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  • According to a recent UNICEF study on well-being, children from the Netherlands are the happiest kids out of 29 of the world’s richest industrialized nations. Reporting for Sunday TODAY, NBC’s Keir Simmons takes a look at what’s behind the statistics.
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    Dutch Children Deemed The Happiest In The World By UNICEF | TODAY

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  • @fam.vanveen3026
    @fam.vanveen3026 Před 7 lety +4898

    A kid comes home from a soccer game: US dad: "did you win?" - NL dad: "did you have fun?"

    • @rick10512
      @rick10512 Před 7 lety +690

      The Dutch parents would know if the kid had won because he/she would be screaming along the field to his child to make him/her play better.

    • @norwedish01
      @norwedish01 Před 7 lety +47

      So true!!

    • @manmetsnor8816
      @manmetsnor8816 Před 7 lety +59

      echt he

    • @DevJill
      @DevJill Před 7 lety +35

      This is so true

    • @kitkatsartsuwu8398
      @kitkatsartsuwu8398 Před 7 lety +17

      man met snor echt he

  • @rikdemoel9060
    @rikdemoel9060 Před 7 lety +3272

    i never have seen so many children with a helmet on riding a bike in the Netherlands.

    • @ACwebseries
      @ACwebseries Před 7 lety +368

      Rik de Moel they included one shot so the American audience wouldn't totally freak out

    • @rikdemoel9060
      @rikdemoel9060 Před 7 lety +2

      Amsterdam Calling XD

    • @youriiiboy
      @youriiiboy Před 7 lety +2

      Asstoge Wow what a savage, thats normal.

    • @ACwebseries
      @ACwebseries Před 7 lety +16

      Americans also comment on how the Dutch don't wear life vests on the boats on the canals.

    • @youriiiboy
      @youriiiboy Před 7 lety +26

      Amsterdam Calling America is so overprotective thats why they arent happy

  • @robert5533
    @robert5533 Před 6 lety +974

    I hate it when people say people in the netherlands are eating chocalate for breakfast even though they eat nuttela all day

  • @jaapkr7520
    @jaapkr7520 Před 7 lety +3898

    3:10 wtf helmets??? I'm Dutch and I can tell you that this is very rare.

    • @teungamed1495
      @teungamed1495 Před 7 lety +137

      Ja idd maar kleine kinderen hebben dat vaker, Ik had vroeger ook een helm op (tot dat ik 4 was ofzo)

    • @manmetsnor8816
      @manmetsnor8816 Před 7 lety +56

      -7 jaar is normaal

    • @DevJill
      @DevJill Před 7 lety +11

      Lol I always wore that when I was little

    • @Saartje05
      @Saartje05 Před 7 lety +83

      Ik zie hier nooit kinderen met een helm

    • @WiWillemijn
      @WiWillemijn Před 7 lety +37

      dislekt 3.0 nee das meer voor duitsers idd

  • @OttosAudio
    @OttosAudio Před 7 lety +3202

    "It's the chocolate sprinkles!" *Shows Chocolate **_Vlokken_*

    • @jules..-
      @jules..- Před 7 lety +95

      TRIGGERED

    • @lars7529
      @lars7529 Před 7 lety +8

      S O P H I E X X X Peaces of pieces?

    • @hagenm4080
      @hagenm4080 Před 7 lety +35

      Otto's Audio chocolate sprinkles is "chocolade hagel" and chocolate flakes are "chocolade vlokken" 🤦🏼‍♂️ the people at today news apparently don't know the difference between flakes and sprinkles😂

    • @OttosAudio
      @OttosAudio Před 7 lety +9

      fuze kessikbayev Dit heeft niks met OCD te maken.. 😂

    • @mernisch8307
      @mernisch8307 Před 7 lety +2

      Otto's Audio Sprinkels zijn gewoon strooisels, dus de vertaling van Vlokken en Hagelslag is in Engels hetzelfde

  • @nvh2235
    @nvh2235 Před 7 lety +1148

    We have Kroketten, that is the most important reason.

  • @tamar597
    @tamar597 Před 7 lety +3441

    It's true 😂 I didn't have homework until I was in high school 😅

    • @In1998able
      @In1998able Před 7 lety +82

      I did't from groep 6 I had homework

    • @lottem4063
      @lottem4063 Před 7 lety +59

      Tamar Every school is different, I had homework in middle school (I'm Dutch too)

    • @jean-francoislawson3675
      @jean-francoislawson3675 Před 7 lety +1

      In1998able same

    • @DevJill
      @DevJill Před 7 lety +16

      Í'm jealous, I had it in 'groep' 6. but never did anything with it XD

    • @laurasvejda4160
      @laurasvejda4160 Před 7 lety +6

      In middelschool I didn't had to do anything because it was way to easy

  • @akkiekippekakkie7157
    @akkiekippekakkie7157 Před 3 lety +513

    But the number one reason we are the happiest is because: we have kroketten and frikandellen

  • @aimeeetje7695
    @aimeeetje7695 Před 7 lety +3004

    WHAHAHHA, if we're the happiest kids in the netherlands, than other childeren must feel terrible

    • @c.c6437
      @c.c6437 Před 7 lety +43

      Aimée Anna hhaahahaha echt he

    • @timonheidema6837
      @timonheidema6837 Před 7 lety +9

      Aimée Anna True... Ah.... The parents and children relationships when you are walking in the mall...

