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28 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I don't know why, but for some reason YT keeps recommending me "Americans reviewing Germany" videos. It's a hidden genre where Americans basically discuss what they experience as differences between the US and Germany. This time: playgrounds!
Naturally, Germany has a national ISO-like standard for playgrounds, DIN EN 1176:

hst-spielgeraete.de/en-1176-en-117…
I really like this comment below the video, paraphrased by a TÜV Engineer:

"A playground can and should to a degree be dangerous, kids need to be able to hurt themselves to understand that their actions have real world consequences and to train their decision making abilities. /
It is however our job to make sure that simple mistakes can not result in serious life changing injuries and that all hazards are obvious to a child."

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