5 THINGS THAT SHOCKED ME ABOUT RAISING MY KIDS IN GERMANY🇩🇪 New Zealand mum
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In the past, Germany itself was criminally negligent in passing on knives. But the legal situation is clear today. It was illegal to ask teachers to do something like that. Parents who gave their children a sharp knife to take to school were also acting illegally.
The only legal way would be for parents to hand the knife over to an adult before school and take it back with them after school!
It is shocking how little knowledge there is of our weapons laws and the laws protecting minors here!
Children under the age of 14 are generally not allowed to own weapons, which can include certain knives. But even younger children are generally only allowed to handle knives if they have the appropriate level of maturity and ability. And only under supervision!
The school also has a duty of care towards its students! Transferring responsibility to the parents is completely unacceptable!
9:07 Are you sure that this is something specific to Germany? Just take a look at schools in a big city, there you meet fewer children from privileged parents.
I agree. Non-sharp knifes will also create more gashing wounds an propbably leave worse scars. Teaching how to treat a knife and be very responable and careful with it is a very important skill to avoid accidents in the future. Most kids love to help ding grown-up stuff, also. Sometimes it´s a good thing to overcome ones own fears as a parent. Feelings are not always helpful when making decisions...
Stumpfe Messer stellen eine größere Verletzungsgefahr dar als scharfe Messer:
Man drückt viel stärker und rutscht beim schneiden eher ab!
Meine 4 Töchter und meine Frau haben alle ein Schweizer Taschenmesser und ein Opinel
Und vernünftig Schneiden lernen kann man mit einem stumpfen Messer auch nicht. Na gut, die meisten Küchenmesser taugen auch nur noch als Lineal, weil die Benutzer nicht wissen, was ein scharfes Messer ist.
Das denke ich auch. Unsere Kinder haben scharfe Opinel-Messer, die vorne abgerundet sind. Scharf: Man kann sich in den Finger schneiden. Blöd, aber ungefährlich. Spitz: Alles mögliche kann passieren... Stumpf: Rutscht ab.
Matheo did a great job! We also climbed (old) trees, which was more dangerous because of the breaking branches.
at the age of 5, i crossed an international border, to eat ice with my friends and my older sister!
early 70s!
The ground under such playground installations is soft so you never completely die kf dropping down...
If it is the right sand... and normaly the toys are hard to access for to little children by stecific step distances ...... but yes you need trust in the chilld is always concentrated before sliding down
Vaccinations: My kids were born around 2000, so we had the choice. I remember there were a few parents back then who were against all kinds of vaccines, but for the great majority of parents in our community the common vaccinations were a matter of course I think. So I‘m a bit surprised that it‘s mandatory now. But I appreciate it!
Sharp knives for school kids: Absolutely normal here, I think. My children started to „help“ me cutting fruit and vegetables with sharp knives when they were around three or four. Supervised of course, and we started with bananas, strawberries and other things that are easy to cut. However, at the age of six, kids are usually capable of cutting anything you give them without cutting themselves. Well, mostly. I mean… I‘m 50 and I still cut myself quite often 😅
Dangerous playgrounds: Some of them really, really scared me too 😱 I was always nervous when they climbed very high or when there were aggressive kids with them on some of the higher equipment. But I always tried not to show how nervous I was, because I wanted to show my kids that I believed in them. So maybe those chilled German parents that you see on the playgrounds are not as chilled as you might think 😉
Both of my kids have survived 🎉 But we had to rush to the hospital a few times.
Sweets from the doctor as a reward for being brave: I never experienced it. Sometimes they received little toys, but never sweets. I don‘t think it‘s a good idea to reward children with food of any kind, because this way they learn to compensate themselves for challenging or uncomfortable situations with food in their adult‘s life as well. Never did that, not even with an apple or something, and if their doctor had done it I would have discussed it with him for sure! Sweets are fine, don‘t get me wrong! Just not as a reward.
German parents overdressing their children: I have noticed it too. I think it‘s relatively new though. When I was young, kids weren‘t overdressed I believe. So I don’t think it’s a "cultural thing", and I have no idea why some parents do it! Sometimes I want to grab those kids and peel them out of their clothes to let them breathe and cool down a bit 😄
That being said, I always waited for summer to bring my kids to kindergarten in shorts. They wore long (but lightweight) trousers or a skirt with leggings underneath to kindergarten in springtime, and when they came home from kindergarten they changed into shorts or put off the leggings. The weather can change so quickly in springtime and I didn‘t want to make those who look after my children feel uncomfortable with letting my kids play outside all day in the wrong clothes. It‘s like the mandatory mud clothing: They never wore it when they went outside with me, but it was mandatory in the kindergarten and I respected it. It‘s one thing to decide for your kids as a parent when you are with them, but it‘s a different thing when others look after them.
I am just an aunt (and meanwhile I am a great aunt, that is how old I am) - and once I took my nieces to the zoo. There is a big playground there and they both loved to play on there (one of my nieces was already 11 but thoroughly enjoyed it, as it was different from most others playgrounds she has seen). It had a kind of rope net to reach the first level. They loved climbing up and down that. I was very glad they did not need my assistance - because I would not have gone on that, as I suffer from a fear of heights. So yeah, let the children climb and get unto things we are scared of - they will be fine. Of course - I would not let them go on a circus tent high rope with a concrete floor underneath. But this was a playground. I trust the safety inspections. The zoo here is known to be very popular with parents. All the other kids, some younger than my younger niece climbed up there. So I sat back and let them enjoy themselves.
As the saying has it:
"Laws are made for protecting stupid people from doing stupid things."
Or from refusing to do intelligent things, as it comes to measles vaccination.
This playground is pretty normal, you should see our Abenteuerspielplatz! 😂 And this child knows how to climb, so he will do great. Have more thrust in him. Even if they fall down, they seldom are dangerously injured. They learn very early, if you don't hold yourself properly, you will fall and hurt yourself. My sohn never fell even once. And now he boulders and climbs with ropes.
Our pediatricians give no sweets but little stones to collect (but only after the children are older than 3 years)😅
Here it is a little animal like the Schleich ones :) and at our dentist's is rubber gums shaped like teeth
I'm always shocked by your internationals' reactions: no knife to preapare a meal, armed teachers, locked entrances or metal detectors at the door... Isn't what you consider normal the way things should not have to be?...
Are you confusing New Zealand with the USA?
And what does that even mean: "your internationals‘ reactions"? Every country is different, and within these different countries people are different.
However, most of the things you listed here are, if anything, not "international" but (stereo-)typical for people from the USA. And, most importantly, they didn‘t play any role in this video.
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Very good response, Sister.
I was trying to figure out what "your internationals' responses" referred to.