    • @Anne-zt2dz
      @Anne-zt2dz Před 7 lety +2

      Aimée Anna echt hè

    • @rosannaberckley5515
      @rosannaberckley5515 Před 7 lety +36

      Milan Hulleman helemaal niet, veel kinderen in Nederland hebben het echt heel slecht. Jij bent degene die verwend klinkt

    • @ahkando
      @ahkando Před 7 lety +5

      Then other children must feel terrible *

  • @maudi4425
    @maudi4425 Před 7 lety +332

    Lets say that the most parents in the Netherlands arent really over protective.

    • @ahkando
      @ahkando Před 7 lety +1

      Ey Maudi :P wrm kom ik jou hier tegen
      ik ben Eva xD

    • @maudi4425
      @maudi4425 Před 7 lety +1

      heey!! weet ik niet :P

    • @ikrame8442
      @ikrame8442 Před 5 lety +1

      Mine are 😔

    • @stendijk8949
      @stendijk8949 Před 3 lety +4

      ja dat is een deel ervan ze zijn misschien wat te beschermend. Het leef klimaat is daar echter ook anders je kan daar niet als kind naar de supermarkt of school lopen of fietsen omdat je altijd een auto nodig hebt.

    • @_M_o_n_k_e
      @_M_o_n_k_e Před 3 lety

      @@ikrame8442 same 😕

  • @m__6930
    @m__6930 Před 7 lety +518

    You know worldpower America's doing something wrong when skinny, happy Dutch kids get chocolate for breakfast while in the meanwhile the ever getting fatter American kids are not that happy.

    • @detimmermannetjes2022
      @detimmermannetjes2022 Před 7 lety +48

      Marjolein why is america getting fatter? Because they can't think of any other breakfast than pancakes, waffles and cereal. For lunch, the kids get a 2 week-old meal with no vitamins or any good stuff. For dinner they get some corn, a sausage and a potato, or even take-out. America needs to learn to eat again!

    • @Lilly-hk6qn
      @Lilly-hk6qn Před 7 lety +10

      I think because the most dutch people eat once a week
      fastfood.

    • @cherubi3570
      @cherubi3570 Před 7 lety +27

      Marjolein We eat home made meals, while in the US they don't.

    • @kimdobben1318
      @kimdobben1318 Před 7 lety +15

      Marjolein we only get fastfood once every month so for me its a special thing when we go to a mac donalds and on saturday evening we get some chips and soda so yeah mabye thats a thing

    • @Lilly-hk6qn
      @Lilly-hk6qn Před 7 lety +7

      Kim Dobben Not everyone in The Netherlands eat fastfood once a month, and all of my friends and family eat almost every day chips.

  • @stranger-gf4jt
    @stranger-gf4jt Před 3 lety +176

    and now 80% of the teenagers are on the edge of getting a burn-out

    • @sennalikesdrama4651
      @sennalikesdrama4651 Před 3 lety +3

      maar echt lol

    • @cajogames3655
      @cajogames3655 Před 3 lety +1

      Zwakkelingen

    • @bartjohannes4039
      @bartjohannes4039 Před 3 lety

      @@cajogames3655 kankur

    • @Treinbouwer
      @Treinbouwer Před 3 lety +4

      @l̼̓ Of ons falende schoolsysteem...
      Systematisch iedereen die niet gemiddeld is er uit werken is niet de manier om de beste resultaten te behalen, fysiek, mentaal en leertechnisch.

    • @aidensmith6312
      @aidensmith6312 Před 3 lety

      Allemaal weak

  • @marije0207
    @marije0207 Před 3 lety +651

    Kids? Yes. Teens? No. I'm Dutch and I don't even know a teen, who isn't stressed or fed up about life

    • @melaniepellens1152
      @melaniepellens1152 Před 3 lety +83

      Yes thats true. And if we have the happiest childs and teens. It means that outside the Netherlands the teens are more stressed and fed up about life.

    • @marije0207
      @marije0207 Před 3 lety +22

      @@melaniepellens1152 which would mean that the whole world hates life... that doesn't seems real

    • @germanhess
      @germanhess Před 3 lety +22

      @@marije0207 Wees blij met onze geweldige verzorgingsstaat, 80 jaar geleden ging het er heel anders aan toe!

    • @marije0207
      @marije0207 Před 3 lety +17

      @@germanhess hey dat zeg ik niet, maar dat veranderd niks aan dw feiten

    • @dbreen733
      @dbreen733 Před 3 lety +22

      Exactly!!! Glad someone finally tells the truth. Many dutch teens and the elderly are stressed and lonely. I blame the high level of individualism

  • @samuelli-a-sam
    @samuelli-a-sam Před 3 lety +100

    As a Dutch person I can quire confirm as most Dutch kids are also very cultured. Many kids are raised with other people who have different cultures and learn about geography at a young age.

    • @Kwebbel05
      @Kwebbel05 Před 3 lety +6

      Oh yes the geography and topography
      I still have nightmares about those topography tests

    • @lemonmane69
      @lemonmane69 Před rokem

      @@Kwebbel05 still forget all Dutch provinces

    • @kevk9306
      @kevk9306 Před rokem

      This is the biggest load of crap ever...

