Household device, having an electronic control device , which is designed to control at least one function of the household device ; an input device connected to the control device , which has at least one input means and which is designed, on the basis of a manual actuation of the at least one input means , to supply an assigned control signal to the control device , and an input means locking device , which, in its locked state, is designed to prevent a controlling of the function of the household device despite the at least one input means being actuated, and in its unlocked state, is designed to permit a controlling of the function of the household device when the at least one input means is being actuated, wherein the input means locking device is designed and/or intended, in the absence of an actuation of the at least one input means over a predetermined period of time, to put the input means locking device into the locked state such that, after the activation of the locking of the control elements, although the user can still actuate all control elements, the entries of the user no longer lead however to a change in the device settings defined by the user, wherein the input device has an additional input means , wherein the input means is designed as an unlocking means to be actuated manually, which is designed and/or intended, when actuated, to put the input means locking device into the locked state, wherein the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually is designed and/or intended only to put the input means locking device into the locked state after an ongoing actuation beyond a minimum period of time, characterised in that the control device is designed and/or intended, during the ongoing actuation of the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually, to output an acoustic and/or optical signal of a first type and, after the expiry of the minimum period of time in which there has been an ongoing actuation of the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually, to output an acoustic and/or optical signal of a second type that differs from the acoustic and/or optical signal of the first type. wherein the input device has an additional input means , wherein the input means is designed as an unlocking means to be actuated manually, which is designed and/or intended, when actuated, to put the input means locking device into the locked state, wherein the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually is designed and/or intended only to put the input means locking device into the locked state after an ongoing actuation beyond a minimum period of time, characterised in that the control device is designed and/or intended, during the ongoing actuation of the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually, to output an acoustic and/or optical signal of a first type and, after the expiry of the minimum period of time in which there has been an ongoing actuation of the additional input means in the form of the unlocking means to be actuated manually, to output an acoustic and/or optical signal of a second type that differs from the acoustic and/or optical signal of the first type. <EOS>