When trying to work out why armed teachers were mentioned, I only thought about the USA...
I am a Kiwi, like Antoinette. Some things listed there must come from other countries far from NZ, including from Oz and all Pacific Islands too, for that matter.
A lot of people come to NZ for the freedom and not only racial and religious tolerance but for our embracing of "every creed and race".
Many Americans like it here...due to the laidback friendly lifestyle. "Peace" and unity are other things they often love here.
My daughter really wanted to help me cook when she was 2 or 3. She was given the biggest, sharpest kitchen knife (better grip, less risk of slipping) and I showed her how to use it as well as I could. She liked to carve and do handicrafts. - She cut herself for the first time when she was 8 (not bad). She told me the reason was that she got distracted. I was very proud of her for that realisation: lesson learned.
Sharp knifes are less risky than bland knifes
@@julianegner5997 Yes, that's the reason (besides, all our knives are sharp anyway 😂). And secondly, I find larger cooking knives more suitable for beginners - knives with a larger blade, e.g. all-purpose knives (not the pointed, slim fish or meat knives, for example). They are easier to see, feel, control and guide and they also do not penetrate so easily. As a first approach you can, for example, teach your child to place them with the tip on the board and only cut with the rest (Things that are big enough and don't roll away, like apple slices, (half) cucumbers or carrots, for example, are a good place to start - things that are easy to cut, easy to see and on which you can learn the finger position of the holding hand.)
@@BernhardGineralso the weight of a larger knife can help with cutting so the child doesn't need as much strength to cut harder things
end of march you can have 0 degree in the morning and 23 degree in the afternoon. so winter gear makes sense for part of the day if they go out to school at 7am when its cold. I remember facing the same issue as a child. its not really the parents fault its just the change of the season where you get summer and winter on the same day.
German father here. When watching your son climb, I got the impression he very well knows what he is doing and how to do it. Lessons learned. The only problem my daughter ever had was when she climbed up some structure and did not know how to get down again. That happened exactly once. After that the only problem was explaining to adults that she knew exactly what she was doing and there was no need to "rescue" her from trees or light poles
As a child, I would have been thrilled if we had playgrounds like the ones you can find everywhere today. Of course there were also climbing frames and slides and swings. But we trained our gross motor skills in trees, on walls, in garages ;-)). When I think back to what I had to deal with as a child, it's still a mystery to me that I got through it all in one piece ;-))
Yeah, thats my basic rule for my son: he is only allowed to climb, when i made sure he knows the way back down.
We are literally monkeys, the urge to climb sits deeply in our genecode
There is a german saying that expains it all: "Kinder, die nichts dürfen, werden zu Erwachsenen, die nichts können." (Children who are not allowed to do anything will become adults who are unable to do anything.)
Depending on the region, the weather here in Germany can change very quickly in spring and you go outside early in the sun and freeze yourself off at lunchtime. Therefore, it takes a little longer for German parents to trust the weather and act according to the motto, you can always move out a bit. You can't wear what you don't have with you.
Antoinette German playgrounds are checked by TÜV and approved to ensure that they are safe for children! Most playgrounds with plastic stuff are much more dangerous than German children's playgrounds with lots of loose sand. The sand ensures extra safety even to prevent injuries. The Germans' golden rule is when the dormouse is over, it's time to dress properly for summer.
So ist es! Kinder müssen ja auch lernen, ihre körperlichen Fähigkeiten aus zu testen und zu trainieren! Und ich glaube auch, dass Spielplätze, schon in meiner Jugend, in den Sechzigern sehr sicher waren! Pfingsten ist ja nun praktisch vorbei. Dann wünsche ich euch einfach nur eine schöne Woche! Und denk daran: die ersten fünf Tage nach dem Sonntag, jetzt sind es vier, sind immer die schlimmsten! Grüße aus Ahrensburg❤
I think that soon along U checks kids will get TÜV chek too. A lot of people (even German by origin) complain that Kitas and schools are made for one type of kids (by DIN norm) and every kid that is not made like that will heve issues
Children bones heal good. As long the playground doesn't kill its fine. ;-) My childhood was full of abrasion injuries and I believe it should be this way.
What is the meaning of " the dormouse is over" ??? Or german translation...😊
@@LupaMoon-008 : Every year on June 27th is Seven Sleepers Day. In 2024, Seven Sleepers Day will fall on Thursday, June 27th. A farmer's rule says that the next eight weeks will be like this day. Or another legend says that Seven Sleepers Day has nothing to do with the animal of the same name, but rather it is the liturgical memorial day for the seven sleepers of Ephesus. On June 27th, Christians remember a legend about seven children who are said to have survived for 195 years walled up in a shelter.Dormouse = Siebenschläfer , try to translate it differently like seven day sleeper.
The "overdressing" in changing seasons is this: It's called Zwiebelprinzip. In spring and autumn in the mornings often it's chilly cold, so the kids get dressed so that they can take off things. Like a zipper/cardigan on top of a tshirt instead of a sweater (like in winter) and a hat or shawl for the way to school in the early morning.
It‘s also often the case that summerclothes are packed away in boxes during winter to make room in the wardrobe, so they aren‘t easily accessible if one or two days are unseasonably warm.
"Kind ziehe dir was an, deiner Mutter ist kalt." Meaning: Child put on some clothes, your mother feels cold.😅
That is also a phenomenon I observed occasionally.
German mom here. 😀 You should have seen my daughter, when she decided to wear her skiing trousers to kindergarten in June! 😂 I really tried to talk her out of it, but she was determined, so I let her. Some things must obviously be learnt by experience. 🤷😄 She wore them on the way to kindergarten and also on the way home, but she never did it again during summer. Normally, my kids would kick off their shoes and everything wintery as soon as the sun got a little warmer.
Wer schön sein will muss leiden!
I asked my mum about it and she said I started using scissors at age 2.5 and kitchen knives at 4. Totally normal, all the kids in my German family do so. The worst that could happen: a tiny cut, tears for a minute, life lesson learned. Won't happen twice. ;)
And the dangerous playgrounds are the only ones that are fun! When we were kids we climbed up the fir trees, like 10-15m high.. in fact I spent half my childhood high up in trees. Nobody ever fell. Let them enjoy it.
I actually had a friend who nearly cut her finger completely off using scissors at school. I don't remember what she was cutting but it sounded like she pushed down on the scissors with her palm to try to cut something and nearly chopped off a finger on the opposite hand. She said it was the teacher's fault tho cuz she told her to do it that way.
I still hate the boring playgrounds with a Schaukel and a Rutsche and Sand and that's it. The best are they ones with climbing stuff or multi use in any way, lots of structure, balancing poles and so forth.
