American Couple Reacts to Playgrounds in Germany VS. America

American Couple Reacts to Playgrounds in Germany VS. America

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[Gnin]

As the German father of a nearly 6-year-old son, I have dealt with the "risks" of German playgrounds.
All are planned and built according to the strictest rules and approved by independent testing facilities.

While my father was still playing in the ruins of World War II, in old bunkers and destroyed houses, I more or less grew up in the forest in the early 70's. No tree was too high, no ditch too deep and no pond or lake too dangerous to even try to cross over with a self-made raft, which actually always failed.
I always ask myself when I see today's parents on playgrounds and all the safety measures and rules are up to date: How was my father and how was I able to survive my childhood?! ^^

My child should decide for themselves what risks they are willing to take. But then there must also be "challenges" which, as a parent, I might feel a little queasy when I see them.
My son overestimates himself and he might injure himself, which is why I always have a small first-aid kit in my excursion backpack. If he falls further and maybe breaks his arm, we'll go to the hospital and he'll be more careful next time.
Self-assessment, self-awareness and self-confidence cannot be taught, only experienced.

[CycloTourist]

In Germany children learn to trust themselves. And assess risks. The playgrounds in Germany are not designed for absolute safety. They offer thrills and encourage them to face their fears. To be honest, I broke my bones several times as a child playing. I was pretty wild too. But that's no problem. My son, who is now 30 years old, has also had several serious falls on playgrounds. He cried the first times. Then I didn't do any drama. I made sure he was ok, not seriously injured and then told him to just try again. I occasionally gave him tips on how to do it better. I supported and encouraged him in his actions.
Everything in German society is designed so that children are trusted. Nobody likes helicopter parents here. You will see children as young as 6 years old playing outside all by themselves, without their parents around. And when they come home with broken arms, they get a cast for 6 weeks and 7 weeks later they face again the playground equipment that make them failed. Until they get over it and don't fall anymore.
You are not a bad mother or father just because your child gets injured. This is life and is one of the things that a young person must experience. Children are not as overprotected here as they are in the US. They can hurt themself while playing. That's not a problem here.

[KeesBoons]

I had seen the video about the German Spielplatz before, but I appreciate you showing us a local playground. To be honoust, I don't think it's bad at all, there just seems to be less to actually do, learn and be creative with. I think a lot of children around the world would be really happy with this playground as well.

[myafelicia]

have literally the same meaning in those three languages.
In general, here in the Netherlands there are playground everywhere in the neighbourhoods, sometimes every street/block has a small one. But there are less bigger playground parks purely due to the size of them like the spielplatz shown in the video you're watching or the one you were at.

My sons are young adults now so I haven't been paying much (if any) attention to playgrounds for years now, so hopefully Dutch parents with kids till the age of 16 could provide you with more info on the larger playgrounds in their area.

[TerrenceWeijnschenk]

Nice video, guys! 'Spielplatz' just like the Dutch 'speelplaats' is two words combined: 'Play' and 'place', so 'Playplace' literally. What I know from German, Dutch and playgrounds from other European countries is that they tend to be more challenging for children (as well as parents brave enough to play along). Yes, they will fall. But they also learn to assess dangers and to look out for themselves and eachother. Have been to a few US playgrounds. Those tend to be more 'safe' and have more rules. Like you showed in the video.

[baramuth]

Children need to gain their own experience. Even if it hurts, but that's the only way they can learn how far they can go.
Because those who have learned to fall down also learn to get up again. But that's how they gain experience for the rest of their lives, and that shapes them. Children have nothing to gain from being led by the hand by mom and dad and being told that you can't do this and that you can't do that.
Gathering experience is very important for children.

[marcel.s]

That's what we German called a "adventure playground" "Abenteuer Spielplatz"

[bjornr]

Awesome to see you2 in one video Charlie and amy.. 😊 that's being a long time..

