THE NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER NAMES POTTIESTICKERS® OF AARON BARRADA, INC. A NATIONAL WINNER IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE PITTSBURGH, PA – AARON BARRADA, INC. of Ruffs Dale was named a National Winner today in the THE NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER's SEAL OF APPROVAL for the patented portable toilet training reward system, PottieStickers®. The National Parenting Center has released its 14th annual Holiday 2004 Seal of Approval report and PottieStickers® are the HOTTEST toilet training reward system on the market. With the Holiday shopping season upon us, parents, grandparents, and consumers of all types can peruse the evaluations and reviews of the finest products and services awarded TNPC's prestigious Seal of Approval. The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval program is an independent testing procedure conducted to judge a variety of products introduced and marketed to the parent/child consumer market. The testing involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight week period. The testing facility of The National Parenting Center gives parents, children, and educators the opportunity to examine a variety of submitted products. The testers are encouraged to play with, build, read about, and judge by the reactions of the children, each product's quality. Three independent groups used, tested and evaluated PottieStickers. Participants fill out questionnaires for each product they test. Evaluated are each product's level of desirability, sturdiness, interactive stimulation and other ingredients essential in the make-up of a quality product. Test results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received from the parent/testers. The report on PottieStickers can be found at _http://www.tnpc.com/search/tnpcarticle2.asp?rec=4626_ (http://www.tnpc.com/search/tnpcarticle2.asp?rec=4626) PottieStickers was named a finalist as BEST NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR at The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs in New York City, October 2004. Tammie Aaron-Barrada was also honored as a 2003 WriteIdea business plan competition winner by Seton Hill University’s National Education Center for Women in Business. “God is truly blessing us. I printed the initials GFW (God, Family, Work) on the back of my packaging to keep me focused on the important things in life in priority. After loosing my husband who did not believe in life insurance I turned the company over to God for support and strength to raise my children, ” said Aaron-Barrada. “The company tithes 10% of every sale to cancer research in memory of her husband who died three years ago December 7th.” Aaron Barrada, Inc. develops and markets children’s educational products dedicated to helping children learn new tasks in a manner that promotes independence and enhances self-esteem. They are committed to developing high quality products at reasonable prices with the goal of educating and empowering children, the leaders of tomorrow. The company introduced PottieStickers, a portable toilet-training reward system in the Spring of 2004 to assist parents in providing day-to-day consistency throughout toilet training. PottieStickers stresses positive reinforcement, imagination development and motivates the child in the toilet-training process in less time and with less hassle. The product comes in a variety of 12 assorted designs with 3 different design sets per package and is designed to be user friendly and flexible. Through the creative design concept “No Wrong Way”, PottieStickers builds a child’s self-esteem and creates pride. Children place the PottieStickers in any direction onto a portable foldout scene creating a picture and will always be correct. Parents are encouraged to visit the company’s web site located at http://www.PottieStickers.com/ to print over 30 free Reward Certificates to give the child throughout toilet training. The Seal of Approval program is designed to continue the efforts of The National Parenting Center, which was chartered in 1989 to help create better informed parents as they tackle the challenges of parenting in the new millennium. Here is what The National Parenting Center had to say about PottieStickers. ____________________________________ The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval Winners Seal of Approval Winner Holiday '04 _www.PottieStickers.com_ (http://www.pottiestickers.com/) Aaron Barrada, Inc. Kids love stickers, we know that, every parent knows that. They are a wonderful inducement to get children to do just about anything, finish your veggies, get a sticker. Pick up your toys, get a sticker. How about use the toilet? If you have a potty trainer in your home, you'll want to check out this system that parents told us is the reward of choice for their kids. Each themed set comes with thirty stickers and a background page that they can decorate however they wish. The scenes include Tools and Sports as well as Mermaids, Butterflies and many more. Recommended Age: 2 to 4 Price: $12.99 ____________________________________ Since 1989, The National Parenting Center has established itself as North America’s leading parent advocacy organization. TNPC offers advice and information to parents on issues that range from pregnancy through adolescence. Visitors can access the recently re-designed site to read hundreds of articles on parenting issues as well as Seal of Approval reviews over the past 10 years. The National Parenting Center's _Seal of Approval program_ (http://www.tnpc.com/soa/aboutsoa2002.htm) is an independent testing procedure conducted to judge a variety of products introduced and marketed to the parent/child consumer market. Details about The National Parenting Center and the full list of 2004 Holiday Winners are available at _http://tnpc.com/search/tnpclist1.asp_ (http://tnpc.com/search/tnpclist1.asp) . About Aaron-Barrada, Inc. Aaron Barrada, Inc., is dedicated to educating and empowering our children by developing products that help children learn new tasks in a manner that promotes independence and enhances self-esteem while we help make life easier for mothers and childcare-givers. Their commitment to this mission means developing quality products at reasonable prices with the goal of educating and empowering our children, the leaders of tomorrow. PottieStickers is a Portable Toilet Training Reward System for today's family-on-the-go-lifestyle... because consistency counts. 100% guaranteed kids love them. FREE Award Certificates. 10% to Cancer Research. About The National Parenting Center Since 1989, The National Parenting Center has established itself as North America's leading parent advocacy organization. The National Parent's Center's home page can be found at: www.tnpc.com .