The National Parenting Center

Make-Your-Own Thank-You Notes

Teaching children to be appreciative for the gifts they receive is an important lesson for kids of all ages to learn. This delightful kit of colorful materials, that encourages children to let people know how much they appreciate the thought and effort a person gave in giving them a gift, is a wonderful tool for […]

A World of LEGO Mosaics

A World of LEGO Mosaics

This new release from Lego incorporates of all the genius that the company was built on; Lego’s instantly recognizable colorful assortment of blocks along with a wonderful palette of designs to build on. Parents watched in delight as their children gravitated to the play set and happily built project after project. Lego is all about

House

House

For most of us the first thing we ever built with Legos was a house. There was something very nice and symmetrical about the doors, windows and boxy shape that lent itself to those first blocks. Now as we and Lego have aged (gracefully!), we have discovered the next generation of Lego House and this

Fire Station

Fire Station

With this Lego set your child can create the setting where heroic acts of bravery are just part of the daily routine. A great set of Lego pieces are at your fingertips and constructing a fire station where your child can run the show dispatching firemen and firewomen to aid the neighborhood. The wide age

Jump Start World

Jump Start World

When we discover educational software that is perfectly suited to the curriculum of its target audience we stand up and take notice. With Jump Start World our testers discovered an engaging and educational title that lives up to its billing. The Jump Start line has had a long history of upbeat reviews but this new

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

Demolition Derby Set

Let’s face it, all remote control vehicles are just asking to be smashed up, right? Well maybe not all but these cars are and our testers loved being given the freedom to crash, collide and bang up these two. The set of cars comes bundled together, two cars and two controllers just aching to be

Times Up Time Out

Times Up Time Out

For years we have been proponents of using Time Out as a discipline technique. For years we have heard from parents who tell us how difficult it is to adhere to the rules and guidelines that are part of the Time Out process, most specifically keeping the child in Time Out for the correct length

Yamodo

Yamodo

A real favorite in the testing centers Yamoto scored great reviews from reviewers who saw this is a first rate Family Game Night game. Loads of fun for all ages it taps into the imagination and creativity centers of your brain and pulls you along. Players are given a ridiculously silly word and the very

Calms Forte 4 Kids

Calms Forte 4 Kids

Over the years many of our testers have told us about the restless nights their children have, how they awake still tired and how difficult it is to help them. The people at Hyland’s, who have produced a variety of homeopathic remedies, have a solution. A significant number of our testers were impressed with the

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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