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Lullabelly

Lullabelly

Clearly one of the most unique items we saw this testing period, the Lullabelly certainly garnered lots of attention and for those pregnant mommies, plenty of positive reviews. Many of us have heard about the benefits of introducing music to babies while in the womb. This prenatal belt makes putting the idea into practice, letting […]

Roylco Straws & Connectors

This building and construction toy connected with testers based on its very affordable price as well as its colorful appeal to children. Kids in our testing centers spent hours putting together elaborate projects that they loved showing off. Really terrific for honing fine motor skills and nurturing creativity, this set from Roylco celebrates open ended

K.T. Cat Activity Set

It’s pretty ambitious to print right on your box that K.T. Cat puts the tools in your hands to make the most of your moments together – through shared reading, play, and communicating about feelings and hopes. We put that to our testers and asked if Us Time had accomplished their goal. What we found

Consensus Junior Edition

Consensus Junior Edition

A great family game that celebrates the opinions of players. In fact, those opinions trump actual knowledge of facts, how cool is that? Not having a vast or broad knowledge base doesn’t set you behind the eight ball here, but being able to think about how fellow players think is what can propel you to

First Toddle

First Toddle

This stabilizing/training/activity/play center for the earliest walkers, and even those who aren’t quite there yet impressed testers with its unique design, sturdy build and the fact that it was easy to assemble without tools. There are fun activities like basketball and soccer net, this gave little toddlers a great deal of satisfaction which always translates

Sniffle Buddies

Sniffle Buddies

It takes a true visionary to design a revolutionary juvenile product, the need for which has been right in front of our faces for years. We’re talking about the snot wiping. Sure, we could have said mucus wiping, but let’s call it like it is shall we? Just about every parent has had that cringing

Greenpieces Jigsaw Puzzle

If you love puzzles and the environment raise your hand! OK, no put down your hand and rush out to buy this puzzle. To start, the packaging is 100% recyclable. Inside you will find a nicely challenging puzzle with an endangered animal design along with information about the species and why it is endangered. However

...and a Happy New Year

…and a Happy New Year

A perfect wintertime CD this musical selection will definitely get you and everyone in the family in the mood for cold weather and holiday festivities. The CD celebrates the whole season with some old favorites as well as some new songs performed by great musicians. Parents felt that the tracks were consistently good with clever

Your Baby Can Read! <BR>5 Lift-a-Flap Book Set

This interactive first-reading experience was met with great enthusiasm by our testers who reported that their children were entranced and intrigued by these books that feature real pictures and large printed words. Children love the flaps and the bright colors but it isn’t all visual, parents reported that their kids were starting to repeat words

Your Baby Can Read! 6 Mini-Sliding Books

Everyone loves surprises and little children show their delight better than anyone. Big smiles, giggles and unabashed enthusiasm is what parents got to share with their children when they slid out the sturdy page to reveal the hidden picture. The associations between the large, printed word and the picture on the slide out page, that

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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