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Stonz Wear Booties

Stonz Wear Booties

Stonz Wear has arrived in the baby apparel arena with an innovative bang. These non-slip, stylish, contemporary, high quality boots are ideal for when the weather is cold, wet or nasty. Parents were convinced that these booties were designed by people just like themselves, with young children at home. Who else would know to offer […]

Crayola Color Wonder Sound Studio

Coloring with a nice touch of audible feedback made this a real standout with testers, many of whom told us that no other system had ever held their child’s attention for so long. Included in the set are lots and lots of pages and images to color with the included markers. The magic for parents

ABC Twiggles

ABC Twiggles

This very nicely designed and executed web site targets preschoolers who are in the midst of learning their ABC’s. Testers were impressed with the easy navigation, cute and appealing characters and assortment of nicely illustrated stories. If your child is just learning their letters and their sounds at preschool and you would like to reinforce

TrueWomb Sleeping Swaddle

Swaddling has become a sort of art form for some parents and a nightmare for others who struggle with it. We have all heard about the benefits of a good swaddle and if you can master it, your child is destined for a good night sleep. As for the rest of us there is TrueWomb.

The Pocket Referee

The Pocket Referee

Brilliantly conceived, The Pocket Referee magically taught testers young and old a method by which conflicts could be resolved peacefully. Once this is introduced into a family it takes on an amazing amount of importance, relevance and authority especially if you have siblings close in age. This is not a coin flipping stalemate breaker, instead

Pixie 2

Pixie 2

You have probably never heard gushing of the sort we heard when speaking to parents about their experience with Pixie 2. They were amazed at just how all-encompassing and multifaceted this software was. There are lesson plans that mimic the curriculum students are learning in school making it perfect for use in the home or

Go Baggie

Go Baggie

We are still trying to figure out how Myrna J Games managed to fit so many compartments and so much stuff into this marvelous activity backpack. Inside the exceptionally creative and wild designs on the outside of these packs are roomy sections that contain project spaces such as a dry erase board, markers, etc. Apart

Spelloker

Spelloker

What else are you going to call a game that borrows the best of Scrabble and Poker? The challenge is to deliver a game that combines the two in such a way that the experience is fun, captivating and if you can throw in a health dose of educational value you might just have a

Play That Tune

Play That Tune

Anyone who recalls watching Tom Hanks dance on the floor piano will instantly recognize the premise of this game. Parents appreciated the active aspect of the game since you have to get up and use your feet to play. The quality of the musical mats and the accurate tonality of the notes impressed testers. The

Red Rover Game

Red Rover Game

This fun memory matching game is made more fun and memorable thanks to an electronic talking dog. There are several games to play depending on age and skill but it is Rover who runs the show calling out the color that players needed to search for, this can be designed as a great active play

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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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