    • @samuelli-a-sam
      @samuelli-a-sam Před rokem

      @@kevk9306 Oh is that so? Are you Dutch then?

    • @samuelli-a-sam
      @samuelli-a-sam Před rokem

      @@Kwebbel05 😂😂they were the best

  • @Sunflowers9191
    @Sunflowers9191 Před 7 lety +120

    My country is far from perfect but I'm glad I grew up in the Netherlands :) My parents raised me to be very independent, I got to go everywhere on my bike by myself and they never put too much pressure on me, neither did my school. Yet I still think I reached my full potential. No need to put way too much pressure on little kids!

  • @marije-6822
    @marije-6822 Před 7 lety +222

    We cycle everywhere even If it rains or If there's snow outside

    • @lunarity7405
      @lunarity7405 Před 4 lety +1

      Marije - ikr

    • @Kwebbel05
      @Kwebbel05 Před 3 lety +14

      Storm? Vriezend koud? Glad? Sneeuw?
      Boeie, fietsen godverdommen 😂

    • @Nobody-yr7bh
      @Nobody-yr7bh Před 3 lety +1

      Or there is a earthquake we would still cycle😂

    • @valino21
      @valino21 Před 3 lety

      @@Nobody-yr7bh Ja maar tenzij je in Groningen woont heb je die niet echt 😂

  • @Macaromi02
    @Macaromi02 Před 6 lety +259

    Didn’t know we were the happiest in the world haha but now that I think about it, my early childhood was amazing, I loved school and didn’t feel pressured at all! I always played outside with my friends and there were like 6 playgrounds in the area. I can’t even imagine being an unhappy child actually. Of course that changed when I was like 13, when we got actual homework and you know, school started becoming more stressful and puberty happened.. Also I cycle to school in about 30 minutes and always go with my friends and we just talk and cycle, which is really fun and just a nice way to socialize and stay in shape. We ALWAYS cycle, trust me. Even when I’m sick and it’s raining and freezing cold, I cycle. There are literal cycle traffic jams on the cycle paths (literally translated I guess, idk if that’s a thing) to school. And also, no one has helmets on, unless you’re just starting out with cycling.

    • @cokecl
      @cokecl Před 5 lety +3

      Do you change your clother when arriving to school/work and it's raining or what?

    • @eline7207
      @eline7207 Před 5 lety +29

      @@cokecl some people change their clothes or wear rain coats and pants. I always just sat in class completely drenched, because I'm lazy and it will dry eventually

    • @cokecl
      @cokecl Před 5 lety +3

      Eline Someday I'll go and see that, it's just so alien for me!

    • @eline7207
      @eline7207 Před 5 lety +1

      @@cokecl hahaha I find that so weird, because I grew up with it and it's just normal
      czcams.com/video/Ys-KP8oPdvg/video.html I find this a hilarious video about the dutch weather😂

    • @puffcatco
      @puffcatco Před 5 lety +1

      nou ik heb altijd moeite met school .-.

  • @ruthberghuis7599
    @ruthberghuis7599 Před 7 lety +652

    yall americans are pretty obsessed with our hagelslag ( chocolate sprinkles) haha

    • @pinda3268
      @pinda3268 Před 7 lety +13

      Gebaseerd op je 'y'all', heb jij zelf ook wel iets met de Amerikanen. Dat is wel zonde, Ruth, Brits Engels über all.
      Vind je het overigens gek, hagelslag is geweldig. Vlokken ook.

    • @Ghipoli
      @Ghipoli Před 7 lety +2

      NothingToSeeHere. held.

    • @TheLegend72
      @TheLegend72 Před 7 lety +1

      NothingToSeeHere. Brits engels is echt pure myxomatoseshit

    • @pinda3268
      @pinda3268 Před 7 lety +4

      Lawse We hebben het hier over talen, niet over konijnen. Wel bij de les blijven.
      Overigens ligt mijn voorkeur bij het Britse Engels aangezien dit naar mijn voorkeur formeler en gepaster is. Het Amerikaans kan zo onbeschoft klinken.
      Hier hoef jij het natuurlijk niet mee eens te zijn, maar onderbouw je mening dan in ieder geval met een geldig argument, niet met een of andere konijnenziekte. (Misschien ben jij zelf een konijn? Sterkte, in dat geval).

    • @timonheidema6837
      @timonheidema6837 Před 7 lety

      NothingToSeeHere. Ik heb ook een voorkeur naar Brits Engels... Alleen probeer ik nu een Brits accent te kweken, wat nog niet helemaal lukt.

  • @GeneSv
    @GeneSv Před 7 lety +1082

    What? Do kids in America get homework before middelschool?
    What about the fundamentals like socializing and human understanding?

    • @GeneSv
      @GeneSv Před 7 lety +4

      WHY??!!??

    • @vleraberisha9276
      @vleraberisha9276 Před 7 lety +15

      Dat is ook in België zo...

    • @GeneSv
      @GeneSv Před 7 lety +70

      Okay, top be fair, I had some too, but that were like 10 sheets of math and maybe 15 topographic maps in 8 years.

