German playgrounds are designed to be perilous to ensure kids learn how to handle danger

newschant.com ^ | October 25, 2021 | Newschant

[Berlin_Freeper]

New German playgrounds are constructed to be harmful, forcing kids to negotiate perilous obstacles whereas risking harm in the event that they fall in accordance to a professor of motor growth.

Professor Rolf Schwarz of Karlsruhe University of Education, argues that ‘protected’ playgrounds forestall kids from studying how to handle danger within the early levels of their growth.

‘If we would like kids to be ready for danger, we’d like to enable them to come into contact with danger,’ stated the professor who works with councils and playground designers to develop difficult obstacles.

It comes as Rebecca Faulkner, an government from New York based mostly non-profit researcher play:groundNYC, stated smooth touchdown areas and spongy flooring do not assist kids to learn that their actions have penalties.

‘What the spongy floor playgrounds do not do is train kids that there’s a consequence to falling, and so they will not learn something from it,’ stated Faulkner.

‘The spongy floor actually simply teaches them that the bottom is smooth, which, after all, it isn’t.’

[Berlin_Freeper]

There was a nice children's playground near us that recently got redesigned and what I saw that they made for small children horrified me. I sometimes ride my bicycle by there and I don't even like to look. That's how dangerous it is. I'll take a ride and add a few pictures...

[noiseman]

This thread is going to be pure gold.

[alexander_busek]

New German playgrounds are constructed to be harmful dangerous, forcing kids to negotiate perilous obstacles whereas and risking harm in the event that they fall in accordance , according to a professor of motor growth.

Regards,

[algore]

I agree.

When my children were little I sought out the older playgrounds.

I was lucky to find there was an old playground at an hoa not really far from me that had a centripetal spinning thing.

Not as large in diameter as I would have liked, but...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

In CA they passed this law that if any party to a lawsuit is even just 1% guilty they can be forced to pay the entire award to the defendant if they are the only one with "big pockets". Soon all of the playground equipment was removed from all parks for fear of cities paying huge lawsuits.

After a few years low-to-the-ground rubberized plastic monstrosities started popping up. No dangers. No fears. No fun.

Lately I've seen those replaced by more elaborate and fun equipment for the kids. Still rubberized, but taller with much more to climb and crawl around in.

[algore]

Teaching physics at an early age is a bonus

[UnwashedPeasant]

Danger Baby

[Billthedrill]

I survived the Jungle Gym and the Monkey Bars and a couple of swings that were trainers for NASA launchpads and I was never the bravest kid in the pack. But there were casualties, anywhere from a chipped tooth to a broken collarbone. A certain moderation is probably in order here, and I’d save the punji stick pit and the hot lava for the over-twelves if it were me doing it.

[llevrok]

The Germans know if you are afraid of a skinned knee as a kinder, how the Hell can you ever grow up to invade Poland?

[21twelve]

I recall in grade school, one Monday some buddies and I were called into the Principal’s office.

“Boys - you’ll notice that the Merry-Go-Round is gone from the playground. All due to you boys being too rough on it and spinning other children off.”

I piped up “Well, we can just use the tall slides instead!”

(Yeah - I got detention.)

My only injury on the playground was when a bully pushed me from behind and the ground was slick ice (Minnesota winters). I landed square on my face on the frozen asphalt and blacked out and got a concussion. It happened so fast I didn’t even get my arms out to break the fall. Just WHAM - on my face (my forehead mainly as I recall).

But yeah - the Merry-go-Round was somehow more dangerous. (I don’t recall anybody getting hurt.)

[PlateOfShrimp]

Thanks BF!

This is pretty much the only sign of any intelligence left in humanity that I have seen in the last 18 months.

Cheers.

[ClearCase_guy]

Get the kids off the playground and just let them play with some quality Mainway Toys.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I'm back with pictures. It's a chilly November Thursday morning so there were no children (thankfully, The HORROR LoL!). But keep in mind I am talking about perils to small children whom I have seen passing by on my bike.

I used my bike for scale which is an extra large size frame because I am 6 feet 4 inches tall...
There is sand here but you can see this slide is very high and not easy to get up on:
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Then getting off is a risky maneuver where a child needs to drape their legs over the bars and slide down:
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This play house looks safe enough because much of it is enclosed but there are open areas inside with difficult rope climbs and open side panels a child could fall out:
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The top of this climb is very high and looks like a difficult move to get up on the platform:
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Plus if a child wanted to do the whole challenge they would start with the ropes leading to the climb which is very long and looks tiring so they will be worn out by the time they need to climb:
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Here is a mouse/cheese house where a child could fall out of the open hole and drop about 10 feet:
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This is what freaked me out when I rode by on my bicycle and saw a few very small children standing on top. One could easily bump another off by accident:
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There is more but less perilous in my opinion. We had monkey bars when I was a kid that was risky and we were happy when they added rubber mats under it but this park here in Berlin has so many dangerous situations a small child could get involved with. Add to that many parents take their small children here and then are staring at their phones.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Horror!

[sit-rep]

did you have your helmet on and knee and elbow pads as well??

I for one think its not too bad of a concept seeing how pussified men have become in this country...

[Berlin_Freeper]

Ironically, in regards to the pictures of the playground I posted in #13, there is a sign there that says the playground was funded by the EU.

[sit-rep]

Really?? you should keep your bicycle helmet on at all times when out doors!... you know... just incase you trip over a pebble...

[Berlin_Freeper]

I always wear my helmet. A bit of danger risk is fine, falls happen could happen. But a children’s park should not be filled with dangerous perils, imo.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Oh a tough guy troll, posting anonymous crap on the internet to compensate a serious ego problem.

[sit-rep]

okay...