American reacts to GERMAN PLAYGROUNDS

[@hufflepuffvoldida7977]

I think playgrounds out of wood and metal are safer than playgrounds out of plastic

[@ninajager.-.-]

Especially for the environment 👌

[@hannyschuh2335]

🎯

[@crazy-4-cooking]

if you slip on wet "shredded rubber tire" grounds or fall running, you hurt yourself with ripped skin. In germany most have medium high grass or soft sand pits, slipping on sand pits can be safer.

[@m_lies]

​@@ninajager.-.-That's a common false misconception, plastic is often more environmentally friendly than steel or wood. Plastic is only considered bad for the environment because people don't bother to use the trashcan instead they throw it on the street, or companies mix different kind of plastic making it hard to separate them. For example, cardboard cups for coffee-to-go paper bags, and so on, are extremely environmentally unfriendly, it's just greenwashing! These cups cannot be recycled, as they are made waterproof with plastic coating or other materials. This makes the process of sorting much more costly for the recycling plant, and the water savings of normal paper recycling are also navigated because of it... which causes the whole process to be more costly and wasteful, than before they were introduced, in Germany for example we already had nearly 99% recycling rage for paper now it's going down by many percentages because of that coating which cannot be distinguished from normal paper... If people would start to correctly dispose of plastic, it could be recycled and be one of the more environment-friendly materials...

[@Legendendear]

@@m_lies I have to sadly correct you. Most plastic types cant be recycled. And with those that you can it should be called downcycling, because the recycled plastic is of lower quality than the fresh stuff. Most polymer types (commonly just refered to as "plastic") are impossible to "recycle", they are burned up to at least gain some energy out of it.

[@jensgoerke3819]

Back in my childhood and youth such a playground would have been called "Abenteuerspielplatz" - "adventure playground". The difficult bits are challenging, motivation to learn motor skills, balance and coordination.

[@NuniPikachu]

Wait- so you're telling me, calling it "Abenteuerspielplatz" wasn't just a thing me, my siblings and neighbours called it??? xD We always thought we were the only ones with that kinda name

[@jensgoerke3819]

@@NuniPikachu It was in the 1970s or so that the name was introduced to make a distinction between "normal" and "adventure" playgrounds. Since then the "normal" ones were modified and upgraded where possible, so the distinction ceased to matter.

[@LeroxYT]

Yeah i have several of such where i live in Germany

[@jennifervoss]

Plus Abenteuerspielplätze are usually for children age 8+. They already learnt risk assessment and basic motor skills on playgrounds designed for the ages 4-8 or 6-12. German kids wouldn't climb up the showcased playground unless they were sure that they can succeed. My hometown has two new playgrounds next to each other: One for the ages 4-8 and one 8+ (according to the manufacturer). There isn't any signage needed. The kids sort themselves out according to their size and skill level. Smaller and younger kids don't go onto the scary structure and older kids don't do the boring stuff.

[@DSP16569]

@@NuniPikachu Bonn Außenbezirk in den frühen 70ern. Der Spielplatz direkt vor dem Haus war ein 2x3m Sandkasten ohne alles. Eine Häuserreihe weiter war dann ein 6m Durchmesser Sandkasten in dessen Mitte ein Vollmetall-Kletterpilz stand. Der eigentliche Spielplatz war der mittlerweile total bewachsene "Wohin mit den ganzen WW2-Häuserschutt" Haufen - auch "Die Düne" genannt.

[@jasonnchuleft894]

The basic difference is that in most of Europe parents educate their children at an early age not be be reckless. If you get hurt you learn from it and avoid the danger afterwards. At least in Germany it's also pretty standard for kids to go to the playgrounds on their own without adult supervision. It teaches them to be independent and responsible. Sure there may be injuries at times but usually it's nothing severe. If something more severe happens and the parents did their jobs the kids know how to call an ambulance. Of course it also helps that calling an ambulance doesn't bankrupt the family over here :v

[@LeroxYT]

Well in Germany kids dont get so often kidnapped or molested like in america...in america i dont think their children can go outside without some adult...atleast in some citys... I think

[@nocim1]

@@LeroxYT I was never in the usa, but i heard that the whole "kids get kidnapped/molested more in the us" isnt actually based on facts, but just a feeling (perpetuated by some strange ADs in the 90s or sth?) and that there are no more kidnappings in the us than in other western countries. but i just heard this, dont know if it is actually true.

[@DonDadda45]

@@nocim1 No, there actually are a lot more. Look it up

[@jasonnchuleft894]

@@DonDadda45 The US certainly does seem to have a violence and crime problem. Personally I've never experience anything like it when I hopped across the pond. Then again I never went to any of the more infamous low-income neighborhoods either and can't imagine what it's like growing up there. What always fascinated me though was how easy-going Canadian parents were compared to those I met in the US. They behaved mostly like we do. So it really might be a US-specific issue. Then again might also just be anectodal observations without any real merit.

[@beldin2987]

Imagine the kids in the US would call an ambulance. Then we have next a crime because their now bankrupt and homeless parents would maybe kill them because .. they called an ambulance what made them bankrupt 😄😄

[@prunabluepepper]

German Playgrounds are usually adult-proof. Because parents are supposed to engage and play together with the children. And sometimes the adults also just wanna goof around. XD You should seem them dads releasing their inner child.

[@F_Karnstein]

I love having an excuse to go on the trampolines and swings 😁

[@DerAlteMann1974]

I am one of these dads 😁

[@alexmm.9445]

Spend so much time on them playing catch with my wife, our daughter and her friends... 😅

[@frauketmann]

Yeah I really love watching the parents are just spending time going crazy (in a good way) of theory childrens level ❤️ funfact: there are indoor playgrounds offering "adult evenings" only for adults after the regular opening hours🎉🎉🎉

[@herrhartmann3036]

That German playground is somewhat unusual because it is HUGE! The individual objects were obviously designed to make use of the available space and the naturally hilly landscape. In an average German playground, everything would be smaller and closer together, but still in a very similar style as the one shown here. Also, in most playgrounds the ground below the climbing-towers is covered with loose sand. So the "safety floor" automatically doubles as an oversized sandbox.

[@lullabysdreams]

An average one next door is smaller yes, but usually a large playground like this is in 20 min reach or next to a zoo, park or whatever. Don't you agree? Or maybe it's only outside of really big cities? Though this one in Hofheim m Hildesheim is even larger kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6CXoYqmqt5jrZo

[@mauer1]

either lose sand or that soft wood that doesnt splinter.

