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Our family of six loves German playgrounds (Deutsche Spielplätze)! They were one of the first things we went to when we moved to Germany from America. In this video, we share with you how they're different from playgrounds in the USA and why we love them! There's even a lot of research that's been done on German playgrounds, and countries all over the world have been inspired by them. We also discuss the culture of German self-reliance and how children are raised to be much more independent at a younger age here than in the USA.
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Raising Self Reliant Children - • Raising Self-Reliant C... - she talks about playgrounds at 12:00
www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/tr...
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We are a family of six, with four kids and a cat 😹, who moved from the USA to Germany in February of 2021 to pursue our dreams of adventure, travel, learning another language, and integrating into German life. We hope you enjoy our videos about our journey to integrate - the highs and the lows of being foreigners on the adventure of a lifetime.
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//TIME STAMPS//
0:00 - Intro and life in Germany update
4:11 - German playgrounds were one of our first German experiences as immigrants
5:30 - 1 - Parents are more involved on the playgrounds, especially Dads
6:44 - 2 - You can drink a beer while your kids play!
7:50 - 3 - Playground tourism is a thing! Family's playground "hop"
8:25 - 4 - The playgrounds encourage the kids to use their critical thinking skills and cooperate with other kids
12:53 - 5 - You can see the German culture of self-reliance in action on the playgrounds
17:28 - Time to feature some of your comments about German playgrounds (and Ella steals the show!)