The National Parenting Center

What Do You Do With A Kangaroo?

A wonderful story that your child will fall in love with and ask for replayings anywhere from 3 to 20 times a day, so be prepared! Children loved the animal sounds and particularly loved the Bengal Tiger with his flashing green eyes. The story is very engaging with twists and turns that keep the listener […]

Waverly Eco-friendly <BR>Starter Kit

Parents loved this toy/storybook set that taught their children to appreciate the world around them as well as how to care for it. There are lessons about littering and pollution but also about bugs and how they affect other creatures, etc. For parents of young children this is something you will want to explore and

Hang Four

Hang Four

This fast-paced family game will keep everyone engaged whether they are sitting around the coffee table or even a campfire. Several testers noted that this was probably the first board game they had ever heard of, much less played, that had a surfing theme. There are very few rules to go through which means that

Captain Clueless

Captain Clueless

The enthusiastic response to this new, zany fun board game was virtually unanamous. Using wacky illustration players will set sail under the less than stable hand of Captain R. U. Clueless, who is actually you when you put on the blindfolds. Once sufficiently blindfolded the challenge begins as you try to remember the route you

Best of Broadway and Beyond: Health Series

This three-in-one set of audio CD’s impressed our testers not only with the quality of the production but the scope of its research and informative content. The titles include: Fun Time, Relax Time: Focus on Health; Best Things In Life Are Free: Focus on Happiness and Love Songs For Our Children: Focus on Relationships Each

Buzzword Junior

Buzzword Junior

One of our all-time favorite board games is back, skewing slightly younger but still delivering all the great game play that its predecessor did. One of the very best vocabulary building, memory retention and reading skills games on the market, what really comes through is that everything revolves around having fun together as a family.

Repeat Pete

Repeat Pete

One of the best reviewed family games seen during this testing cycle, our testers could hardly stop stop laughing long enough to write their reviews. The game will get everyone up and moving, which in the case of some families is no small task. In no time you’ll all be making silly sounds and flailing

Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense

Hailed by our testers as a wonderful family time game, Perfect Sense thoroughly entertained all ages. The rules were easy to understand and play got underway in less than five minutes. The game is all about answering riddles and this game has plenty of them. There are several riddles on each card but they all

Bella Sara

Bella Sara

An absolutely beautiful game for girls who love horses. The cards, which take on a life of their own on the Bella Sara website enchanted, our testers. The graphics on the site blew our testers away as did all the rich detail and care that were obviously given to creating the experience. There are great

Sand, Snow and Solid Physical Science Wonder Kit

With this kit you will find what might be the perfect product for your budding scientist. It also might be salvation in a box for that desperate search for a science fair project. In any case our testers were enthusiastic about every aspect of this science kit, one young girl described it as mixing a

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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