If you have little ones around then you might be concerned about the safety of cooking on a portable stovetop. As with all heat sources, we’d encourage careful handling and sensible placing. Keep the plug somewhere it can’t be tripped over and the hob top itself well out of reach up high, for instance. Because of the way induction hobs process heat, through the magnetic field, it’s fairly hard to burn yourself on one.
If you touch the ring itself (not that we’re recommending it!) you shouldn’t feel any heat since your hand isn’t magnetic. That being said, pans themselves and the food inside them will of course come up to heat and could cause serious injuries. As ever, keep children safe by exercising caution.