We have an oil heater in dd1's room and a panel heater in dd2's. They both have a temperature control and are only set to 17 so not hot enough to burn, the top setting is 35 on both. We teach the girls not to play with them, they have toys the can play with instead and so far so good, even with dd2 at 16 months she plays when she wakes up but isn't interested in touching it.