[@herrhartmann3036]

@@mauer1 I've heard of those before, but I've never actually seen one.

[@IroAppe]

@@herrhartmann3036 Perhaps there's a regional difference. In southern Baden-Württemberg, I saw a lot of those playgrounds with wooden pieces as the ground. Mostly those that are out in the landscape, for example at a barbecue area along a hiking trail. Probably these wooden pieces remain there for longer, than a sandbox that has to be maintained very regularly.

[@MarcLucksch]

Having fallen from 3 meters back first onto sand, I can tell you I needed a good few minutes to recover and learned to never fuck up like that again.

[@karstenvagt1075]

One thing to assure...if it is a publically used playground there was an engineer from the TÜV (technical surveillance association) before opening at the playground to check that you're not gonna kill yourself unless you do very unusual things. The pit is made to get sure that you don't get stuck. Instead of soft plastic sand is used for the ground to make a soft landing if you fall.

[@jennyh4025]

Not just before opening, it is checked regularly (I think once or twice a year).

[@Chaoshero5567]

Ngl... ich finde Sand ist auch nicht so sanft...

[@adamabele785]

@@jennyh4025 No, they are checked every week. Unfortunately vandals sometimes destroy things, people leave trash, glass bottles etc. and sometimes parts wear out and need to be replaced etc. Parents usually know where they can report broken items. But once a year it gets a thorough check if all bolts are in place and all parts are structural sound. They look if there is rotten wood that needs replacement. The sand gets exchanged at least once a year.

[@jennyh4025]

@@adamabele785 I was just thinking about the thorough checks. But thank you for saying this in more detail.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@Chaoshero5567 naja wenn du von stahlgerüst mit den seilen und gummimatten fällst biste eh rip als kind.

[@myeramimclerie7869]

we don't constantly hit our heads on this stuff, we know it hurts, so we're more careful. Accidents happen, but it's not gonna split your head 😅

[@gottderzerstorunggoku9039]

it happens more often then we want

[@MerryJones]

My brother literally broke his skull on a playground when he was two years old. 🙈 But that was in the 90s and the playground's ground was covered in asphalt instead of sand. Fortunately that was the only playground accident in our family and he completely recovered without taking permanent damage (probably 😉).

[@Arltratlo]

@@MerryJones my sister been fallen into our privat sandbox, broke her arm... she´s been at all ages in trouble having silly accidents, i drive motorbike but she drives with an ambulance because she is falling of a sledge in the winter, age 35! and is still going on, not stopped happening to her, i still drive motorbike and she still with the ambulance... with 61!

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@MerryJones well hes 2 and his skull isnt even completely hardened. i dont even know why your little 2 year old brother came in a situation that allowed him that. your skull may have grown together at age of 2, but its still not sturdy...

[@juwen7908]

If they have the possibilty, kids don't stop playing at the age of 6-7. So, it seems to be a good idea to have playgrounds for older kids, too. And even at the playgrounds for younger children, in germany we try to make it possible that the parents are able to play with their kids. For this the slides need to be big enough for adults, so you can slide with your kid together, for example if the child is a bit scared of doing it alone 😉

[@starblossom05]

There this park but you need pay for it but like a Big Playground that all age chould visit and the playground are literly Way much Higher then normale one you see in the houses behind or parks. So far i only saw it in the Netherlands and visit once so it was a lot of fun

[@piinkman]

in my town they replaced a lot of the old wood and rope structucres with new plastic shit :(

[@AGWittmann]

We had for some time a "plastic" playground, but most childrens werent using it anymore, because, its was so boring for them, they moved over onto other playgrounds in the neighbourhood which still had the wood/metal frameworks, because, there were more fun/exciting. City changed it back to the good old german style after 3 years, now the childrens are back too :D

[@Jan-ex5ky]

that playground is 10 min from my home (also in eyesight of a major American base...) It is huge, the video only shows a fraction of it. Its a great place to build confidence, overcome fear, learn to take small risks. In the beginning i had to climb together with my kids, now my son can already go to the top and slide all alone at 5 years old. Made him the proudest kid in the world the first time he did it.

[@nanuk21]

Hochheim playground, yes .

[@Eurograph]

You could divide playgrounds in Germany into categories. The playground in the videos would be an adventure playground (the best, superlative play equipment, usually very large, rather outside cities, often sound installations. Partly there are motto playgrounds, for example, Wild West with a wooden fortress, were my favorite playgrounds). Then there are water playgrounds (are really cool, water springs with canal system, sandy area to build canals, has a beach feeling), "Bolzplatz" (for ball games), indoor playgrounds (mostly chargeable. from trampoline, maze to ball pool), asphalt playground (maybe one swing, statistical small riding animals, rather less playground equipment, spring rockers, plastic equipment), toddlers playground (baby swings, sandbox, smaller scaffolding, ...), settlement/general playgrounds (different swings, climbing frame, outdoor trampoline, ropeway, carousel, seesaws, small slides, ...). Playgrounds can also be dangerous. I broke my collarbone on a see-saw and knocked out both my front teeth on a water pump (they were sewn back in). Nevertheless I never found the playgrounds bad. I continued to play on them as a child and would still play on adventure playgrounds from time to time if there were no age restrictions. Hurting is indeed unsightly and can also be very dangerous, but also instructive for children. I myself had learned not to pump like a madman and that seesaws should not be used to learn to fly. My playground time is one of the best in my life. I had many wonderful experiences there.

[@Chaoshero5567]

Deutschland... das Land wo man nen Aufsatzt über Spielplatzt arten schreiben kann

[@stef987]

Most playgrounds in Germany definitely don't look like that. But that large "swing" from the very beginning of the video actually existed too (as a kind of "special feature") in the playground near my childhood home. We called it "Tarzan swing". It was both fun and scary at the same time.😅

[@Fossombrome]

I also had such a swing near my home as a child.

[@asmodon]

No two playgrounds look alike.

[@stef987]

@@asmodon that's true!

[@jensen7875]

I guess its what Germans call "Abenteuer-Spielplatz" - adventure playground.

[@s3836]

There are a lot of playgrounds like this. Also in Cologne. Of course they are not in every city.