Well, I don't remember using a knife for preparing meals in school, but we have done some woodwork, which includes using a saw, hammer and nails - and that was in the elementary school. So, yeah, using tools for young school kids is quite normal in Germany, I guess.
I also think learning to use such tools is safer when they learn this with teachers/parents opposed to playing around with such tools when no one is watching (and they will try sooner or later)
German mom here. I think our take on raising children is to show them, teach them, encourage them to do things themselves safely, from a young age. Kids don't need to be scared of handling a knife, helping with cooking, lighting a candle, etc. if they have the proper tools, have been taught(and are age appropriately supervised) and confident in their abilities. In my experience accidents on playgrounds are rare not only because the playgrounds are designed to be safe, but also we allow our kids to trust their instincts and their abilities and not spook them by being overly cautious. Mine are teenagers now, and the only "serious" injury my daughter ever had was a broken arm from falling awkwardly with her inliners - and yes, she had protective gear. As for the candy at the doctor's office -I was asked if it's okay with me. If it hadn't been, the reward would have been a small toy or sticker.
Children learning how to safely use knives as tools grow up automatically regard knives as tools, they develop a safe and healthy mindset.
Knives are no longer forbidden dangers, they have legitimate purposes.
I bought my first Swiss pocket knife when I was 10 years old and I've carried one ever since, with 2 or 3 minor accidents in half a century.
Mom of 2 german boys here. Our oldest got his first tool box with actual tiny tools (all wood and metal, no plastics) for his 2nd birthday. It had absolutely everything you would want in a tool box including a saw (Fuchsschwanz in German) and a hand drill (like a screw for wine bottles) which we both put in a safe place and gave those to him only when supervised. For that birthday He also got his opinel kitchen knife which is a sharp knife which cuts carrots and peppers.
He got his first pocket knife at 5 I believe and now at 7 he is using an axe to help his father chop wood.
Needles to say that his 2 1/2 yo brother doesn't stand around watching.
They have both cut themselves with knifes as it happens to anyone from time to time while cooking. Bandaid on, little song and a cuddle and all ist well again. They know those tools are sharp, demand focus and are not to be fooled around with.
If the school would ask for the Kids to bring knifes I would assume they mean sharp kitchen knifes, because they do have butter knifes in house the kids could use.
Playgrounds and outdoors:
There are playgrounds where I as a mom can not understand why they are built like that. 10m high climbing nets and there are kids that climb to the top and then decide to hang there upside down because it's fun. I have turned away from those kind of situations countless times. There is a saying "If mum doesn't look, nothing happens". Just because we aren't running around screaming doen't mean we're not scared. We just try to not project it on our kids. There have been countless times where I thought "one slip will earn us a ride to the ER and I'll feel like the stupidest parent on the planet" - has never happened so far *knock on wood*.
Once, on Fehmarn, I rounded a corner to find my 2 yo daughter 4 meters above ground on a balancing rope, her fingers barely reaching the side handles. All I could think was “don’t scream, or she’ll fall!”. I never sweated as much as during the minutes she took to return to the ground.
Hahahahahaaaa
Knife? Totally normal.
"without a pocket knife you are not a boy" Austrian primary school headmaster
Students who are supposed to bring a knife to school in the first grade? That is absolutely *not* "normal" in Germany either. You definitely can't do that in big cities. And I would also say that the parents or teachers would have had serious problems if something had happened involving a knife!
Not at this age! Even adults can have problems if the knife in question exceeds certain dimensions and is, for example, carried openly!
When my son startet Kita they would prepare a small fruit snack for and whith the children every day. If they hab bananas, one of the older kids was allways allowed to cut them with a dull childrens kniffe. The oldest children in the group where close to their 3rd birthday. I had no problems with it. Better to teach them responsibility and dexterity under supervision early on, so there won't be accidents later!
@@to.l.2469 kitchen knifes (and in this context, I assume paring knives, with blades well under 10cm) would not cause any trouble if not carried openly. There is a reason they were asked to wrap the knifes in a towel and keep it in their bags until used.
I've heard about this being done in many locations, including some big cities. So I'd call it normal.
As for legal questions: kitchen knifes and some other purpose built knifes are totally fine irrespective of their length, as long as you keep them in your bag/purse/rucksack. Even in your bag, most knives over 10cm blade length are illegal in Germany.
Back in my school days, we even did some wood carving in first grade, yes, with sharp carving knifes we would carry home and to school in our bags. Certainly haven't heard of any school doing that in the past 15-20 years (and before that, it became increasingly rare, despite me never hearing of any problems except for small(!) cuts)
@@svenmueller For adults: That's true, of course.
I'm talking about a child carrying a knife (on the way to school).
Children under 14 are generally prohibited from owning weapons, which can include certain knives.
For small knives (
But even younger children are only allowed to handle knives if they have the necessary maturity and ability. And only under supervision! There is no supervision when carrying knives.
Schools also have a duty of care towards their students! Shifting the responsibility onto the parents is completely unacceptable!
German dad here. I rather have my kids (5 and 9) climb and experiment on the playground where it's relatively safe (soft ground, no sharp metal edges etc) than finding them on the roof of the school building or run off to play on an abandoned factory or construction site (well, I did as a kid and had a few narrow escapes). For us it's even pretty normal to let our kids go to the playground on their own - it's not far from our house (no dangerous roads to cross). My son loves helping me in the kitchen, so he got a kitchen knife for his fifth birthday - it's got a sharp blade, but a rounded point and a handle fitting a kid's hand. Easier and safer to handle for him than one of mine. Did he cut his finger? Yes, it happened twice, but never really badly, nothing a colourful band-aid couldn't fix...
As a young boy I went on many hiking tours with my parents and grandparents. I think I was around 6 or 7 when my grandfather gave me a Swiss army knife as a gift eager to show me how to use it safely and what I'd be able to do with it.
However we do have a saying:
"Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht,
sind für kleine Kinder nicht!"
(Knife, fork, scissors, light,
are not (allowed) for small children)
Here, Licht (light) stands for fire as well as for electricity.
Usually "kleine Kinder" (small children) means children up to an age of 4 or 5 who are still struggling at controlling the movements of their limbs possibly.
I tend to agree, but would lower the age, most kids I know cut their own fruit with a sharp knife once three. My son got scissors for his 3rd birthday and he's been allowed to light candles, but that one never alone. He's also allowed to put new wood into the stove.
@@viomouse I don't know when I got my first knife, but with something like 6-8 I lost it and then had the next one secured with a thin chain to the trousers.
Watch denmarks forest kindergardens!!!!
@@nelerhabarber5602 Das sind die ganz Harten! 😅
@@markusb.ausu.3878 Nur die Harten kommen durch!😁
6 year olds using knives to cut vegetables is totally normal for me. I am still a little surprised the teacher asked for the kids to bring in knives, though. I would expect the school to have some knives they can use.
