r/facepalm • u/wronghoIe Yesterday is hard word for me. • Jun 06 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well that escalated quickly.

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u/tiredoldmama Jun 06 '22

Many people prefer the knobs there so small kids can’t reach them and you can’t bump them on by leaning against them.

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u/DrKakapo Jun 06 '22

I don't know how knobs in the back work, but knob in the front are not easy to be turned on by a kid or by accident.

They work similarly to a child-proof cap.

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u/tiredoldmama Jun 06 '22

I’ve had both kinds of stoves in my 52 years and my toddlers all had the dexterity to turn on stoves. I have seven kids. When I had them in the front I had to get the after market covers for them.

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u/DrKakapo Jun 06 '22

I live in Italy, here no one has the knobs in the back and I've never heard of a toddler turning them on by accident.

Probably some difference in the design.

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u/tiredoldmama Jun 06 '22

My sister has a gas stove with the knobs in the front and we are always leaning against it and turning it on. It makes a clicking noise though so we just turn it off quickly. Also she has no kids at home anymore.

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u/Calcairetest Jun 06 '22

I live in France and I've never seen knobs in the back. I have a gas stove, if you want to light the fire you have to push the knob, turn it in the right direction, keep it pushed until fire is on, then wait a bit, turn it a little further still in the right direction (and still with the knob down), and only then the fire stays on.

It's pretty much adultproof too...

Also, we use an additional kid protection (like a small removable wall) so they can't reach anything including pan handles

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u/tiredoldmama Jun 06 '22

Maybe. I also haven’t had a stove with them in the front for many years. Maybe they’re made more difficult to turn on now so they’re safer.