[@sirloro]

The amerikan playground looks like one of those litle cheap playgrounds at autobahn restaurants😅

[@juliaspoonie3627]

Or like a bigger McDonalds version

[@BadMoonHorrors]

That's not a standard Spielplatz but an Abenteuerspielplatz (adventure playground). I think nowadays most playgrounds have some of the adventure elements but are more designed towards younger children.

[@katii1997]

the "soft plastic" or "bouncy gummy like" floors are sometimes used here in germany too but only at small playgrounds and at fast food restaurants with playgrounds. basically at places where they can't just put sand as the floor.

[@eyekona]

I have only ever seen them at McDonalds in Germany

[@jalifritz8033]

Playgrounds for children with disabilities use them as well.

[@KVPMD]

They are worse for the anckles when you land on them. In the 2000s they built some playgrounds with it but the results for safety were negative so we went back to using sand. And it's more playful, natural and works better with wet weather.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@KVPMD there are LOADS of playgrounds using this, more than there are that use sand, when kinda recently build. also every football field i have seen that was somewhat modern in a city uses either this, or has a lawn.

[@KVPMD]

@@tarkitarker0815 Seems to be a local thing. Every new playground opened here in the last 10 years uses sand only or mostly sand. Which I think is superior so I am happy with that. For football it's either this stuff (but harder), grass or this red pressed gravel stuff.

[@d-docnemesis7925]

German here, I always loved those typical german playgrounds. We do have those colerful plastic ones too, usually outside McDonalds but I always found them boring in comparison. Those more natural looking ones make it easier to play pretend imo because you can actually connect what you see with what you make up. Also I've barely ever gotten hurt on one of those ever (and if I did it was never super serious). Coming from a very very small town with lots of farmers I did however get hurt a few times playing on and around farmer's machines. I remember one time I (about 7 or 8 at the time) was climbing on a machine with a friend - unsupervised as per usual, we were quite well instructed what we were and weren't allowed - I actually fell down from like 3m and hit my head on a stone. My friend helped me get up and guided me inside to the next adult (his grandma) who was just like (oh, you're fine, come I'll get you some ice and call your parents. They'll pick you up, you'll get to bed early and when you wake up you'll feel better." That was exactly what happened, I had a bit of a headache for a few days afterwards but other than that I was fine. Never saw a doctor for it. Kept climbing that machine for years, but I was a bit less reckless. Lesson learned. Also YOU NEED TO SEE GERMAN WATER PLAYGROUNDS! It's just the coolest thing on a hot summer day and it's one of the things I miss most about being a child.

[@Izanuela22]

A german child normally learns how to take risks starting when they start to walk. My daughter is 1,5 years old. She loves to climb, but she has already learned to be slow and careful. One of the first rules you teach your kid is also: Remember how you got up there, because that is the way you will get down again… 😂 (But the playground in the video is very unusual. Normally playgrounds are way smaller and also filled with children and their parents and there ALWAYS will be at least one helping hand if a child struggles with anything. So I‘d say they are very safe!

[@DJone4one]

The American playground looks like McDonald's. We also had a similar "castle complex" in our school playground, but one spot was vacant. We usually jumped down there. It was about 3 - 4 metres. But there was sand underneath us.

[@lyaneris]

I was about to comment that XD

[@DJone4one]

@@lyaneris tja erster😅

[@lyaneris]

@@DJone4one Hat mir zumindest theoretisch Arbeit gespart ^^

[@Skyl3t0n]

Safe keine 3-4 meter

[@DJone4one]

@@Skyl3t0n oh dann komm her und mess nach.

[@F_Karnstein]

We definitely also have the spongey ground in Germany, but mostly a large part of most playgrounds will be covered in sand. And they usually are from sturdy wood and are regularly checked for safety risks and cared for by the town or community

[@starryk79]

German Playgrounds are very different as well so the one shown here was only typical in the sense that it was made of wood and metal that is definitely normal in Germany. The playground from the US looked pretty cool too that slide definitely looked like fun. The german one shown here seems to be more suited for older kids /teenagers and of course adults who kept their inner child alive.

[@psilovecybin5940]

I went to a playground in Denmark. They had a 60 feet long zip line going over a lake about 15 feet above the water, it was an unsupervised public playground, it had a seat you were supposed to use by yourself but 3 or 4 other kids could grab onto it and ride together. That was the craziest sht I've ever seen.

[@chrismuller9289]

Aye, here in Germany that's called "Hochseilgarten" or "Seilgarten".

[@psilovecybin5940]

@@chrismuller9289 I know what a hochseilgarten is. They're usually not unsupervised and youre supposed to be wearing a safety Harnet..

[@finanightmare1993]

that sure sounds like fun to me, but i would be scared af if my kids would play there without me!

[@guyaverage2092]

This is how you learn self responsability!👍

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@guyaverage2092 yeah, or die lol.

[@Johhar08]

I'm from Germany and I can confirm that's a playground

[@PeterPan-wi7dd]

the healthcare is good in germany :) and its realy nice for the kids to move and run.

[@LeroxYT]

You mean exist.instead of Amerika XD

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

The more kids play places like that, the less they need health care! Also I'm a big fan of playgrounds that invite the grown ups to participate, and not just sit and look at colourfull plastic. I'm sure it's doing my old health some good, when my granddaugther (2y) drags me around these "things" 🥴🤣

[@pedroparkros2569]

Der Wu-Tang Clan ist ziemlich unfreundlich zu mir gewesen 😐 Ich glaube die mögen keine Weißen Menschen 😅

[@guyaverage2092]

More importantly, in Germany it is much more difficult to extort money from the owner of a playground by suing him, compared to the US. Every adult is supposed to take responsability for himself, and parents are supposed to care for their children and judge by themselves which risks they cant take.

