I got this for my three year old son, who keeps breaking the lights I give him to use in his bed. This light has a soft animal shell, so it seems a lot harder to damage for children. It's great for our zero year old too, since he can squish it, bite it, and hit it, and the soft shell can handle it. He loves hitting it in fact because that causes it to change colors. It's probably one of his toys that makes him smile the most, and it helps both our sons fall asleep without us in the room.One thing I noticed is that the remotes for different lights of this brand seem to work on all the lights at once, so if you have one light on and one off, and you try to turn one off, the other will turn on, and when you turn that one off, the first will turn back on, etc., etc. This is not a big deal as long as they are not near each other, but I could see it causing some annoyance in some circumstances. On the other hand, maybe it's good to be able to use one remote as a backup for the other.The other thing is that these are not super bright, but for a night light, it's probably just the right brightness. Don't expect this to be used as a desk lamp or room light or something though!