The Child Safe feature makes the iGuard less automated which adds another level of safety. Typically, when you turn the stove knob, the stove starts. When you return to the kitchen after its automatically shut off the stove the iGuard will automatically turns the stove back on. In some instances, you might not want the device to be so automatic.
Here is how the Child Safe works. If you choose “Child Safe”, to initiate cooking turning the stove knob will not energize the stove until you press a button on the Control Panel suggesting that YES you do want the stove to turn on. If you have toddlers that like to turn knobs, then this will be a great feature to activate.
When returning to the kitchen the same action of pressing of a button on the Control Panel will be required each time to resume cooking. If someone has wandered away for a couple hours and has truly forgotten they were cooking, you might not want the stove to do something that they are not suspecting, which is to turn back on automatically.
If you would like to have complete control over this feature, then see Master Lock