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

@@guyaverage2092 You mean, like applying Common Sence 😆

[@BeatrixTomomizu]

It just hit me xD As a german I don't really think about our playgrounds. They are mostly made of wood and steel... And yes... The slides are hellfire on summer days, cause they are made of steel and get really fricking hot... But you either just deal with it or don't use it then... Kind of... But what really hit me, was when I saw that little infant on the American playground. Those playgrounds are so narrow, that no adult could get in there with that little one and help him get to where he wants to be. I am used to it as someone growing up in germany: if you have infants on the playground, there is ALWAYS an adult looking after them, supporting them climb somewhere (not just lifting them, we let them climb themselves with a little push from behind). I am so used to climbing with my nephews and nieces and sitting them before me on the slide so we can slide together, or sitting them on top of the slide and holding them while they slide down, so they won't just hurt themselves trying to sit up... And to be fair: most playgrounds in germany are quite narrow for adults, but you can duck and walk into the little house where the slide is and if you are quite slim theres no problem on the slide... But it is really not that spacey... I am SO USED to run behind my nephews chasing them throughout those climbing stuff, climb that stuff up amd down and again and again when they were younger, that it never came to my mind, that americans actually can't physically do that... Amd that's a reason why in movies you never see an adult support their child climbing up somewhere or standing at the end of the slide to catch them, before they fall on their little bumms cause the slide is going quite fast xD We DO have something that's supposed to shield our kids from getting hurt real hard... But I don't know if little wood pieces (its like really little pieces, but they are processed so you litterally can't get splinters... At least I never heard anyone getting one from those things...) or actual stones... Really little tiny stones, that are processed and so cutesy round and without any edges... Yeah... We germans are quite the danger seeking ones... On the other hand, we also have the saying "wer nicht hören will muss fühlen" literally: if you dont want to listen, you have to feel! - It is used, when you are saying to the child: "that will hurt you!" like a burning hot stove, and the child is still trying to touch it. Germans in those situations are just like: told ya! And let the kid learn that lesson on its own. I remember that kinda like EVERYONE I knew or still know, told me at least once the story, how they touched the stove. And the parents were always just like: told ya! I guess german parents just want their kids to learn what they need at a young age, so they don't need to be worried when the kids grow up. Especially all those "when I was 14, my uncle/dad/aunt just made me drink till I threw up"-stories~ cause in germany it is allowed to drink alcohol at the age of 14, IF your parent or legal guardian is by your side. With 16 you can legally buy wine and beer and with 18 all that other stuff too... And I kinda laugh hard every time I see a child throwing a tantrum cause of some really stupid reason and the parents be like: "I told you no. If you don't want to stop, I'm going alone!" and attempting to go. Or saying something like: "fine~ cry all you want. I said no, so it IS no!" cause I feel kinda thrown into my own childhood 😂 In germany kids don't get to be "in watte gepackt" (it means that we don't try to get everything bad away from them. They need to learn themselfes so they run free, fall down, have a bleeding knee, cry, get consoled, stand up again and run again... But maybe not THAT fast this time around~)

[@ninajager.-.-]

You must! !! see the Kulturinsel Einsiedel…….it is a fantastic playground/ theme park. The guy who ownes it is an artist who creates great playgrounds all over Europe. I met him personally a few years ago because our town planned to work with him on a playground. Unfortunately they decided to buy something out of a Katalog and not so unique 😕.

[@arleccio]

I second this. Einsiedel playgrounds are awesome. And the Kulturinsel Einsiedel is absolutely worth a visit (even if only a digital one).

[@bscorax]

The guy who ownes it does'nt own it anymore - for around 10 years. He is an artist (and special...) but not able to calculate so he got bankrupt. He now is employee in his former own business. Besides that you'r absolutely right. I worked there for nearly a decade and my creations are visible all over Europe.

[@SickRabbit]

We have standard playgrounds and adventure playgrounds. This was more adventure like. Berlin has some nice big adventure playgrounds

[@karlheinz9432]

There are different tiers for playgrounds in regards to the age for the users. The US playground seems to be aimed at kids in the age of 0-6. The german playground is a least one tier higher (6-12). And you can also find playgrounds which are more closer to the concept of the US playgrounds in Germany.

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

We have one with a giant swing through the pit like in this video around here too. On a nice summer evening sometimes we bring a barbeque and some beer there and just chill together. Then later, once its really dark, we stick some torches in the ground left and right of the swing path and light them on fire. Everyone (yes, also the kids...) loves swinging in between. It looks real cool and makes an awesome sound when you swing by the fires...😅

[@MhLiMz]

7:11 I'd say it's not for adults but made to last decades. A couple of years ago I've been visiting a playground of my childhood in the 70s, and it still exists! Not much has changed. All made of wood and some metal. BTW, we also have soft grounds: a thick layer of white sand.

[@owtena]

In my childhood in Soviet Union we tied a rope to a three and jumped from that tree holding that rope (like a swing). We jumped from metal swings and measured who jumped further. Also we did "sun" on metal swings - it's when you do 360° and go around the bar which is holding the swings (full circle, upside down). We played "Robbin Hood" with arrows and bows (we made them from three branches). Also we played game called "cities" when we draw big circle and divided it depending on how many people are playing and you need to throw a kitchen knife and hit inside this circle and you cut your opponent "city" and it's your territory now. Wins who has all territory. etc. We did crazy stuff and everyone survived because our parents educated us, we knew that if we did something bad or hurt someone we'd be punished and that we could get hurt too and that our parents won't be happy, but also our parents didn't stopped us from adventures and because of that we didn't grow up as snowflakes who are offended by everything. Best childhood, best memories!!! 😜👍❤💙

[@austropithecus7055]

Seems, the childhood in the former USSR wasn´t so different to our childhood in rural Austria. We played unattended in an abandoned quarry and searched for vipers (just to observe), altough, we had fear...

[@Magikgardenbaby]

I grew up in the 60s in Germany and have a very similar childhood memory of how we played. Including secretely exploring unfinished building sites and abondened houses... climbing all sorts of trees too and I am a girl, lol.

[@owtena]

@@Magikgardenbaby 👍 and I'm girl too 😄

[@enemde3025]

In the UK we call these Adventure Playgrounds.

[@BennoWitter]

That directly translates to the German word for those playground: "Abenteuerspielplatz".

[@karlheinz9432]

"Abenteuerspielplatz" (= Adventure Playgrounds) is also a word we use in Germany. But these playgrounds would have mostly some sort of supervision.

[@crazy-4-cooking]

Those types of playgrounds are more likely called "Abenteuer-Spielplatz" = Adventure playground. We even have way more interesting ones of this kind, also some supervised with free roaming goats or cheeps the kids can care about, some gardening, camp-fire for stick on a bread and all. We also have playgrounds like the american type ones. Mostly at fast food chains. Inner city ones are mostly a mix of the both you saw, but we have lots of climbable things, massive sand pits with play houses or even forts or ships... They like to give kids the "playing out in the woods" experience, without the need to go there. They can just meet up in a parks playground instead.