As to playgrounds, I don't think Geran playgrounds are dangerous. The equipment is inspected regularly and safety standards for playgrounds are high. I have never been to new Zealand, but visited New York last year and I was shocked at how uninteresting the playgrounds were. Even my two year old got bored super fast, because with all the focus of it being safe, there just was not anything interesting or challenging for him to do.
8:00 To be fair/precise: The "little bag" of gummibears contains about 5 or 6 bears. 😊
In Ontario there was a death of a young child due to measles just a couple of days ago, after more than 10 years of the last incident, just because the danger isn't immanent anymore because of the vaccines, there are too many parents which are against vaccines altogether, even life saving ones. So these old days of kids dying and getting almost forgotten diseases are coming back.
I'm very happy in Germany there is a mandatory vaccination for measles and many vacs are strongly recommended, like polio, etc.
I'm a Kiwi and I am very happy that Germans make vaccinations compulsory.
A lot of children died from measles in Samoa a few years ago.
When you got measles while you are pregnant, it can cause a lot of harm to the unborn child.
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You are referring to Rubella. Also called German measles.
It is a rather mild illness for babies and children.
I don't know for sure about those rare cases in Canada, but I have definitely referred to the 83 small children who died in 2019 of measles within 3 1/2 months in the tiny Pacific nation of Samoa.
It is really shocking how many countries do not vaccinate their babies.
I'm always surprised to find parents who don't mind their children dying or being crippled by diseases like measles or polio.
It feels like "meh, I don't care, we can always make another one".
In most countries, parent's rights supercede children's rights by some degree. You also don't need to present a license/certification or finance plan, despite the two decades of commitment necessary.
A dull knife is much more dangerous than a sharp one. You need a lot more force to cut and this can lead to accidents more quickly. Children should learn how to use knives safely at an early age and the dangers should also be explained to them. A friend gave me a knife for my 9th birthday that wasn't sharp enough - I slipped while cutting and my index finger was cut right down to the bone. 2 hours in the emergency room and four stitches - I learned my lesson and never cut myself again (I'm 55 years old)
Bringing knives to school for cooking together is normal! I (mother of 5 children) remember very well a teacher who complained to the parents that there were children in her class (Year 1, children aged 6) who couldn't peel an apple!
Wozu gibt es Sparschäler?
I am German and worked in a Kindergarten, and yes, for us it is totally normal to teach the children to cut with a sharp knife. How shall they learn to do it without practice? And concerning the playground-video. What will happen, if your son slips? He will fall in the sand and I am pretty sure he won´t hurt himself too much. And by the way: Why should he slip? I think it is only a little bit dangerous if someone pushes him.
My daughter just had a healthy beakfast at school last week and she was also asked to bring a sharp knife. I didn't even think about it being "weird". :-D I just packed everything in her school bag and off she went.
The trick is to let them make mistakes that are big enough to learn and small enough to not seriously damage.
that playground looks aweaome!! i teach Kinderturnen (gymnastics) for children age 3 and older and this climbing ladder is great. for a smaller child, the distance would be too big, so it ensures that only children with a certain bodyheight can get up. and the loose sand would prevent major inuries if they fell. In my experience, most children know exactly what they are capable of and will only try things they think they can manage. learning to assess risks and experience what their body can do is extremely beneficial for children's development, confidence and health!
in Kindergarten we had the "Hammerspiel" where you could nail colourful wooden pieces to a corkboard. of course it had real steel nails!
Bei uns machen die Kinder im Kindergarten den Werkzeugfuhrerschein. Hammer und Nagel, Schnitzen mit dem Schnitzmesser, sägen. Sie machen sogar eine Art Gesellenstuck
Das ist ja mal cool!
Klingt super. Ich wünschte das hätte es bei uns damals gegeben.
Bringing a knife out of the blue with you to school will raise several eyebrows and can even have a teacher interfere depending on age. But when they tell you to bring one it's no big deal.
The knife-to-school thing is totally normal and we did the same in primary school 45 years ago.
Measle vaccination is important and super-safe.nothing to worry about.
Very true. I‘m a doctor, and I‘ve seen a few cases of measles encephalitis over the years. It is absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😭
You are aware there is ... sand on the ground beneath these "dangerous" playgrounds? Normally nothing happens even if they fall^^. Yeah, chill.
I want to add something to the measles vaccination: Even us Kindergarten teachers have to be vaccinated against measles. At least in Berlin.
It is actually recommended to give kids a sharp knife to cut fruits and vegetables. That's because butter knives are not sharp enough for the kids to cut fruits and vegetables. So if they try the knife can quite easily slip off and the kids can get hurt by that. Like they have the knife in their hand and slip off and cut their other arm or their other hand or fingers instead.
This all makes perfect sense! Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and share your feedback.
Man sagt mit Recht scharfe Messer sind sicherer als stumpfe Messer
When I grew up in Sydney in the 1950/60's we were vaccinated every year for so any different diseases. It was not a problem. A doctor and some nurses would come to the school, and then - "Everyone line up" and you got your shots. Never a problem.
I went to a Ganztagsschule (full-day school) with a Hort (after-school-daycare) attached. The school had its own kitchen were we children could do baking and cooking projects in the afternoons with instruction and supervision of the teachers. Depending on your grade you were allowed to operate different kinds of knives and other kitchen utensils (like mixers, ovens, stovetops). It was really fun and a great opportunity to learn basic kitchen skills from an early age. Plus we got to feel the accomplishment of having made a nice afternoon snack for all the other kids. ❤
we have a saying in German...if the mother is freezing, the kid must dress up.
I really wonder about mothers from the States - or in this case Australia - how they bring up kids.
Do such mothers expect cooking experience and the knowledge about fruits, vegetables and cooking in general will fall from heaven for their children as a birthday present from God for their 18th birthday ?🎈🎁
Where should this extremely important and complicated knowledge come from ? I do think it is obvious to everyone that it takes a lot of training to cook - especially simple dishes with a knack.
The degree to which one sautés onions 🧅 give them their specific flavour ... and and and.
Additionally the knowledge of cooking and healthy food choices determine how healthy one's child will be as an adult.
Welcome back! Really missed your Kiwi accent.
Measles vaccination: I really wish they'd have had that back in the 1970s when I got the measles as a child. It wasn't fun. I had such a high fever the doctors feared for my life. At least that's what my parents told me, but they're parents and maybe exaggerating.
Knives: Oh come on! I'm from a rural area, and we boys always had our sharp Swiss Army Knives with us. You can't send a boy to school with a blunt knife, that's embarrassing.
