Cute kid. Shame it's OOF. The composition too is a bit off... the space on the left doesn't add anything to the image, and the stain on the sofa (is it a sofa?) is rather distracting.
The image is a little too over-processed for my liking. Way too soft.
If it was B&W against a dark background and had better contrast you would have a good image as its composed well.
5/10
Back to comment: To me, a blanket provides comfort or security, not a real strong subject for a safety challenge. On the image itself, it looks like this image was not sharpened after down sizing it for the challenge. Down sizing causes the sharpness of an image to diminish (decrease). Most people use Un-Sharp Mask (USM) after down sizing. If you have Photoshop try USM with a Radius of 1 - Amount 100% - Threshold of 3 or smaller to help the eyes of the child look nice and sharp. I also think that the composition could be strengthened a bit if some of the negative space on the left was cropped out. I would have given you a bonus point if the boy was holding a Redwing blanket instead of an Islanders blanket but it is nice to see that it is a hockey blanket.
If you have questions regarding resizing and USM, feel free to send me a PM.
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