[@marvelgirl3336]

Well, I’ve never noticed but most of the playgrounds even in austria look like this😂😂😂 except for the first slide because nowdays they’re mostly made of plastic…. Playgrounds were the best part of my childhood

[@koenigkorczak]

A playground where a kid can't hurt themselves is a bad playground.

[@simtekgroup3080]

When I hurt myself (minimally obviously) or banged my head somewhere my dad would usually say "good, next time you'll be smarter" 😆 which is true, that's how you learn

[@thorgehebbig8744]

A little Anekdote from Germany My brother broke his leg in the morning before school (7am) (5th class) on the school playground and had run with this the entire school (4pm) with sport and school basar (school market) an ride his bike back to home. He came in and said: "hi, I think i broke my leg before school, Can Someone drive me to the hospital?" Say what you want but he is made out of steel.

[@pia3381]

we have ones with water playgrounds as well with pumps and everything. I loved those

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

The first playground looked so much like one in my neighbouring city, where I grew up. The bid swing with the tires...exactly the same.

[@blondkatze3547]

In Germany there are various playgrounds at school, the adventure playground , in the forest with a training path, etc. When I was a child we also had an adventure playground just five minutes away, where you could play soccer , ride the cable car, swing, climb, play table tennis and roller skate on the roller rinkets.What was nice about us in the country was that there were three fruit trees in the middle and when the fruit was ripe the children could eat fruit for free.

[@arminrock6593]

I have a idea for a video for you. It is so typical German to have a lot of days off because of „Feiertage“ expecially in Southern Germany so many Days in the year are free: all shops closed, we Go walk with family and friends. Today for example is „Christi Himmelfahrt“. Most of us have a free Day tomorrow (Brückentag), so we have 4 days „Long Weekend“. Next week is Pfingsten (Monday is free), the week After that ist Fronleichnam, This Day is free again. And remember, Mai 1st was a free Day too 😂… only 3 weeks After Karfreitag (free) and Easter Monday (free!). This is dolce Vita made in Germany.

[@stef987]

Pfingsten is the week after next, on the 28. But I agree, it would probably make for an interesting video. Although Ryan said a few videos ago, that he wanted to look into Northern Germany, but since then it was all kind of other topics (and there's actually such a great video about Northern Germany out there).

[@xenotypos]

Oh that's where those wooden things came from, in France we have both (we used to have only the plastic ones with flashy colors). Sometimes it's literaly next to each other, in the same playground: the plastic-flashy ones for the very little kids (the games are smaller in size), the wooden-metal ones for the older kids (and some adults!), they are really big.

[@BennoWitter]

Ending up in the ER getting stitches or something like that for a cracked head, at least once, is just part of growing up in Germany.

[@kleinshui9082]

I was a cautious kid. Never broke a bone for my own stupidity. Still played the heck out of huge playgrounds in parks all over my nearest cities :D

[@Kloetenhenne]

Umm, no.

[@nicolettarope6030]

Yes its Part of Germany🤗i lived my childhood

[@acerreteq703]

In my childhood and as a teenager i did things you assume to see in a circus. We climbed on trees, on abandoned houses roofs, etc. I never broke anything or got hurt doing this. The only one time i needed a bandage was because another kid threw a stone at me and it hit my head. But even then there was no need to go to hospital.

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

Never got really hurt during my youth! When i was over 40 i hurt myself a lot at work. But in Germany thats not an issue because of our good healthcare!

[@Carol_65]

It’s amazing to me how playgrounds have changed in the U.S. over the years since I was a kid in the 70’s. The U.S. playground shown here looks pretty nice and also more “lawsuit-free”. Judging by what this looks like, our park back in the 70’s would be outlawed now.

[@raistormrs]

lawsuit free? who would they be filing against, the swing? the slide? 🤣typical yanks, i say. over here, if something where to happen on a playground, nobody would even think of that, after all, playgrounds and sports facilities only account for about 15% of accidents for children, the majority happens at home and in traffic, also 80% of those accidents result in sprains and broken bones, and out of the 15% most are happening in the sports facilities like football grounds for example, so kids have a much higher chance of injuries literally everywhere else, funny isn't it. i guess healthcare has something to do with it for americans, after all, they have to pay for stuff like that right? since we have a universal healthcare system, everything is covered anyway so, let them break a few bones, helps them learn and grow.

[@karlheinz9432]

@@raistormrs You would sue the owner of the playground ( city, Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft ect.). And the owners of playgrounds are also sued in Germany if they neglect the maintenance or if the toys do not fit the EN required for public playgrounds - to name just two of a bunch of reasons.

[@raistormrs]

@@karlheinz9432 then how come the only filed lawuits i can find on playgrounds are noise related? because insurances take care of everything, you yourself do not sue, the insurance may do something like that but that is a entirely different topic.

[@chrissime8692]

Raised in germany, east and west. I think, the most common thing on playgrounds was to have sand, some construction from metal and/or wood to 'brachiating' and climb on and all kinds of swings. As I remember I've never been hurt by playing on the playground.. but rather more from my own exploring on forbidden grounds.. Also in childhood when a little older (about 8-12yo) we did kind of parkourstuff on playgrounds with my little brother.. also the cable cars got lame over the time and we tried our best to make it more adventurous by climbing up a reachable point to start there with a jump just to plunge into the depths with more momentum.. it was fun. But I remember a classmate, he run over a small wall around the schoolplayground, he didn't see it coming while looking back (running from hide and seek) and he fell over it on the ground and broke both of his arms.. I have to say it was maybe one to two feet tall, it was of little concrete pillars with a rubber topping and inside the ring of them there was sand, outside the ring it was a cover of mulch from organic fibers.. so it was most soft as it could be. Everything is about experience and awareness! What a medical doctor told me: PAIN IS THE BEST TEACHER. 😉

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

It depends how the playgrounds look like from city to city and also inside the cities they can look a lot different. Where I live the majority of playgrounds is inside the parks and they are all tiny. Where I grew up they had tiny playgrounds all across the city between houses and apartment buildings and 1 giant playground in the park. How they look like is also different from how old the playground is, what aesthetics the city goes for and what activities they plan to build for the kids. Most of the playgrounds havr at least the swings in comon. And if you think those playgrounds with a "soft plastic" ground wouldn't exist here than you're wrong, it's just less comon to have them cause it is more expensive to build them and so cities don't do them that much

[@landalow1643]