Playgrounds: When I was a kid, we had none in our village. But there's a forest, and we were climbing trees instead. Without parental supervision, occasional scratches and bruises included. To be honest, I'd still prefer that.
There are sugar-free and even vegan gummi bears, I'm sure the ones from the pediatrician are something like that. Personally, I think children shouldn't be rewarded for doing things that need to be done, but opinions vary.
"Getting out of winter mode", again: I'm from a rural area. We watch the weather, not the calendar. And you know what the parents in my neighborhood do? They let their children decide what they want to wear. That's good education, in my opinion. They learn from experience, which includes feeling uncomfortable at times if their decision wasn't so wise.
Hi Antoinette, Mom of 2 here. :)
As for knives (and other potentially dangerous tools): we don’t tell them they’re too small to use those, but we teach them how to use them, and explain the dangers. My son tended to campfires at age 4, and used a 1100°C gas burner to make glass beads at age 7. He’s so far gotten fewer burns than I. 😅
Same for the playgrounds: children instictively learn and know their boundaries when we let them explore them. How can a child learn balance, gravity, the strength of their own arms, if we never let them use them? Every time you stop your child from climbing a small wall, or onto a log, you deny them an opportunity to learn. Please, Antoinette, chill out at the playground. :)
And for your comment on clothes… I cannot confirm your observation. Neither I nor any other parent I know will make their kids sweat in winter clothing during spring sun weather. BUT there are those parents - like myself- who let their kids decide for themselves what they want to wear. And yes, we’ve had more than one occasion when the beloved winter coat my daughter absolut insisted on wearing ended up on my arm…
Standard phrase of my mother: "It's too cold outside. It's windy! You're dressed much to lightly!"
Next thing she'd do: put every warm piece of cloth within reach on me ... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(mind my mother grew up in Austria in the Alps)
Regarding playgrounds: don't think German parents are totally chilled. But I think it's reasonable to let children explore their boundaries mainly for themselves. Their capabilities are growing with the challenges they decide to tackle. And of course children get instructed about which things are too dangerous and should be avoided.
I think, we germans dress still warm in spring because until end of may, the weather still can change suddenly, and a warm day with 23 degree plus celsius can easily end with 12 or less degrees, espacially after those thunderstorms that often happen in springtime, so that children would freeze without warm clothings.
Measles vaccinations: Measles in fact my cause of late onset symptoms. Eg, if one is prone to asthma, this may be started through having the measles. It is furthermore known by now that in some (few) cases someone who suffered from the measles may develop measles enecephalitis even years after actually getting ill. And if this happens, this is always fatal. Cognitive functions will decline over the course of months inevitably, and the person suffering from the condition, be it child or grown up person, will eventually die, after having gone blind, deaf and mute in the process. It is rare, but it is seriously nothing I would want anyone to have endure, as a patient or a relative.
I grew up at my Grandma's in Germany. She taught me to cut veggies and fruit at age 4. She also let me cook simple stuff and taught me how to cook in general. At age 6 I was totally able to do most dishes by myself (with her teaching me what herbs and spices to choose and how much to use). I was standing on a chair in front of the oven and cooked pancakes and scrambled eggs and potato soup. And I also peeled potatoes and carrots and everything by myself. It took another 2 years to memorize most of the simple recipies she does regularly. Later at 10+ I started to improvise. There was only one incident in my childhood, when I got hot oil on my hand. After that I was very careful with the pan. Never happened again. Oh and I had some very minor cuts... but I still get them sometimes as an adult. Thats just bad luck, I guess.
In my country we have a saying “crafty wind”, which implies that even though the sun is out and it feels warm, you should look out for the cool winds in spring. Usually it means that even if it gets 20+ degrees in April, I’ll still have a thin scarf on and a jacket in my bag for when the sun goes down. Also, I would not wear shorts yet, instead I’d maybe choose trousers with a more breathable fabric.
thinking back on it i cant remember that i wasnt allowed to use sharp knifes. Only that i should be careful. And that i was realy annoyed by that sentence XD
same xD especially the annoyed part!
Es ist eine echte Unsitte, das kleinen Kindern andauernd ungefragt Süßigkeiten angeboten werden! Das hat mich genervt, als meine Tochter klein war.
Die ständige Esserei von Kohlehydraten zieht sich dann wie ein roter Faden durch die Gesellschaft.
Mindestens 5 Mahlzeiten am Tag, überwiegend konzentrierte Kohlehydrate (von Nudeln bis süßem Obst), sagt die Ernährungspyramide.
Fettleibigkeit und Diabetes sind dann oft vorprogrammiert.
6:02 Playgrounds and safety: Don't panic, there are strict safety regulations for playgrounds in Germany. I can't see anything dangerous about this climbing frame. There are no dangerous holes that a head could fit into, there is sand underneath and the edges are rounded. It is up to the parents to decide whether, for example, a particular climbing frame is "too high". If the child feels safe, has the necessary mental maturity and no serious injuries are to be expected from a simple fall, everything should be OK.
As a child I climbed trees, which were definitely not safe.
It helps your child not to be worried. If the risks are discussed every now and then, these can be valuable experiences for the child. But as I said, the assessment is up to the parents, because only they know their child better than anyone else.
My Son is a pre schooler in his Kindergarten. They do often trips to the forests. The educators asked the parents for the children (5 and 6 year olds) to bring like a swiss knife in their rucksack to one of their forest trips 😮 That shocked me ... by the way: I'm a Portuguese mum living with my 3 children in Germany 🇩🇪 😊
My child was 3 years old when it cut things with a sharp knife for the first time. No problem. And no, I don't think it was a good idea to give your child a butter knife for school breakfast preparations.
They probably switched it with a knife from their kitchen? Because it's more risky to try to cut with a butterknife, you have to use too much force and "quetsch" rather then cut, so there is a higher risk to slip and hurt yourself.
@@TheMAmephlet's hope they switched.
We tend to overdress a little in the spring, thats through. My wife says about that: "... Let us be a little underdressed in autumn to get prepared for the winter and overdressed in spring to prepare for the summer...". But to be through: It also might be, that the summer clothes are still in a box and it doesn't make sense to put them out for just two nice and warm spring days.
I get where you are coming from, and I can totally understand about the "still in a box" thing. But - what has become of the Dressing like an onion-thing? Where you wear a T-shirt underneath a jacket, a sweater or a hoodie. So in the morning, when it was still a bit "fresh" you could be warm, and later, when it became warmer, you could just take that off, stuff it into your backpack and feel as summery as you can be.
Thankyou for your interesting answer. I can see good logic in it.