    • @timonheidema6837
      @timonheidema6837 Před 7 lety +62

      Draw Back Well... I live in the Netherlands too... And all the homework i had before high school were: Topographical Homework and sometimes Special Projects..

    • @daniquedepaauw4011
      @daniquedepaauw4011 Před 7 lety +4

      Mijn broertje zit in groep 3 en hij krijgt ook gewoon huiswerk

  • @LisaMariavanHarmelen
    @LisaMariavanHarmelen Před 7 lety +234

    Well I have to say that I was raised with a lot of freedom, but also with the knowledge that school is really important. Because of that freedom I wanted to be good at school, because I knew that after school I could climb in tree's and have fun outside. I can look back at my childhood with a big smile on my face.

    • @JipSlinger
      @JipSlinger Před 6 lety +4

      Anoniemyous ok je hoeft niet zo te zijn maat.

    • @JadeStaze1
      @JadeStaze1 Před 6 lety +5

      Anoniemyous school is belangrijk ben ervoor gegaan nu zit ik bij irritante bekakte Nederlanders in de klas lol

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      Right, but the amount of pressure in the USA is different.
      In the USA, they'll make you learn 5 pages and not tell you what the test is about. Then..you fail the test and the rest of the class concludes; 'Yeah, you're not going to make it in life.'
      Your mother is crying at home, because she fears you'll have to become a drugdealer to make ends meet, you start using enhancement-drugs to perform better, you start having panic-attacks and everything (including friends, hobbies, relaxation) has to be erased from the schedule, because you need to have good grades.
      And then you HAVE the good grades, at the cost of the best years of your life (supposedly) and then you either happen to meet a grumpy principal that doesn't want to admit you to the university, or you have been "arrested by the schoolpolice" once, because you threw a paper-airplane (that really happens, look up John Oliver-School police. He's like the American Arjen Lubach) or you got a 9,5/10 where someone else got a 10/10 and you don't get accepted into the university.
      And if you do, then you have to pay a load of money and then they find out that your name is Leroy or Latisha and you can kiss your university goodbye.
      All the pressure and work is for nothing, studies have shown the effect of all that pressure is not only damaging later in life (you will not rest until you get praise from someone and hate yourself when you fail) but it also makes hardly a difference if you go to university and even THAT won't make you happy in the end.

  • @xroosjetijger5933
    @xroosjetijger5933 Před 7 lety +1073

    Hagelslag for the win!! #🇳🇱

  • @broodjebonen3934
    @broodjebonen3934 Před 3 lety +65

    2:26 the children have a better accent then the teacher✋😂

  • @mrbonzzai
    @mrbonzzai Před 3 lety +59

    The ability to cycle almost everywhere is dependent on infrastructure. Dutch city and town planning is on another level.

    • @mourlyvold7655
      @mourlyvold7655 Před 3 lety +1

      That undoubtedly proved to be a world of difference but I grew up in the 60s and 70s when cycling infrastructure was in it's infancy, and we rode our bikes everywhere anyway...

  • @Justtdiana
    @Justtdiana Před 7 lety +781

    The Netherlands first America Second

    • @imichaelli3409
      @imichaelli3409 Před 7 lety +49

      Diionahh 26

    • @vicxray3657
      @vicxray3657 Před 7 lety +53

      The Netherlands first the USA 26

    • @justicedem6455
      @justicedem6455 Před 7 lety +10

      Belgium was second in the ranking on education. the low countries rule so much, it's ridiculous :-)

    • @Isa33334
      @Isa33334 Před 6 lety +1

      Exactly.

    • @K1989L
      @K1989L Před 5 lety +1

      Nope. America dead last.

  • @vanderheijden3927
    @vanderheijden3927 Před 7 lety +361

    the reporter pronounced 'mamadag' and 'papadag' perfectly as if he is dutch himself

    • @ahkando
      @ahkando Před 7 lety +18

      nope

    • @obamart
      @obamart Před 7 lety +57

      Hans du Bois even though we actually call it"moederdag" and "vaderdag"

    • @DerkiedeGoede
      @DerkiedeGoede Před 7 lety +39

      Mandvis ik denk dat ze het anders bedoelden. Dat kinderen op bepaalde dagen hun moeder thuis hebben en de andere dagen hun vader, door werkuur verdeling

    • @FirstBurns
      @FirstBurns Před 7 lety +10

      Papadag en mamadag zijn iets anders dan moederdag en vaderdag. Papadag is een dag dat een vader vrij neemt van werk zodat hij tijd met de kinderen kan doorbrengen.

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 6 lety +1

      Op maandag is oma er als de kinderen thuiskomen, op dinsdag mama, woensdag papa, donderdag de andere oma en vrijdag is mama er weer. Veel zullen dit herkennen.

  • @tjeerdroukens5110
    @tjeerdroukens5110 Před 7 lety +614

    btw English isn't our first language

    • @silkeHoekstra
      @silkeHoekstra Před 7 lety +42

      obviously 😂

    • @tjeerdroukens5110
      @tjeerdroukens5110 Před 7 lety +154

      Sil Hoekstra ze moeten echt iets aan dat Engels op die basisscholen gaan doen, mn broertje van 11 spreekt nog beter Engels dan z'n juf😂

    • @aname5552
      @aname5552 Před 7 lety +26

      Tjeerd Roukens ik verbeterde mijn juf eerst altijd lol

    • @fritswester2634
      @fritswester2634 Před 7 lety +38

      Maartje van Tilborg Dat komt ook omdat tegenwoordig Engels steeds meer en op steeds jongere leeftijd al wordt geleerd. Vroeger was Engels leren minder gebruikelijk. Veel oude mensen kunnen bijvoorbeeld ook geen Engels terwijl de jongere mensen bijna vloeiend Engels praten.

