I am a speech pathologist and work with toddlers in their homes. Many of the children I work with love to play with this puzzle. For the most part, they do not understand the function of the tow truck, but they like to use it to pick up the cars. The numbers on the cars are very nice, but the cars are not in number order, which is confusing for 2 year olds. A downfall to the structure of this puzzle is that the paper pictures eventually rip at the edges. I have many children playing with this puzzle and I move it into and out of my car and different carrying bags, essentially giving it much abuse. For home use with your children, the puzzle will probably hold up just fine.