Also Punktpunkt, wenn ich mir im Herbst meine Grippe Schutzimpfung für Senioren abholen, bekomme ich immer ein Tütchen Gummibärchen!…😂❤
@AntoinetteEmily you see, that's the problem with modern parents... as i was a kid, every boy (and many girls) had at least one knife (a folder or/and a fixed blade)... to cut some sticks, twines etc... how could you make a bow and some arrows otherwise...?
and, somehow, no one got stabbed, also i have still all fingers...
heck, i even used utility knives and scalpels as i was building plastic scale models... at the age of 8-9...
sure, i have like 2 scars on my fingers, but these were important lessons...
nowadays kids get protected from all sides and don't even have the opportunity to learn anything, so they lack even basic manual skills...
Our peadiatrician gave my son a lollipop after a vaccination this week and it was totaly normal. He already did that when I was the patient 30 years ago 😊. No big Deal.
We have lived as DE in various EU countries for the last 20 years. There is compulsory vaccination in many EU countries. The playgrounds in the other EU countries hardly differ from those in Germany. Making breakfast together and bringing a fruit knife with you is also common in various other countries. In Scandinavia they sometimes even make soup. The point about the clothing is absolutely true. While people from the south, north, west wear shorts, children from De/Aut/Pl/He definitely do Wrapped up warm.😂
Just another thought about the clothing topic, then I'll shut up.
While pondering about that, I wonder if it seems we're overdressing because we are used to walk and be outdoors a lot? A day in spring can be cold in the morning (when children walk to school or younger ones play on the playground in Kindergarten, sitting in the sand or in the ground), no matter if it will be considerable warmer in the afternoon. I don't know about NZ culture and infrastructure, just US and as I've seen it there they usually drive everywhere by car. So if you're indoors or in the car almost all the time you don't need the warmer clothes.
I'm so curious about that now and will start watching how people dress their children 😅.
I guess I still "overdress". But it's not really that, it dressing in layers like an onion. So you can peel off the layers when it get's warmer. Because it can still be fresh to cold in the mornings. Like I said, I still do that now when it's 15 degrees in the morning on my way to work and 25 degrees when I go home 😅
Dear Lady
Children are much diffenent but adults they can do things you never could.In situations where we might break a bone they stand up. thats nature thats how they were made. I am an old german 64 BUT I do remember sicne was a wild boy some day I had to get some stiches on my head. I was afraid.
The doctor showed me a small chocolade with a cow on saying: If you are brave thats yours. I got my chocolate 😁😁👍👍
Playgrounds in Germany are too dangerous? Especially, boys NEED the challenge of explore the borders of their body strength and capacities. And for girls, it would be better if they grew up in a similar way instead of always telling them they have to look pretty, clean and without scratches and bruises from climbing, running etc.
I growed up with a pocket knife in my pocket, that’s normal. A sharp one, because with the other ones you will hurt your self, by learning to carve. In my time before 50 years we jumped of trees, much higher then those playgrounds. Hurt knees and elbows was normal. I am not made of porcelain and I am still alive!
Ich bin Erzieherin hier in Deutschland und ich schüttle oft mit dem Kopf, wenn ich sehe, wie übertrieben warm die Kinder immer angezogen werden. Als ich ein Kind war, war das nicht so. War es warm, schickte meine Mutter uns in Shorts und T=Shirt in Schule und Kindergarten. Ich habe einem Kind mal "verbieten" müssen mit Winterjacke rauszugehen. Hätte ich das Kind mit der dicken Jacke rausgehen lassen, wäre es mir mit Überhitzung umgekippt. Trotzdem durfte ich mir einen dummen Spruch von der Mutter anhören, als sie es abholte. Ich finde es sehr anstrengend, wie überbehütend einige Eltern sind.
Dass dein Sohn ein Messer mit in die Schule bringen sollte, zeigt, dass ihr in einer guten Gegend wohnt. Das wäre z.B. in manchen Stadtteilen von Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt etc. nicht möglich gewesen 😅
Ich bin soeine Mama die die Kids imm etwas zu dick anzieht :D Wenn wir nur mal einen Tag 22 Grad haben und das Thermometer danach wieder auf 16 Grad sinkt, dann werden die Kids zu schnell krank von diesen Schwankungen. Ich ziehe sie dann in Schichten an. Morgens wenn es noch 13 Grad sind gibts lang hose, tshirt, darüber pulli, darüber jacke und ggf ne mütze wenn es windig ist. Dann können sie immer ein teil ausziehen wenn es wärmer wird. Aber lange hose bleibt. Nur wenn es wirklich richtig warm ist über 28 Grad dann gibts auch ne kurze hose. Seit wir das so machen wird keiner mehr krank :)
Regarding the playgrounds: It is a lot saver to let them stumble and learn how to fall and land when there is sand beneath them than letting them find it out the hard way.
Sorry i can't believe she saw a child in a snow suit in 25 degree weather. Wooly hat ? Really ? I live in germany and near a kindergarten and have never seen that.
The knife thing is totally normal. I remember something similar from my own chilood. And I think Polish people must be similar, because my polish born Mom had no qualms about it.
German dad (living in China) here. I showed my daughter how to handle fire or a sharp knife safely when she was in kindergarten while my wife was always afraid that something could happen. I believe that forbidding it will only cause that children will do it secretly alone, without guidance or supervision, which would be much more dangerous. Nevertheless here in China it would be impossible to have the Kids bring sharp knives to school, they’re not even allowed to bring a pencil sharpener (at least now while she’s in first grade)😂. Chinese parents are over protective, but this cause that it takes a long time for the children to be independent (sometimes till the twentieth 😂)
Some doctors give tattoo stickers for the kits after treatment or mini toys. Thankfully, not all of them give sweets.
We have 7 kids and have lived with them in various countries. We were apparently always very "German"for our native neighbours and friends: our kids would be naked in the garden in the summer, they learn to use sharp knives and deal with fire before they go to school, and they climb everywhere. I learned that this was so stereotype 😂
My daughter learned to use a knife in her kindergarden year 1 with 3 and a half years. But bringing knifes to school is not allowed here.( I am a teacher- at least at my school and those of my daughter)
Don't be so nervous about your son. He will not hurt himself. Only childfen who never try this climbing will fall down. Everything will be okay.
You look outside it's sunny and bright, you think you will dress light, its going to be about 20 degrees but isn't yet, its about 15... [Theoretically]
Then you go outside, the sun goes behind some clouds, you walk in the shade from houses and trees, you notice the small breeze and all the sudden you realize you are dressed a little too cold. I'd rather have it the other way around. It turns out I dress a bit too warm... and I can either take some layers off or sweat a bit more, how our bodies naturally cool off.
Also weather here can at times flip at the drop of a hat, so to speak. Climate is different to begin with, compared with NZ, but also with the past.
The fact that you are afraid for your kids on the playground, while nobody around you is, should say something. And being scared for your kids might even influence how they think and feel and even give them the idea they are not as good as the other kids. Because those parents are not afraid, so it must be them.
