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Baby Sleeps Safe

Baby Sleeps Safe

No one likes being confined when they sleep, although swaddling is how most of us start out. Of course parents do it to keep baby protected. That’s exactly what parents loved about the Baby Sleeps Safe. They knew that their babies would be cozy, safe and warm all night. This of course allowed them to […]

Curious George: Hide & Seek Zoo Game

Parents sang the praises of this adorable game that they felt was a perfect rainy day/indoor activity. It kept their kids up and moving and engaged them with fun active play. As zoo keepers children are tasked with caring for and occasionally rounding up mischievous zoo residents who have managed to wander off. Kids loved

Curious George: Discovery Beach

Curious George: Discovery Beach

This game was so much fun we had to pry children away from it, their desire to play over and over and over was so great. Parents were reluctant to say no because they recognized the fact that their kids were really enhancing and developing their memory skills while playing this exciting game. The object

Boogie Wipes

Boogie Wipes

Yes, those boogies, not Boogie Nights or Boogie Fever! Let’s face it, most of us didn’t give much thought to nasal discharge when dreaming about little bundles of joy coming into our lives but such is life as a parent. The battles to clean the faces of our little cherubs were also not part of

Rosetta Stone Personal Edition v3, Italian

If you have never heard or seen the Rosetta Stone, you must promise to climb out from under that rock very soon. Testers were excited to try out this language teaching system that they had heard so much about and the product did not disappoint. Never had they seen software that was so ingeniously interactive

Quick Stick Write On!

An unfortunate reality of life today is that as parents we need to remain ever vigilant and tools that can give us a level of security, beyond our normal protective skills, is welcomed by parents. Based on the evaluations of our testers The Quick Stick Write On was such a product. By applying an easy

Addition & Subtraction and Multiplication & Division

A wonderfully useful tool for teaching and reinforcing lessons, these book/CD sets impressed parents with their relevance to what their children were learning in school. They are especially helpful for homeschoolers. The pages are laid out in such a way that there is a nice level of repetition as well as progressive advancement to harder

Make A Plate

Make A Plate

Children positively love seeing their artwork transformed into new shapes and in this case a reusable plate that they can not only proudly show off, but eat off of too! The whole process is really quite easy, just have your child create their masterpiece, then ship it off to the company who will send back

MusIQ Homeschool - Year 1

The homeschooling movement is no longer a fringe element of society as more and more parents are embracing the concept. But homeschooling is much more than keeping your kids on track with Math, English, Science and the like. Part of the educational experience has to include the arts and MusIQ is a perfect tool for

Chicco Talking Garden Activity Table

Bright, colorful and bilingual to boot, the Talking Garden Activity Table from Chicco was a kid magnet in our testing centers. The fun garden theme, unique to this toy segment, is a sweet backdrop for loads of interactive buttons that delighted little ones with all sorts of bells, whistles, music and much more. Along 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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