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Big Bag of Science

Big Bag of Science

Do your kids love science? Not the tests and homework. The really cool part of science, making stuff, combining stuff, seeing what happens when you mix one chemical with another? Science doesn’t only have to be experienced or taught in school. Inside this colorful (and portable) plastic bag you will find loads of great experiments […]

Tummy Comfort Positioning

Summer Infant’s Tummy Comfort Positioning Seat positions your newborn at a 30-degree angle to assist in digestion especially right after feeding. There is vibration device that seemed to really do the trick in calming baby down. You will find a secure 5-point harness to secure your baby, and the seat cover is machine washable. All

Rest Assured Sleeper

Rest Assured Sleeper

Many parents of newborns elect to bring their infants into bed with them during the early months. This Sleeper addresses a concern that many parents have when co-sleeping and that is keeping baby safe. Consider your concerns abated. For mothers who had a c-section, having the baby right next to them eliminates the need to

Cozi

Cozi

Once again Cozi.com drew rave reviews from our testers who loved discovering a site that really “gets” what it means to be a busy parent these days. You can create and personalize your family’s calendar, shopping lists, scan in your child’s artwork for display, find money saving coupons and much, much more. This latest version

My Take Along Puppet Theater

My Take Along Puppet Theater

Now you can give your child, the aspiring playwright or actor, a traveling showplace of their own. This pint-sized yet fully detailed puppet theater packs up neatly and securely for taking your show on the road, whether that road leads to grandmas or a play date. Parents loved how this gave their children a venue

Furnished School Building

Furnished School Building

This gorgeous imagination play set completely caught the fancy of early school aged children who loved the idea of acting out their perfect day at school. Children of this age are so enamored with everything about school, the teachers, the various areas of the classroom, friends and the playground and this set is chock full

Creciendo: Tomando Las Decisiones

This book gives parents a good model for presenting those oftentimes difficult subjects to their preteen. The information is presented in a clear, succinct manner that is easy for both parent and child to grasp. There is a virtual arsenal of tactics that preteens can arm themselves with such as taking responsibility for their actions,

1 Two 3 Playhouse

1 Two 3 Playhouse

Playhouses are the stuff of childhood. Being able to call a place your own, with no grown-ups allowed, is an amazing experience for any child. Of course for parents, relinquishing square footage for these hideaways is often problematic. Chicco has devised the perfect solution, a playhouse that hangs on the wall and collapses flat when

Sing Along Airplane

Sing Along Airplane

Chicco has done it again! A wonderful pull toy, the Sing Along Plane features four international characters and their pets from around the world. Each character features their own song that is played along with flashing lights. There are also airplane sound effects and pilot announcements that accompany the songs. Parents raved about the construction

HEXBUG Nano Habitat Set

HEXBUG Nano Habitat Set

Unique, interesting, innovative, curious and totally cool were just some of the descriptions we got from testers of the Hexbug Nano Habitat Set. Just place your Hexbug or Hexbugs into the enclosed environment and watch what they do. The bugs themselves move about in a very bug-like way and are clearly the star of 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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