Kids have been climbing trees for thousands of years. As a kid I once did something very stupid that I KNEW was dangerous and I broke my arm. Who was the cool kid later when I was walking around and they all could sign it? Kids learn by making mistakes. That means a bruise here and there. Some blood and perhaps even a broken arm in my case. But that was many years ago and we did not have the relative soft sand to fall on.
thema Küchenmesser: absolut normal. so ab 3-4 Jahren kann ein Kind unter Aufsicht und Führung ein Messer für einfache Schneidedinge (Apfel, gurken, etc.) nutzen. Meiner Erfahrung nach ist es sogar einfacher dann ein normal-scharfes Messer zu nutzen als ein stumpfes, weil dann das Risiko geringer ist, dass sie am Schnittgut abrutschen (weil das Schnittgut ggf. zu hart für das stumpfe Messer ist) . Natürlich sollte man ein Kind dann nicht damit alleine lassen.
Thema Spielplätze: Da Kinder ihre Grenzen oftmals noch nicht so gut einschätzen können, ist es halt schon sinnvoll, sie da entsprechend anzuleiten und ihnen in einem geschützten Rahmen die Möglichkeit zu geben, sich da selbst auszuprobieren. Ein Spielplatz ist so ein geschützter Rahmen. die Spielplätze meisten sind echt sicher, haben weichen Untergrund etc.
davon mal ab gibt es recht seriöse Untersuchungen, dass es für die Entwicklung des Kindes gut ist, wenn es mit solchen Erfahrungen sein Selbstbewusstsein (Risiko, Angst, Mut) und Körpergefühl (ab wann tut es weh? wieviel Kraft habe ich? Was muss ich tun damit es vielleicht doch klappt? etc) stärkt. Das ein Kind sich ernsthaft auf dem Spielplatz verletzt ist in Deutschland sehr selten. Mal nen blauen Fleck oder eine Zerrung, ist nichts, was nicht wieder heilt.
Ich denk das mit der Kleidung hat was damit zu tun, dass hier in Deutschland "ein Schwalbe noch keinen Sommer macht" und man deshalb die Wintersachen bei einem warmen Tag nicht gleich wegräumt. Bei 25 Grad mit Winterjacke ist aber dann doch deutlich zu warm angezogen.... übrigens aus meiner Kindheit kenn ich noch den Spruch "bei Monaten mit "r" drin, darf man sich noch nicht so auf dne Boden setzen - das ist zu kalt" (wobei ich das schon immer beim Mai mit den Eisheiligen echt grenzwertig fand, mit ein wenig Kopf-einschalten hockt man sich dann aber auch nicht auf den Boden)
So einen Spruch wg dem kalten Boden kenn ich auch, hab mich nie dran gehalten, nie was passiert. Wahrscheinlich auch individuell unterschiedlich, wie empfindlich man da ist.
On the playground equipment, I believe it is not uniquely German. It is rapidly spreading throughout Europe. I live in the UK and often travel to France to see my relatives, and I can see a definite push to make playgrounds more for the thrill seekers, with high slides, mesh tunnels, zip lines etc. I appreciate it is not for the nervous parents but the kids love it 😂
One thing to dangerous playground….when i was small,we had a giant one only for a few houses,because we played everyday on it and it got boring(not dangerous enough) we climbed in the trees around it,very very high….my brother ones fell from it,couldn‘t breath for along time,had scratches everywhere,did it again anyway…better it would have happend on a softer ground,where nothing is poking out where you can land on…
Vaccinations are also required in the US to attend school. Of course there, homeschooling is allowed as well as too many exemptions to bypass this law. It’s a shame as there are constantly outbreaks of preventable, serious illness.
I have two boys who have already broken bones ( multiple times 😢) or torn ligaments multiple times. Never at a German Spielplatz - always at a friend’s house or Sportverein. The Spielplätze are fine.
My kids used sharp knives in Grundschule and Kindy. They also were taught to light matches in kindy, especially at Christmas time. I also am an adult Leiter at our annual church Freizeit. The youngest kids are in 3rd grade and they schnitz their own Stockbrot sticks, of course under adult supervision. One of the other adults there always sharpens the pocket knives right before the activity.
Neither of our Kinderärzte or Orthodontists ever gave out sweets here in Germany. 😂
I can’t speak for the overdressing. I have a bus stop right across the street where there are 20+ kids, for 4 busses that come every 10 minutes - so lots of kids. I see kids underdressed. But I’m guessing you are speaking of Kindy kids. Because the older Grundschule and older kids are certainly underdressed, even in winter with snow everywhere. Crop tops, light jackets, shorts, exposed ankles all year long.
I had a pocket knife since I was about 6 I think. Not sure if we ever had to bring a knife to school, that would have been to uneventful to remember. ^^
My father teached me to sharpen a real big cutting knife at the age of 5.
No. 5 could be multiple reasons (per individual a little different), but you also mentioned it was more like a one off day kind of good weather kind of thing, out of the order of normal. Putting spring and summer cloths away during autumn and winter is not that strange, also; easier to pull off layers than to put them on if from home. Keep in mind the climate is not exactly how it used to be. It is harder to dress appropriately also with "fashion" vs functions.
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“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Btw, did you know that one of the pigs did a wee? 😂😂
Ah same in Berlin: I was shocked when a Kinderarzt gave my 1 year old at that time daughter sallty Brezels! We call him in my family a Brezel-Arzt since than ;P
As to the knife issue - I think it depends on how well the teacher has the children under control. My daughter was taught to handle a knife in kindergarden at 3 years of age, but the group was small and there was no horsing around when a meal was being prepared. Not just for safety reasons but also out of respect for the food that was being handled.
Now, a class with not so well behaved children is a different matter - especially when some of them try acting out 'martial arts' they have seen somewhere online...
I am pretty sure that I would also have some strange feeling about knowing, that all the children are going to school on that day with a sharp knive
I guess in my primary school, they would eventually only give them one there, but not let them take
About the spring weather:
I remember visiting New Zealand and having the opposite feeling 😅 Especially our host was always dressed in Shorts and Shirt, when we actually didn't feel that warm, not even in the New Zealand summertime
So I think maybe one reason could be, that we use Shorts and all only in the real warm time, like between 25 and 36°C or more and before that we dont feel, that it's warm enough. A second reason is probably also especially the switch from winter to summer, that usually creates a season of flue, because some people underestimate the weather. I find myself in that, getting sick sometimes because I didnt dress properly on a day that I first considered a warm day
And I know many parents that always say that their children are almost the whole time sick, so probably they wanna prevent
Anyways: The extreme winterclothes are a little too much😂
We all used to have pocket knives as children. And our playground was the wood, the river and the local dump place. Our parents never knew where we were, we knew we had to be home for lunch and in the evening around sunset. That was it. We all survived. But - I hurt myself with those Matador toy pliers.