    • @iclaimthisname9767
      @iclaimthisname9767 Před 7 lety +8

      Frits Wester Bijna vloeiend vind ik ook wel weer een beetje overdreven, maar de meesten kunnen wel zo ongeveer 'verstaanbaar' Engels spreken. Dat moet ook wel, anders kun je meestal niet over naar de volgende klas.

  • @lesbianmess620
    @lesbianmess620 Před 5 lety +65

    Making french homework while listening to ein zwei polizei, while commenting a comment in english😂😂😂😂

  • @annikamol2407
    @annikamol2407 Před 7 lety +10

    The bad thing is also the pressure part tho. When we're young there isn't much but the transition from preschool etc. to high school is HUGE. For 8 years you barely have to do anything and then suddenly you're expected to go to school for 8 hours, make a huge pile of homework, get good grades, be happe, participate in sports and group activities and maintain a social life. It just all suddenly completely changes and there's really no one there willing to help ease the process.

    • @someonesomeone7423
      @someonesomeone7423 Před 3 lety

      I didn’t feel any difference after 2 weeks

    • @Sinx-Ce
      @Sinx-Ce Před 2 lety

      8 hours?
      Mine is like 5-7 hours

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem +1

      I personally think (from a Pedagogic Worker's perspective) that the answer would be to cut down on homework in highschool, not to add homework in middleschool. If I think back about what I remember from those 80+ pages I've read, it's barely anything anyway, I learned through doing things and experiencing them myself.
      I used to have teachers that (unaware of what other teachers were doing) gave us 4 pages to read and 3 pages to write. If you have 5 different teachers that day, that all have the same idea, you have 20 pages to read and 12 pages to write. (And some jazzballet-practice in the evening, because your social life is nonexistent and you hoped you'd find some happiness in dancing.)
      You'd be running to jazzballet after a long day of school, dance for an hour, cycle home, be exhausted, eat and then have to finish 10 readingpages for the next day, and 5 need to be written down.
      And then the next day, you get another 15 pages and you still have the other 7 and you were late, so you need to stay in detention and oh...highschool is horrible, even in the Netherlands. Imagine how awful it must be in America.

  • @eurovisionworld2061
    @eurovisionworld2061 Před 7 lety +369

    So proud to be Dutch :) ❤

  • @captain8014
    @captain8014 Před 7 lety +401

    of course it's the chocolate. 😂

    • @shfnnghh
      @shfnnghh Před 7 lety +6

      JustABitDutch CHOOCLAAAATE!!!!!!!

    • @jessyxmidnight5055
      @jessyxmidnight5055 Před 7 lety +2

      JustABitDutch first of all I love your profile picture. second CHOCOLATE! !!

    • @blueberryusa
      @blueberryusa Před 7 lety

      DANIEL HOWELL Y E S

    • @campinavla
      @campinavla Před 7 lety

      Nice profile picture :)

    • @campinavla
      @campinavla Před 7 lety +2

      Johanna Ij Haha we're everywhere

  • @BenteMeijer
    @BenteMeijer Před 7 lety +102

    this makes me even more proud of my country. But i think its kinda straightforward that all of our cycling attributes to being happier (loads of studies have proven that regular exercise helps with happiness and fighting depression). im dutch and because we cycle everywhere, we are very mobile at a young age. I've been going shopping on my own at the supermarket since i was 10 and loads of other stuff. my parents hardly drive me anywhere which gives me a lot of freedom in where i can go and what i can do

  • @ryangerritsen6555
    @ryangerritsen6555 Před 3 lety +107

    Why do americans think we all live in wind mills and tulip fields

    • @MarkWellenburg2376
      @MarkWellenburg2376 Před 3 lety +2

      And why do they think that the Netherlands is a great country

    • @Kwebbel05
      @Kwebbel05 Před 3 lety +19

      @@MarkWellenburg2376 because we have stroopwafels, bitterballen, frikandellen en kroketten

    • @averypoggamer3700
      @averypoggamer3700 Před 3 lety +2

      @@MarkWellenburg2376 Because it almost has no problems

    • @averypoggamer3700
      @averypoggamer3700 Před 3 lety

      @@Kwebbel05 ja #1 reden

    • @MarkWellenburg2376
      @MarkWellenburg2376 Před 3 lety

      @@averypoggamer3700 Serieus? Ons land heeft geen problemen? Misschien rellen, mensen die opstandig zijn en etc. Wij hebben nooit geen problemen

  • @robbiewels648
    @robbiewels648 Před 3 lety +24

    The video: they aren’t pressured in school
    High school : hold that thougt
    mandatory G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @Treinbouwer
      @Treinbouwer Před 3 lety

      Vanaf de middelbare al hoor.

