that as parents we need to remain ever vigilant and tools that can give us a level of security, beyond our normal protective skills, is welcomed by parents. Based on the evaluations of our testers The Quick Stick Write On was such a product. By applying an easy

One Step Ahead

One Step Ahead

Through the years the One Step Ahead catalogue is consistently one of the finest resources for parents to discover new and interesting products for their children. 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 concise

Leaps & Bounds

Leaps & Bounds

The Leaps and Bounds catalogue remains one of our testers favorites for its easy to navigate pages, superb layout and clear descriptions of products. Being able to peruse a catalogue that is focused within a specific age range was appreciated by testers.

The Joy of Pregnancy by Tori Kropp

The Joy of Pregnancy by Tori Kropp

One of the real successes of a book about the unique and very personal journey a woman takes through the course of her pregnancy is its ability to connect the reader to stories of other Moms. Tori Kropp weaves real stories throughout her book along with her own advice and suggestions to create a very

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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