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Spector Pro 2010

Spector Pro 2010

The warnings have been given and heard loud and clear, the internet, as marvelous as it is, can be a minefield for children. Despite your best efforts you simply cannot be looking over the shoulder of your child all the time. Spector Pro does, it never sleeps, and is ready to report in whenever you […]

Spector Pro Mac 2010

Spector Pro Mac 2010

The warnings have been given and heard loud and clear, the internet, as marvelous as it is, can be a minefield for children. Despite your best efforts you simply cannot be looking over the shoulder of your child all the time. Spector Pro does, it never sleeps, and is ready to report in whenever you

eBlaster 2010 and eBlaster Mac 2010

eBlaster 2010 and eBlaster Mac 2010

We all know about the various content and detrimental aspects of the internet. As much as it has changed the way we live, mostly for good, there is no denying that there is a dark underbelly that we as parents wish to shield our children from or at least know when they have strayed there.

Treasure Pools

Treasure Pools

This exciting new boardgame for the entire family celebrates the wonders of the sea, particularly tidal pools. As you play you will learn interesting and fun facts about the creatures found in these shallow waters, for instance did you know that sea urchins eat red algae, sea lettuce and dead fish? Yum. There are also

Slim & Secure Handheld Color Video Monitor

We have reached a phase in the development of our child-rearing where being able keep an eye on our baby 24/7 is almost standard operating procedure. With the advent of personal video cameras and monitors this task is becoming easier and easier. The Slim and Secure system from Summer Infant is one of the very

SwaddlePod

SwaddlePod

One of the first things that parents are taught when they are handed their baby in the hospital how to swaddle their infant. Swaddling keeps baby cozy and secure and helps them transition from the womb. Traditional swaddling is achieved by stepping through a series of folds and tucks with a blanket. The SwaddlePod takes

Twilight Turtle and Friends Aroma Pillows

Soft and scented, huggable and loveable, there was no denying the appeal these adorable pillows had with every tester who saw or held them. Precious designs of sleeping animals proved to be a siren call for children to lie down and sleep on them. No matter the design these were constantly being used and cooed

Chaos to Connection

Chaos to Connection

If you are the parent of a teen or about to be, get prepared for a whole new approach to navigating the often turbulent waters of adolescence. Chaos to Connection focuses on the power of relationship to help teens grow. The goal here is to get your relationship with your child to the place where

Building Thinking Skills Level 1

Building Thinking Skills Level 1

This easy to use, inexpensive and highly effective tool for teaching critical thinking skills really scored with parent testers. Designed to be used specifically with lower elementary students, especially those with less than fully developed spatial skills, the approach is really quite effective. The program gives the student several ways of learning through different activities.

Balance Benders

Balance Benders

This fabulous book of mind stimulating logic problems really impressed with it ability to help children develop their deductive and pre-algebra skills. Each page in the book shows a balanced scale holding various combinations of shapes. The objective is to select the statement where both sides are equal. It might sound basic and easy but

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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