This is cute for a kids room with a Lego theme but it's not very practical. You have to push down on it for the back light to come on so that you can read the clock in the dark. You also have to push down on the top to turn the alarm on/off. This means that just trying to read the time in the dark can also enable/disable the alarm. Not a great design but if you did only want it for a kids room & didn't want it to add any light like most digital clocks do, this would work out.