    • @robbiewels648
      @robbiewels648 Před 3 lety

      @@Treinbouwer high school betekent middelbare school

  • @elisefleuren3801
    @elisefleuren3801 Před 3 lety +30

    we cycle A LOT. Before COVID I cycled 45 minutes every day to my school. We don’t take the bus to school as a teen, we cycle. Every. Single. Day. Trough the rain, snow, even when it is so hot that you burn alive (this does not happen often) we cycle . I really have a love hate relationship with my bike. Also we can not drive until we are 18 unlike American teens who drive their cars to school

    • @meh23p
      @meh23p Před 2 lety

      45 minutes?? Why is your school so far away?

    • @sweetcelien
      @sweetcelien Před 2 lety

      Not all dutch people do that I did go with the bus everyday 😅

  • @dutchik5107
    @dutchik5107 Před 7 lety +292

    if that's true.
    the world is extremely sad...

    • @marwaxx3491
      @marwaxx3491 Před 7 lety +5

      Dutchik inderdaad

    • @theshoesinjiminshandsinmvo2367
      @theshoesinjiminshandsinmvo2367 Před 7 lety

      Dutchik hmhmm ikr

    • @dutchik5107
      @dutchik5107 Před 7 lety +8

      Poppy M we also have levels.
      the average for other western countries is like mavo.
      we here are pressured into havo. VWO etc. a lot are.
      you dont want to drop a level. THATS FAILLURE.

    • @cokecl
      @cokecl Před 5 lety

      Well yes, there is a lot of suffering in the world

    • @MM-vr8rj
      @MM-vr8rj Před 4 lety

      @@ebonywilson24 I didn't actually. I had a lot of fun with my classmates and only started stressing in my 4th year. The last year was pretty relaxing since it was all rehearsal.

  • @Kingkhan-qk2vk
    @Kingkhan-qk2vk Před 5 lety +38

    All kids are "the happiest kids on earth" until we force then not to be

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety +3

      "Every man is happy until happiness is suddenly a goal"

  • @Somali.Pirate1
    @Somali.Pirate1 Před 2 lety +5

    I grew up the first 8 years of my life in Holland before moving to the UK. Now that I think about it, all the kids rode bikes to school, even me, I laugh now remembering that I lived down the street fr the school and always rode my bike to it. The school literally had a huge shed full of students bikes on the playground.

  • @smb2a587
    @smb2a587 Před 2 lety +3

    School is really high pressure in America. I went from 8:30AM-3:30PM and come home with 3-5 hours of homework a night. I wanted to spend time with my mom and family after school. I used to feel so stressed and pressured all the time.

    • @mxllsia
      @mxllsia Před rokem

      In india.. 7am to 6:50pm and homeworks..

  • @melaniepellens1152
    @melaniepellens1152 Před 3 lety +21

    I mean yeah we dont have any guns around kids/teens. We dont have to be afraid te get a gun on our head. I think thats one of the big reasons why americans are on the 26st place.

    • @MarkWellenburg2376
      @MarkWellenburg2376 Před 3 lety

      No they have no guns indeed, but they have KNIVES AND FIREWORK BOMBS

    • @2layIa
      @2layIa Před 3 lety +1

      @@MarkWellenburg2376 ?? no we don’t

    • @tibbe7216
      @tibbe7216 Před 3 lety

      @@2layIa no knives but we do have firework bombs lol

    • @MarkWellenburg2376
      @MarkWellenburg2376 Před 3 lety +2

      @@2layIa heb je het nieuws niet gevolgd over kinderen met messen? In mijn wijk heb je er genoeg.

    • @ck-wh4vd
      @ck-wh4vd Před 3 lety +3

      We have a huge knife problem in some parts.
      I don't think the white kids though....lmao.
      Sad tbh.
      But true.

  • @jackmoran4664
    @jackmoran4664 Před 3 lety +7

    Why has this been recommended to me I’ve never watched anything like this and it’s 3 years old ?

    • @matthijsnl3292
      @matthijsnl3292 Před 3 lety

      Cuz the netherlands is cool bro, its the most important thing on youtube, because we have hagelslag, kroketten and a frikandel special

  • @justinbolt1
    @justinbolt1 Před 7 lety +90

    the stuff they say about the short workweek is not really true though, yes there are some familys like that but most kids go to "overblijf" which is a sort of daycare during the afternoon break while some other kids go home or grandparents to have lunch.

    • @roy_hks
      @roy_hks Před 6 lety +1

      justinbolt1 Most kids go home in the early afternoons...

  • @miscellanicole
    @miscellanicole Před 7 lety +23

    I've also observed that most Dutch University students I've met have great relationships with their parents! perhaps it was also how they were brought up.

    • @MrShotta1989
      @MrShotta1989 Před 7 lety +3

      Nicole Rusli That also has to do with the fact that we move out relatively late. Being that rentprices are insane and distances to Highschools and Universities due to public transport easy accessible. And then all working parents get at least 25 vacations days next to the general national holidays, I believe that's way more then in the US.

