It has a child lock mode so the settings and start button don’t do anything when the child lock is enabled.
But the power button still works and is next to the start button.
My 2 year old daughter pressed the power button 1 hour into the 1hr 30min cycle and now because everything is wet, starting the cycle again means it’s going to take nearly 4 hours.
The washing machine at work is a top loader, it has a child safety lockout to prevent kids from spinning their siblings. The mechanism is literally just push the same button twice to start instead of just once.
If I’m a kid trying to give my brother a ride in the washing machine and it doesn’t work when I hit the button, the first thing I’d do is hit that button again. It really seems like just a checklist item rather than an actual safety feature.
I don’t get why Americans are so keen on top loading washing machines. In many other countries they were phased out decades ago. So dangerous!