My 2.5 year old boy wakes up with so much energy. This balance board is really solid. My husband andi have stood on it together. I have gone down it as a slide off of our couch. It’s amazing. I often find him laying in it looking at books or rocking around on it. If you have a child who likes to jump on furniture and be physical this is the perfect alternative to channel that energy. It also looks nice and hardly takes up space at all. My 5yo also love to play this with his lilcar pretending run up n down the hill too