    • @ikrame8442
      @ikrame8442 Před 5 lety

      Lol i hate mine

    • @evelinaellend7750
      @evelinaellend7750 Před 5 lety

      Rᴇᴀʟ ᴍᴇ LOL)

    • @Alexander-fv9db
      @Alexander-fv9db Před 3 lety

      I can confirm. That’s not true. 70% of my class mates have divorced parents

  • @TheToneBender
    @TheToneBender Před 7 lety +8

    The thing about being more motivated when you make your own choices are pretty accurate. Even in college now, I HATE it when I have to do certain things, but when I get to make my own choices for projects I get good grades and I like working on it

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      I was allowed to read German magazines in German class and listen to my favorite German music.
      I have avoided learning the der/die/das properly and sometimes use 1 or 2 slang-words, but other than that I'm fluent in German.
      And I can assure you that the rest, that was working with newspaper-clippings saying 'the sealpopulation has gone down' and questions like 'When a train leaves-" have stopped learning German as soon as they could. I'm 31 now and still learning new words everyday, voluntarily.

  • @herovandiejen1479
    @herovandiejen1479 Před 3 lety +2

    As a Dutch guy with American friends it's difficult to translate these cultural differences. Everything is a factor. The car central road and city design makes it less safe for kids to be independent at a young age and go around playing in the streets. Stores and other shops or activities are not integrated into the neighborhood so kids can't go there as easily. The crime rate and safety is different in the US and Netherlands which again makes it easier for Dutch kids to play outside and ve independent. The car in the us at 16 which gives teens independence is a bike in the Netherlands. That's your independence, and kids get a bike way earlier then US kids get a car. Parents in NL have more time to spend with their children because the minimum wage is way higher than the US and we get a couple weeks of paid leave every year for holidays and vacation. Not only does that make adults happier and does it encourage them, but it also means the work life balance is better. Happier parents happier kids. The fact that's stores are always close by and a few minutes by bike. And that parents have more time off work means they can get groceries more often and don't have to buy bulk like is normal in the US and also the stores sell more fresh products than the US which again makes people healthier and happier. The fact that cafés, shops, restaurant, parks and are all integrated in residential areas also makes it more vibrant and alive and that in turn also makes people happier plus it ensures that again there's less cars because there's no major roads. The fact Dutch children don't even know about school shootings being a possibility but US children having to do drills for it gives them way more stress, the educational system is totally different in to NL compared to the US, the political system, equality and opportunities, employment rate, everything. It's almost impossible to give children in the US the same childhood or raise them the way they are brought up in the Netherlands because everything is connected.

  • @azzy1220
    @azzy1220 Před 3 lety +7

    The most important factor is the independence, kids in the Netherlands can go almost everywhere on their own because we don't have the desolate wasteland that is suburbia

  • @petermenasche4932
    @petermenasche4932 Před 4 lety +7

    I’m from America and I must say thank god I have a Hispanic mother and a laid back father because if I was raised in an American home I’d probably be super depressed

  • @rens3333
    @rens3333 Před 6 lety +4

    I can tell you the happiness ends when they go to highschool lmao. No but the Netherlands is soooo chill to grow up. So grateful to live here.

  • @Speykr
    @Speykr Před 3 lety +24

    Reporter:
    “motivation>results”
    “Quality time with their parents”
    “Goverment supports parents with kids financially”
    Presentator: “CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES “

  • @Saartje05
    @Saartje05 Před 6 lety +1

    I remember an American friend told me their kids were picked up by a bus for school at 6am and drove around picking up other kids for almost TWO HOURS before they arrived at school not even two miles away. I mean DUH. When I asked why her son (in his teens already) didn't cycle or even walk to school she said it was too dangerous. No wonder they go nuts over there. They lose sleep, they're constantly driving around and running around to be on time and all because everything is too dangerous. Even small kids are taken to daycare very early in the morning. So they sleep too short, wake up out of their REM sleep, put in the car, taken to daycare and put back to sleep again. I'm talking 5am or 6am. I can't imagine something more bad for such small children. When I was still in school, my mom used to wake me up at 7.30, gave me breakfast on bed (yeah I know, that's not normal but very nice) and a cup of tea. I'd get up, wash and dress en got on my bike around 8.15am en arrived at school 15 minutes later. No stress.

  • @DailyDiscountNL
    @DailyDiscountNL Před 7 lety +16

    Yes, your first year of junior high school you get homework! Playing outside with other children is typical Dutch. At least my generation did that. The sprinkles is not that important, but cycling in every weather condition is! And don't forget that I think 75% of the Dutch children joins a sportclub were they learn how to play together etc. I think that Dutch children also get a lot of toys! I think these reasons indeed make Dutch children the 'happiest' :)

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      The thing with toys is that Dutch (basic) toys, stimulate the imagination. So they get cars, trains, lego or..whatever. And dressup-clothes that could be anything, like a white gown or a red skirt. They can use their imagination and create 5 different characters with tha.
      (Little red ridinghood if you wear the skirt as a cape, bride if you use the white gown, Grandma if you use both together, dentist if you use the white gown, Beachlady if you wear the skirt as a long top/dress.)
      In America (and sadly, more and more in the Netherlands) the toys that don't stimulate kids to think, are more popular.
      Such as...things that make a noise when you push a button. A singing-elsa-doll that already does everything by herself. A doggy that does backflips and just loudly barks.
      None of that invites the kids to engage with it..the thing already is what it is. It's a lot more fun to play with a non-electronic stuffed plushtoy-dog because then you get to make the scenario. Is he happy, sad, ill, sick, lost and found in the woods, is it a motherdog, a fatherdog, a babydog, is he/she curious or hungry...all of that can be decided by the kid. Not by the push of a button and a load of barking.