[Peacefrogg]

Hey i am dutch. As far as i know the germans are famous for building playground that are relatively safe but still fun, inviting and challenging. The make them so you can’t get seriously hurt, but you still have to be careful if you don’t want a scraped knee. Makes kids responsible for their own safety, which is important bc they have to learn what is safe and what is not. I don’t think you will find signs in europe stating the obvious that you have to behave yourself. Parents and schools make sure that when you are old enough to play unsupervised, you will know something about normal interaction. If not, the other kids, and the adults around, will straighten you out. In a polite way. The shredded tyres would be a problem in europe though. They might be poisonous to our kids and the environment. We like woodchips. Splinters and all. Or a rubber/plastic carpet.

[mLyonJE]

No ziplines?!? OMG!! Both my kids absolutely loved those from a VERY young age! And my daughter was desperate to be pushed as fast as physically possible on as big a zipline as we could find... maybe not when she was a toddler, but once she was out of preschool.... yeah, no speed was too fast and no size was too big!

[AnnetteLudke-jell]

As soon as a kid can cling to an arm and sit alone, he/ can try the zipline. My daughter did it with2, 5 years .And those sort of bridges you can pass together.

[RustyDust]

Spiel = play, Platz = place, so a play-place.
German is very, very literal. You can boil down most incredibly complicated looking compound words to very simple words that are the Lego ingredients of the compound.
In the vast majority of cases, these ingredient words are always on a level that a three to five year old child should be able to understand them. That's why any compound words in German are essentially always only a little disection away from being understood by anyone; even if they've never encountered the compound word and its meaning before. Sure, it will rarely be EXACTLY with all the conotations and nuances, but you will get the jist of it.

So let's take the more advanced "Abenteuerspielplatz", which is what was shown in the video you reacted to. Abenteuer = adventure, so you can probably guess why this playground gets this additional term as a prefix. Again, very literal.

[MichaEl-rhkv]

Some more recommendations regarding the topic:
The playground looks nice at first glance with all the wooden structures - but there are a bit too much fences around, which you would find in Germany only on private property, and you would never use shredded tires or plastic as floor covering - neither healthy nor environmentally friendly. You can however sometimes see bark mulch as floor covering (which is rather costly because it has to be replaced regularly).

[germanyhamburger]

The American one was quite interesting but I think my brother and I would get bored quickly because there is very little to climb and more to walk around especially since it is forbidden to climb the fences and everything on the higher devices is fenced with wood.
Otherwise it would be nice if I was a toddler, but I prefer the more risky ones at older age like 6 oder 7.
I used the big swing at the beginning
on the german video when I was younger than 7, so you can imagine what a change that would be to always play on american one.
If that's supposed to be the bigger playgrounds.
Shredder stuff is banned here because of the chemicals.

[cepopeye]

We have a few of those wood playgrounds in Colorado

My playground I grew up on was one but it’s gone now

[berndheghmanns]

Ok, so first of all, as a planner of a playground you should ask yourself I would like to play on this playground, if this can not answer with yes, then you should change the design!

[winterlinde]

9:05 the slide? That looks dangerous to me. That’s a slide for the smallestbut ends so far up and the next structure right next to it so that you will bump your head😬

[christinarodriguez]

Children do need to have some form of risk in play grounds, we used to climb trees or jump of bridges in to the channel.
My opinion is children are to protected now . not beeing alowed to explore their abilities and conquer fears.

[Why-D]

Dutch and German are very similar, especially if you hear it. I can't read it, but ich a durch is speaking slowly, i can almost understand it.
The basic for both is Germanic Languages.

That is just a public playground, you surely do not pay for.

The swings are fun, they are only afraid of getting wet. Usually you just wait, until you don't swing, and get off.
But this playground is really big, normal playgrounds in the cities are a bit smaller and don't have so much hills.

The playground, especially the part for younger kids looks cool.
It seems to be a sports and play area in a bigger parks, right?

[winterlinde]

Thank you for showing us around! I was hoping for that!
The rules?! Tell me about Germans at the 🚦 🙄😊
Your playground first looked German to me with the wooden towers and stuff. But yeah, we would have interesting things to play on for different age groups. Most playgrounds are up to about 12-14 and I have yet to see one without a sandpit for the youngest.
Only rules I can remember written down:
no helmets!
Dogs have to be kept leached.
And the play structures are further away from each other. You have lots of space to run around and chase each other. On lawn/ meadow. There are sand or woodchips beneath the structures.
That’s nice, that they involved the kids by naming the playground. Could you suggest structures, too?