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LeapFrog® My Pal Scout Smarty Paws™

Scout is a fun puppy pal and a smart toy that teaches young children important skills. His face beams happiness, with a welcoming smile and expression that young testers loved, and he is the perfect size for cuddling. Scout teaches infants as young as 6 months important building block skills: colors, counting, emotions, and a […]

Sense & Grow Sensory Tissue Box

The Sense and Grow Sensory Tissue box is a bright, colorful toy with terrific textures for little hands to explore. The effort to educate parents on the importance of early-aged toys stood out for our testers. The included guide emphasizes the importance of developing fine motor skills, creativity, visual motor skills, bilateral coordination, tactile play,

VTech® KidiGo™ NexTag™

VTech® KidiGo™ NexTag™

For everyone who grew up playing tag, all 99% of us, it is truly a game that stood the test of time. It is fine, just the way it was, and can’t be improved upon…Hold on there, not so fast! VTech has something to say about that, and as usual, they demonstrated that they know

Tanoshi Safe Volume Kids Headphones

The world is a loud place. Our children are listening to more music, movies, games, and even educational lessons directly from their devices into their precious ears. Tanoshi has proven that they are a company that “gets it.” This is not Tanoshi’s first product to walk away with a Seal of Approval, and based on

LeapFrog® LeapPods Max™

LeapFrog LeapPods Max headphones can be a healthy alternative to screen time. They’re so comfortable that your children can keep them on for extended periods. You will find original content embedded within the headphones that range from calming, to educational, to full-out dance party fun. One of the best features is an environmental sound setting

VTech® Level Up Gaming Chair™

Have a gamer in your family that your little one looks up to? Then imagine how excited they will be to have their own cool gaming set up with the VTech Level Up Gaming Chair. Once out of the packaging, the gaming chair is ready in a matter of minutes as there are very few

Super Simple App

Super Simple App

As parents, we get it, sometimes we rely on a tablet or mobile device during those moments when our hands are full, and we need to take care of things in our busy lives. It’s important to do this sparingly and with an eye on how your children spend their time while “connected.” The Super

AirDroid Parental Control

Any app or resource that gives parents an added level of security about their child’s safety is one that parents told us they would use. AirDroid Parental Controls allows you to monitor other devices from the convenience of your cell phone and offers the ability to control screen time, website monitoring, location tracking, and more.

Glow Fusion Marker Coloring Set

It’s always fun for us here when we discover new toys or art projects that shake up the traditional idea of coloring! The Glow Fusion Marker Coloring Set does just that with a variety of new and exciting options for creativity. Child tester’s eyes lit up at the prospect of creating their own masterpiece that

Critter Creator Fossil Kit

The Critter Creator Fossil Kit is a new, ingenious product from Crayola. If you have a child that loves to create, decorate, and also loves bugs or learning about different kinds of insects, this could be a perfect addition to your child’s playtime repertoire. It combines play, creativity, and focus on detail. Along the way,

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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