In Deutschland sind die Spielplätze normalerweise sicherheitsgeprüft, auch wenn es gefährlich aussieht 😊. Aber ich kann es schon nachfühlen, dass man als Mutter jedes Schreckensszenario vor Augen hat.
Der vernünftige Umgang auch mit scharfen Gegenständen wie normalen Küchenmessern ist schon wichtig zu lernen. Es gibt in vielen Kinderstätten solche gemeinsamen Tätigkeiten und den Kindern macht das auch Spaß.
Impfen ist für mich auch ein Muss, schon allein zum Schutz für alle, die es gesundheitlich nicht können oder bei den Unvernünftigen (Und damals nahmen die Masernfälle wieder extrem zu. Auch wenn es eine "Kinder"krankheit ist, die diese eher gut verkraften, ist die Gefahr für deren Großeltern zum Beispiel sehr hoch. Aber auch die Spätfolgen für die erkrankten Kinder wie Zeugungsunfähigkeit - und das ist schon sehr lange bekannt, nicht erst eine "Erfindung" der aktuellen Zeit - sind nicht zu missachten. )
Es gibt auch Kinderärzte, die eine kleine Kiste mit Spielzeug zur Belohnung haben (Miniautos, kleine Armbänder u.ä.) und damit zuckerfrei bleiben. Ich hatte mit Gummibärchen oder Kaubonbons aber auch kein Problem 😂.
Es gibt ein hübsches Sprichwort, das die dicke Kleidung nett erklärt 😉:
"Ein Pullover ist ein Kleidungsstück, das das Kind trägt, wenn es der Mutter kalt ist." Da ist schon was Wahres dran.
Ich glaube, es wird fast jedem so gehen, wenn er in ein fremdes Land zieht, dass er für ihn unbekannte Dinge erlebt und gewohnte Dinge vermisst.
Ist die englische Sprache eigentlich so arm an Gefühlsausdrücken, dass Erstaunen, Überraschung, Entsetzen, Ärger, Wut, Freude usw. immer nur mit dem Begriff "I was shocked" ausgedrückt wird? Meines Erachtens sagt "I was shocked" fast ausschließlich etwas über denjenigen aus, der das sagt, als über die wahrgenommenen Umstände!
We had the thing eith the knufe, too. Absolutely normal. They learned the letter A and for that they cut up an apple. Knufe in a towel, all good! Ok, i tried not to give my best knife with a sharp, pointed tip, but definitely a knife for apples.
Das Thema mit der unpassenden Kinderkleidung kenne ich nur zu gut - es ist Frühjahr und einigermaßen warm - meine Kleinen mit langer Hose und T-Shirt und der Große auch mit kurzer Hose - alles gut: Spielplatz in der Sonne - und dann sehe ich die anderen Kinder mit Winterjacken und gefütterten Gummistiefeln...
Dieser Kulturschock trifft auch viele Deutsche :D
I had always a knife in my pocket as a child. I got one from my dad at age 6. Totally normal. We were expected to peel our apple ourselves at school.
I also used my knife playing in the woods with my friends. We biked to the woods ourselves. We were expected to be home in time for dinner (5:30).
Ein Schulkind ist in Deutschland in der Regel mindestens 6 Jahre alt. In diesem Alter sollte es schon mal in der Küche mitgeholfen haben und wissen wie man z.B. Gurken schneidet. Kinder wollen lernen und wann wäre ein besserer Zeitpunkt, um lebenspraktische Dinge zu lernen, als dann, wenn das Kind es lernen will? Im Frühling und im Herbst kann das Wetter in Deutschland sehr wechselhaft sein. Es ist keine gute Idee, zu sommerlich angezogen zu sein, nur weil gerade die Sonne scheint, denn das kann eine halbe Stunde später ganz anders sein. Eine Jacke oder einen Pullover kann man leicht ausziehen, darunter ist dann ein T-Shirt, man kann aber nichts anziehen, was man nicht dabei hat 😂
As a Dutch person viewing thus not German but a neighbor country of Germany, I am not shocked by letting school children use a small scharp kitchen knife to prepare food. It's for cutting vegetables so a small (potato) peeling/fruit cutting knife would have been enough, the blade is about 7 - 11 cm aka 2.8 - 4.3 inches. Not a huge kitchen knife. For a child's hands this knife is big/large enough. I mean there are so many different types of knifes.
You learn how to behave/use things propperly, that is the point, and to be autonomous. Dutch saying: Jong geleerd is oud gedaan. Things learned at a young age you will do untill you are old.
I'm guessing she didn't have a small knife like that lol. I'd definitely not wanna send my kid to school with a huge chef's knife.
@@ramblingmillennial1560 LOL or with a cleaver, no, no, no, not even wrapped in a towel.
For me different types of knifes is part of what you have in a kitchen, all different types and sized knifes.
A fruit cutting knife for me is part of basics in a kitchen.
A cleaver or very specific knifes only are needed if you do the type of cooking that requires them.
But I am probably also a little bit older.
What? Children in New Zealand don't get a reward when they were brave at the doctors? But he gummi bears or lolli was always the best part of going to the doctor as a kid 😀
Remembering my school time means walking down the memory lane.....I am 62 now. We never prepared food at school, but I rembember that we had to bring sharp kitchen Knives and a big potatoe in 4th class. It was for an art lesson, teaching how to do a "Kartoffeldruck auf Leinen". Everyone got a soft linen cloth and we cut out shapes and forms from the potato, then dipped them into color and stamped the linnen with those "potato stamps".
Be assured, when a school want kids to bring knives, they will be extremely safe because the teacher is prepared to guard and guide them all extremely attentively! Teachers would get into deep trouble if an accident happened! They could be reported for the "violation of duty for supervision", Verletzung der Aufsichtspflicht.
There is an interesting little article about "Matschhosen" by the channel "arte" - not all toddlers in snow pants are necessarily overdressed unknowingly 😂
ad 5) If it is warm, kids are abele to take off some Cloak or pullover, but if it gets cold, they can´t add any clothes, they don´t have with them. often the wind can get verry chill near the mountains, than can be still covered with snow too in March or April in the South of Germany.
Do you and your husband speak German or English to one another? My husband is from NZ and I grew up in Canada and Australia with German parents and also lived in Germany for 10 years, 20 years ago. My husband and our 2 teenagers are going to Germany this year as it will be their first time over and I'm looking forward to seeing my relatives again and experiencing Germany after 20 years. Cant wait. Love NZ too. We fly there more often as its closer to us.