A little while back, I had the opportunity to visit the Google campus in Seattle to talk about how Germans raise self-reliant kids. And here’s the video!
Couple highlights:
About 12 min: there’s a comparison of US vs. German playgrounds
About 16:10 mins: a video of real kids making fire at a German kita (day care center). Yes those kids are ages 4 to 6!)
Sara Zaske 
Many thanks for the nice post, it was very interesting and informative.