The National Parenting Center

HappyTails: Animal Shelter

If you have a animal lover at home, you know the kind, the one who always wants to care and nurture all creatures great and small, then this software is for them. After an easy installation and sign in your child will find that they are in charge of the animal shelter, where they not […]

Tuckaire Toddler

Tuckaire Toddler

Whether used as a transition to a big bed or for sleepovers and the like the Tuckaire Toddler Bed might just be the perfect solution. Designed so that normal sized crib sheets tuck into the inner mattress perfectly its a breeze to make the bed. The PVC material doesn’t have that toxic smell that is

UNO Flash Game

UNO Flash Game

The timelessness of Uno is testament to the engaging design of the game. This is a faster paced version of the original and as such may not be suitable for first-timers or young children who get flustered or frustrated. One tester called it Uno with a shot of double espresso. One of the biggest differences

Barbies iDesign Ultimate Stylist

Is Project Runway on your Tivo scheduler? If so, read no further, get up and run to the store to buy this toy. For the rest of us, let’s see if we can explain just how perfect this toy is for anyone interested in taking those first steps into fashion design using your computer and

Barbie Peekaboo Petites Dolls

Since we are fast approaching holiday season shopping, let us be the first to alert you to a truly great stocking stuffer idea. Finding a Peekaboo Petites over the mantle on Christmas day will surely put a smile on just about any little girl’s face. Imaginary play is what is served up here but given

P.U. The Guessing Game of Smell

P.U. The Guessing Game of Smell

Just by reading the name of this board game you can imagine which game got the most reactions in our testing center’s this cycle. The object of the game is to smell your way through Odorville and while some smells are clearly more pleasant than others, on the whole the experience was a blast. There

Monkeys Jungle Retreat Activity Gym

Bright and appealing with loads of visual treats for your baby, the Monkey’s Jungle Retreat is a great place to visit for some stimulating baby-play. From the musical jungle “hut” that lights up to “peel” the banana, hide the ring and feel the textures you can be sure your baby will busily play, teethe or

Activity Stacker

Activity Stacker

Taking a trip in the way back machine, some parents may recall the stacking toys we had when we were young. You know the primary colored plastic rings. A good toy but Infantino believed it was one that could use an update. Back to the present, Activity Stacker demonstrates that change is very good. This

ChatterChix Trading Cards

Oh how trading cards have changed from the days when the only pictures you could find on them were those of baseball players and they came with sticks of stale bubble gum. Now there are adorable ChatterChix cards that feature girls from across the nation. They are imaginary girls just like yours who are concerned

Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System

Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System

We have all heard and seen sound effects machines that play the sounds of rain or waves or some other type of white noise, please don’t think this is just another system like those that have preceded it. There is a science behind the Sound Oasis that astounded our testers. Sure, you will find all

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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