I still remember the gigantig pyramids of rope squares you could klimb. I dont know how to describe it in englisch. But I think its called Kletterpyramide so in englisch climbing pyramid

[@TackerTacker]

Yea I remember lots of crazy stuff I did as activities when I was a kid, maybe some of that stuff wouldn't even fly here today either tbh. ..and yes there were accidents, I remember a summer festival in our nearby park that was going on for weeks, behind the playground there was an area where kids where allowed to build "treehouses" (they were on the ground actually, not on trees), they gave us hammers, nails, and every day they brought an assortment of wood from the recycling yard, wood panels from old furniture, plywood, wood palettes, etc. and I remember we had build our wooden base, it had two levels plus and access onto the roof, and my best friend jumped down from the roof onto a plank with a nail sticking out and it went right through his food D: another day the brother of my best friend was on the sports field and there was like a sprinkler that had a long metal rod where the water came out spinning around and it hit him in the head giving him a laceration, that one wasn't actually so bad but it looked much more brutal then the nail through the food because he ran all the way from the back of the park to the front with the ambulance while a lot of blood was running down his face. Ahhh yes, good times xD No but for real, it was good times, especially because nothing major ever happened to me :P ...or I already forgot it.

[@bojanungeheuer3721]

Great example for a German playground but defenitly not the usual one. This is at the edge of variaties. I'd like to play on one of these when I was a child. Love your channel. Keep on going.

[@alecbrown66]

You can buy stuff like this for your own yard in europe and the uk. They are usually timber bolted together, apart from rope nets and slides

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

That one is pretty standard for a city. But even smaller villages often have surprisingly well decked out playgrounds. Just that everything is a bit more compact.

[@carstenhiort6862]

Great you feature that particular playground at the beginning of the video. Our kids loved to go there before they started to develop into smelly teenagers, and we spent quite a few Sunday afternoons there. There's a huge American community in our region and their playgrounds - taking this very special one aside- look a lot better than the regular German playground- especially those for the younger kids- and it was a shame we could never go there with our kids. Not just for the sake of our kids entertainment, but as well for being good neighbours to our American guests. The one featured here though is very special and well known in neighboring cities. Thanks for letting me remember the great times we enjoyed there :) Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@bastianurbach]

To me, the craziest playground equipment are Kletterpyramiden ("climbing pyramids") that consist of a tall metal pillar in the center and a pyramidal rope net around it. They are quite common on larger playgrounds in Germany and they look incredibly dangerous (they are probably safe though. Maybe). There is a 14.5m (48ft) tall one in Magdeburg.

[@chr0mg0d]

my nephew broke an arm in one of these once when trying to follow his mother to the top 😅

[@bastianurbach]

@@chr0mg0d Dang, so they actually are dangerous.

[@behemothokun]

I loved those as a Kid.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@bastianurbach yeah well, the openings are more than large enough for kids to fall through, the side of it is completly open (if a kid would jump it would simply die). but i totally agree, those pyramids were always a adrenaline rush and a half.

[@weibrot6683]

On some playgrounds you have a rope you can walk on and the only thing preventing you from falling off is another rope above you that you can hold onto, those are usually 1-2 meters in the air, I think I've seen even higher than 2 meters aswell

[@warrioranja]

that used to be my favourite playground as a kid, I even did my birthday party as an 8 year old on that playground. I loved it so much because there are so many adventurous things

[@hasumoto1707]

ok, the first video is about the Spielpark in Hochheim (Taunus - Hessen). This playground is made for more grown kids / teenagers and nor for toddlers. So this one is more like a climbing/advanger park. Even adults are enjoying the contend here by climbing and stuff. We have some similar to the US playgrounds too, but often for smaller kids like toddlers and so.

[@geraldkiessling]

You'd wonder what playgrounds looked like in the 80's and 90's. The climbing frames and slides were mostly made of metal and were only brightly painted.

[@vanesag.9863]

In Spain the playgrounds are similar but with more colorful bars. The newer ones that are thought for smaller children have a "padded" ground made of a semi hard material that bounces sightly. But the ones aimed for older ones have those giant slides and towers and rope made monkey bars and bridges. I have to say that this bigger German playground is very cool and I would LOVE to use some of the amenities myself. Here we have a playground with a big swing (it's an inclusive playground that has a roundabout that can be used by a wheelchair bound kid) that is usually used by teenagers to chill but it's real porpouse is to be used by cerebral palsey children. Twice a week a school for dissabled children goes to this playground to play there.

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

They've just built something like it in my granddaugthers neighbourghood. We love it! There's fun for all ages 😊 so the grown ups participate. There's no excuses about being too big or too old or too lazy 🤣 YOU CAN DO IT

[@animeonfire1790]

That american playground looks like something you'd find behind a burger restaurant chain like McDonalds or Burger King for half toddlers to waddle around

[@aixtom979]

And Germany playgrounds in like the 70s were even more crazy. One of my favourite ones from childhood was one where they just out a double-rotor american helicopter with the engine and all glass removed and painted in different colours.

[@101steel4]

We have them in the UK. Theyre adventure playgrounds. Back in the day when i was a kid, most playgrounds were basically all concrete 😂

[@Magikgardenbaby]

that was funny, you saying at the end * who needs kids ? * and immediately glancing worriedly towards the cot, lol.

[@rebeckavogel]

Admittedly this is one of the bigger and more elaborate playground in germany but it looks like a lot of fun. In my hometown we had like a pyramid made from rope that you could climb inside of and other cool stuff like this. However my favorites back then were the ones with water and sand - just digging through the wet sand and flooding it.

