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BOB - Screentime Controller

BOB – Screentime Controller

As parents we have all expressed concern at one time or another about our children’s addition to TV, Video Games and the like. BOB is one of the most effective tools our testers have ever seen in limiting the kids TV time. Easy to set up, with a well-written and engaging manual, parents told us […]

StudyJams!

StudyJams!

This excellent online learning tool is a wonderful expansion to the learning experience kids are getting in school. Loaded with video clips that are clear and very easy to understand, parents simply could not say enough good things. They loved the “test yourself” and “key vocabulary words” sections. The site itself is very easy to

Bumbo Toilet Trainer

Bumbo Toilet Trainer

Pink or blue, this toilet training seat was a huge hit with our young wanna-be toilet users. Their parents were pretty enthusiastic as well. So comfortable is this seat that some parents reported that their children spent hours happily sitting, singing, reading, basically any and everything except what the seat is supposed to be for!

Bumbo Play Tray

This new add-on to the Seal of Approval winning Bumbo Chair, was greeted warmly by our testers who offered high praise once again for the seat and the tray as well. Featuring a very easy to clean surface, parents felt that the tray added to the appeal of the seat that their kids already had

A Bit of Banter

A Bit of Banter

A marvelous travel game for parents with tween girls, A Bit of Banter, engaged this tough-to-please audience. Packed away in a compact tin are polished stones and a deck of cards loaded with intriguing talking points. The questions posed on these cards are sufficiently thought-provoking and probing so as to stimulate exploration and discussion that

Flippit

Flippit

If your children enjoy word games, or if you want them to experience the fun and built-in educational value of word games, then give Flippit a good look. Flippit rewards players with points as they spell words. Using colorful alphabet cards, children choose a word consisting of 3 letters or more. You may find a

Walking Wings

Walking Wings

The review for this Seal of Approval winner has not yet been posted, please check back shortly.

Surfergirl Beach Beads

Surfergirl Beach Beads

Your child’s inner jeweler will emerge as she designs and created necklaces and bracelets. Parents noted a great sense of pride and ownership not matter what the final outcome. The project itself will challenge the eye/hand coordination of the user, especially when handling and placing the smaller beads, but this only added to the sense

Taggies Treasures

Taggies Treasures

A great manipulative toy, Taggies Treasures features slots for you to slide in family pictures in a soft sided cube that babies will love and keep close. Babies loved the various colorful tag holds that they could lace their fingers through and grab. With the pictures inside parents were thrilled when they saw glimmers of

Giftbox Puppy

Giftbox Puppy

Beyond adorable, this puppet puppy comes pre-wrapped and ready to surprise your child when you stick your hand inside and push his cuddly face out of the giftbox. One by one our testers melted when they laid eyes on this puppy as did their children. As for it play value, this is not something 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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