[@antares9375]

We often go to an adventure playground with an additional water playground in summer. Great place with lots of little water courses. And it has a little Biergarten 😊 (yes, that's legal in Germany 😂). So you can have a beer before you have some fun with your kids an the giant swing 😂😂

[@tomkirkemo5241]

I'm not German, I'm Norwegian. But we didn't have playgrounds like this...with sand on the ground and stuff. We climbed trees, throwing knifes, bows and arrows, axes, we raced on sleds on icy roads..no helmets or anything. We all survived. I took a year of higher education in gymnastics, and have been a teacher in the same field for years. As one of our professors once said: "you haven't been a child without a couple of broken bones and some concussions". It's all about learning motor skills and learning from failing. :)

[@Chaoshero5567]

There are normal Spielplätze, that are kinda smaller, newer Playgrounds are kinda more like americans with like the rubber ground (that is superior ngl...) but there still german, Abenteuerspielplätze are like the one you saw, Bigger and even better

[@egyptomaniac6453]

Oh yes... When I was little, the neighborhood playground featured a large castle -like structure made entirely of wooden beams and planks, with a variation of ropes, rope bridges, ladders and sliding poles for access. We used to play tag on and around that thing. And, well - we did not just use the intended routes. One good strategy was to vault the railing and drop the 8 feet to the ground to evade capture, and let me tell you, sand is not that soft to land on from a certain height. Good thing our parents weren't there to see some of the more ambitious stunts... Because school children (6 years and older) were generally allowed to come to the playground on their own. We just had to be back in the evening when the street lights came on. Good old days ... ( That was around 1990. Parents are soooo overprotective nowadays, even in Germany)

[@Floxzy]

At 2:30 (this climbing wall) we had this at my Grundschule ( I guess its like an Elementaryschool so its from6 to 10 years) but it was about 3meters (about 9.8 foot) high and it was AWESOME! Also if we Fall there is a nice gravel ground so we don't fall into the ofcourse much harder grass!

[@thorstenguenther]

Here in northern Germany the ziplines are often boring as hell because they did not bother to create a starting hill high enough to even reach the end of the line. I've experienced one of the good ones in Hesse - it was so steep that you actually swung way upwards upon reaching the end point.

[@lyaneris]

We had plattform ~2m up with a roof and a bunch of ways to get up and down. There was also a way to get up the roof (not an official one, but easy enough for smaller kids - like myself - to use). As far as I know the only injury (broken arm) occured during "Mensch auf Erden". In that game one person is the catcher and whenever they call out the phrase, the ground becomes lava for a moment -> you avoid being on the ground. Apart from that, it was tag but the catcher had to close their eyes. For that game, being on the roof was great, since without looking basically no one wanted to climb it 😂. Also, as the catcher, you would always hold onto smth, unless you were that girl that somehow managed to fall arm first into the net.

[@mercyunselt2035]

Because German like that the children are actives, independent, creative, adventurous, strong and fearless.

[@teilzeit_xzombies1611]

3:11 the "pit" is there because people did exactly what happened in the video but without water. This scrapes away the sand and creats this pit where water is collected naturally

[@M0pS19]

Yes we got Lime Scooters in several citys, BTW the Kid ate a "Schokocrossaint" Crossaint filled with 2 chocolate stripes

[@chrismuller9289]

Dear, don't freak out at the "Klettergarten Merzig" - you can find a short vid here at youtube ;-)

[@durchschnittlicherzuschaue9733]

I've been to that playground with my kids. Huge fun. It's in the Frankfurt metropolitan area.

[@eastfrisian_88]

We had in the neighboring town a playground with two artificial hills (I come from the flatlands) and in between was a kind of zipline down like here, that was super fun. Of course, we kids often got a bump from the thing missed and felt I have made myself incapable of procreation, because I arrived each time with full momentum at the top of the stop, bumped against the rubber bumpers with the seat and the gravity was sometimes painful to feel (I think all the guys know what I'm talking about), but that was sooo fun! This playground, which is shown here, is rather the royal class and is rather rare to find, but US could also have such great playgrounds, if the municipality would not be sued at every injury from the child. I was always scratched or bruised from playing and roughhousing with friends and somehow all my friends looked like that and no one cared unless it was more serious injuries. Nowadays in Germany it also gets silly, the school called CP on my sister because my niece had a scratch on her face and bruises on her arm from a bike fall and my sister was reprimanded because she didn't went to the doctor with my niece but cleaned the scratch and smeared iodine on it.

[@mandybose9334]

In Germany/Hannover we have both. Large playgrounds for adventure, and small playgrounds Like the second one. My son love the first one ❤

[@anahills3836]

I think the German one looks fun because older kids (and adult kids) can use it too! I remember a friend went to Denmark once and went to an amusement park and it was some sort of park with various things that adults could play on like huge cylinders to roll downhill in etc.

[@natsudragneel2640]

I used to go to this playground quite a lot so yes parents and children both use it and it is incrrrreadible👌🏻 I loved it so much and of course you will be a bit afraid before you swing from one side to another but you wil absolutely love it after that!!!!!

[@natsudragneel2640]

Also yes you will have to jump unto the wheel when swinging if you ate small (like me) amd it will never get boring

[@Taladar2003]

We do have the tiles made of old tires here in Germany too in some playgrounds.

[@Guderian2]

Have never seen a playground this big, but yeah, the elements you see on this playground can be seen on many playgrounds, just scaled down.

[@TinkaDreamChaser]

Honestly, that is the standard playground, yeah. This one has a few good versions of the zipline (BOTH the swing and regular zipline is a bit uncommon) and a pretty decent climbing frame, but if there are climbing walls, they usually have more varies shapes to grab than just the square ones. They did NOT dig a hole for a puddle, those holes just build up over time from skid marks xD Imagine that slide tower a little bigger with three slides on it. That was on one of the playgrounds I frequented (very nostaligc watching this, by the way). This one was filmed in a cooler season, but on a playground like that I would also go looking for a water pump of some sort, because a lot of playgrounds do have equipment to let kids pump water, build dams and such and essentially experience water physics or make boats go down a river ;D It's also great to see the American one, because that type of playground is something you'd find in the city, as a smaller version. But in parks or forests, there is usually more wood and metal than plastic. The former also has their merits, as it is more suitable for toddler-age to school-age kids, but does not really allow teens to have much fun? The german one shown in this video might have the opposite problem, so depending on the age of your kids, a mix of the two would be great, actually!

[@germanoschefo]

our playgrounds are usually metal and wood but trust me its alot of fun when i think back of my days as child, i gotta admit i broke my nose once and hit the back of my head full force on a wood fence behind a swing i was on but its a great experience

[@sungi7814]

When I hear you talk I get hungry because I always watch your videos in lunch break.

[@willimouse8205]

hello, not every playground looks like that. In a big City we also have plastk-thingis, but the ground is mostly sand, so the kids can build sand-cakes. Things to climb on are often made of wood.

[@smolmoru]

check out the zoo in Ueckermünde. it's specifically designed for children and has things like bridges with nets similar to that playground going above the monkey habitat. the slide at the end is also higher than the one in this video and child me may or may not had a habit of using slides the other way around just because. ever climbed up a slide? it's kinda fun actually. especially when it's the challenging ones that are closed off all around so you really have to rely on grip and keeping your balance/stability.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

if you pack your children into cotton and dont let them learn from experience and test their limits, you will get young adults without the capability to be self reliant.

[@karl-heinzfrey2474]

My favorite playground was the forest 300 m from our house. Here we built "shacks", made campfires and smoked our first cigarettes, we felt pretty sick. We had a lot of fun.

[@ncoppens]

If you bump your head on a steel pole you learn to not do that again and be more careful next time. 😉 But seriously I live in Austria (same style playgrounds, maybe even more challenging). I am 48 and I really can't remember hearing about an incident with serious injury on one of these playgrounds. The kids learn at a young age to do this safely. We tend to like playgrounds made with more natural materials so it is more integrated in nature. You go on a walk as a family and let your kids play in the playground you pass on your walk. In America you can get sued over everything, so they make playgrounds very safe and boring needing all the colors to make it a little more fun.

[@austropithecus7055]

You got it! In the US, lawyers prowl around like harpys, to find a reason for a lawsuit....

[@KevinCruijssenQuuador]

It's kinda funny, since I'm Dutch, and I've seen both the first German and second American type of playgrounds here before. It's probably about 50-50. The playground I played at as a kid (25 years ago..), did only have wooden and metal parts, and even wooden chips as underground (which were pretty annoying to fall on, ngl). Apparently it hasn't really changed, since it still looks exactly the same as I remember when I look at pictures on google maps.

[@rora8503]

This is a playground adressed at older "children" (mosly teenagers and adults). There playgrounds with lower / smaler equipment for younger children (usually up to a max age of 12). But there almost certainly will be sand, something wooden to climb on, and swings. Balancing beams / ropes ... are a classic as well.

[@Kalendil]

I can confirm. I move to Germany 2 month ago and my Daughter is 7 years old. The first time I watch this kind of playground I was shocked ahahah. My daughter loves them but I was scared. In Argentina the playground are like they show in USA. Even at the school they are like this. Last Friday, she told me that she fell while playing and she hit her leg with a piece of wood, but that she was Ok. When I helped her changed her cloth later on I saw that she had big bruise. But she didn't even care. There a shopping near too (LOOP 5) and inside there are 2 slides that are 3 stories high.

[@simonsventroschke8187]

Hi Ryan! I love to see how America does stuff differently then we Germans do. I think neither is better overall then the other, just different. And sometimes just this difference makes something interesting. Hopefully, I will be able to visit the US someday. Keep making these nice vids. Greetings from Germany, Lower Saxony, Lüchow-Dannenberg. Simon

[@nanuk21]

This is in my hometown .. the playground is near Wiesbaden. Didn’t even know someone made a video about it 😂

[@GeneralGoodGames]

Okay i have to say both playgrounds looks fun! Greetings from germany =)

[@compphysgeek]

we didn't just call those playgrounds Spielplatz but Abenteuerspielplatz, Adventure Playground

[@h4n5i]

that is one of those mid tier themeparks, inbetween small ville themeparks and playgrounds, net positive, no entrance fee, easyily observed and assisted children, not your usual playground, there is tiers according to age, the kindergarden playgrounds get that mushy plastic where children could fall off stuff, usually they got some normal sized swings, some usual sized slides and sesaws, the school age playgrounds have basiucally a beach with a swing with seats for babies as well as children, a slightly bigger slide some more sesaws, some even usable for single children and a bench for parents.

[@lollipop3105]

The first one after the intro is literally my whole childhood in one picture 😂

[@weertangel7231]

This playground IS very big, but even smaller ones here in the Netherlands have stuff like this with lots of sand and things to climb into. Hell, i once went to a Playground Park(with entree fee and all) with my Scouting group and it was alot of fun, even for adults. Of course, most times kids go to them alone(if old eneugh) so they get some independence and learn to watch out for themselves since kidnappings are very rare here.

[@letsbehonest768]

Hi, this playground is in my town, Hochheim am Main.. But unfortunately, the town has demolished this big slide. The playground will be renovate and expand over the next few months. Whenever I go for my jog, I like to jog past it and see the construction process.

[@rwandaforever6744]

When the kids are smaller, you will accompany them to the playground and try to keep them from trying stuff that is too hard and dangerous for them. But they see how the older kids do it and over time develop the ability to try it. You give them some pointers on what to do, where to grip and what not to do and where it gets dangerous. My kids climbed rope pyramids of up to 5m high when they were around 5-6yo. Just tell them to always have one hand on a rope, so when they slip (and they will), they do not just drop down. Worked fine. At one less interesting playground, my kids started to climb the adjacent trees instead. For some time I had to help them get to the lower branches and tell them were to stop as to not get onto too small branches that can't take their weight. Worked out fine. They fall down a lot of times, but not from dangerous heights. They hit their heads, bumped their knees, got scratches small wounds. That's just life and they learned their limits and to respect certain aspects of the environment. And motor skills are not bad. When we were certain the kids knew their limits, knew how to get there and back and be observant of the traffic, they went there alone. That was usually around 6ish, when they also drove their bike to school (about 1km). Independence is important. It also shows them that you respect their freedom and that you have confidence in them to do it right. Sometimes they want you to help them or go with them and you should do that, but always encourage them to try it alone, because they can do it. And not suing the head of any and all people, cities or municipalities whenever you kid gets a scratch also helps a lot. When my kid falls from a playground tower...it's my kids fault for not being careful...then it's my fault for not teaching them how to do it OR to be observant enough to see it coming. Unless it IS something breaking down, ripping off or collapsing when it should not, the city is not involved in any of this. And even then, you will not sue them. You will tell them to fix it and give your kid a band-aid and sent it playing on the other stuff that is not broken. Nobody would actually sue someone over such a minor thing. Even when you had kids dying on playgrounds, it usually is not the playgrounds fault. Like strangulation on a slide, when the cord of a hoodie or jacket is caught on the top and the kid slides down basically hanging on the cord. That is called an accident and you should know as a parent to remove those (often unnecessary) cords anyway. That is on you. You did not look, you did not think of it. And, yeah, that is the general mindset. Your kid does something, that is on you and your kid, not on the environment where it happens, since you put your kid in this environment. Oh, and when you kid needs to be treated in a hospital, it will not bankrupt you instantly. Hit the head hard? It will get a CT and a full clinical work-up, maybe stay one night. And it will cost you...zap.