  • @lucritiaibarra8687
    @lucritiaibarra8687 Před 2 lety +3

    Saw this when we visited a few Christmases back.
    We walked by kids playing in the courtyards of their school- so content with no fancy playgrounds or equipment either. Just laughing and running with friends. Playing games using their imaginations.
    We noticed families riding bikes as families to get to and from- even in the cold winter weather.
    It was so refreshing to see and prompted me to take a more relaxed approach to my own parenting.

  • @_M_o_n_k_e
    @_M_o_n_k_e Před 3 lety +3

    Kijk we moeten het wel toegeven. Op de basisschool was het echt leuk om überhaupt naar buiten te gaan en met je hele school te spelen. Op de middelbare is het dan ineens een stuk minder erg maar daar valt ook aan te werken.

  • @chieldonkers8377
    @chieldonkers8377 Před 3 lety +13

    Now I understand why al the us meme are about having depression and anxiety

  • @maudbeenders5665
    @maudbeenders5665 Před 7 lety +2

    i am dutch and the only reason we cycle so many is because you have to be 18 to drive, cars are expensive and parking meters are everywhere, but open parkingspots are hard to find. I truely hate riding on my bike! especially when it is raining. oh and public transportation sucks in small towns and there is no such thing as a school bus. basically we are forced to cycle otherwise we can't go anywhere.

  • @khalid969
    @khalid969 Před 5 lety +7

    when the people choose Socialism in a democracy, this is what happens. contrary to what conservative Americans want you to believe, Socialism doesn't only work, but it's actually the best system humans know because it produces the best results. this video only touches on one facet of Dutch life. the Dutch however, and northern European countries in general, who all happen to be Socialist countries BTW, all excel in every aspect and lead much better lives than Americans do. in fact, most of the top countries in any category are Socialist European countries. there's no denying that, and there's no ignoring that. the only times Socialism hasn't worked in the past is when the government is a Socialist dictatorship because a dictatorship is a dictatorship.

  • @kyandehaan6306
    @kyandehaan6306 Před 3 lety +7

    its true but we become the most depressed teens in the world..

    • @casparlemmens5022
      @casparlemmens5022 Před 3 lety +2

      Onzin, denk je dat andere tieners geen problemen hebben?
      Niet lekker in je vel zitten en soms even worstelen met levensvragen is gewoon een kenmerk van puberteit, van je hele leven nadat je fatsoenlijk leert nadenken eigenlijk.
      Geniet van de kleine dingen en wees je er ten alle tijden bewust van dat er kinderen opgroeien die elke dag niet eens genoeg te eten hebben.
      Je hebt zo'n geluk dat je in zo'n fijn veilig land bent geboren, dus haal het beste uit elk moment, ook als je je niet goed voelt!

    • @sid86588
      @sid86588 Před 3 lety +1

      @@casparlemmens5022 lmfao ikr. Ze zijken gwn de heletijd. Eerst helemaal niks doen. En dan boos/gestrest worden als ze de consequenties zien

    • @casparlemmens5022
      @casparlemmens5022 Před 3 lety +1

      @l̼̓ overweeg dat er kinderen in Myanmar van onder de 10 zijn die 14 uur per dag in een gevaarlijke kopermijn moeten werken voor een hongerloontje (of zelfs geen).
      Wij wonen in een van de meest ontwikkelde, meest welvarende landen ter wereld waar veel dingen goed geregeld zijn.
      Tuurlijk gebeuren hier ook dingen die niet goed zijn, maar je kan dat echt niet vergelijken met schrijnende situaties elders.
      Je mag al dankbaar zijn voor het feit dat je überhaupt aan eten komt hier.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      @@casparlemmens5022 Je hoeft het niet te gaan vergelijken met ergere dingen, dat helpt niet.
      Ik had ooit een ex die me meenam naar een concentratiekamp (ja serieus) en zei; 'Kijk...jij huilt omdat je aangerand bent, maar deze Joden zijn doodgemaakt. Zet dat alles niet in perspectief?'
      Ik snap heel goed dat zoveel tieners en kinderen zich niet helemaal herkennen in de ideale Nederlandse manier van doen, want we zijn aan het ver-Amerikaniseren en een heleboel dingen (zoals overbezorgde ouders en het verdwijnen van speelplaatsen omdat er een kantoor moet komen) dat is nu ook Nederlands aan het worden.
      Kinderen krijgen al vroeg een mobieltje, met tiktok erop, zodat ze ineens de druk van buitenaf krijgen dat ze ergens aan moeten voldoen.
      Kinderen mogen nog wel zelf op de fiets naar school (wat in Amerika niet kan) maar hun ouders zijn steeds minder bezig met een rustige omgeving scheppen, dus je hebt ineens een keihard blérende tv aan, met een stomme lachende Gerard Joling en je moeder die zich dwangmatig staat op te maken. Steeds meer scheidingen, steeds meer mensen die hun kinderen aankleden als kleine volwassenen (mogen ze dus niet meer in de modder rollen) en ouders die zich afvragen waarom die kinderen zo druk zijn, terwijl ze zakkenvol snoep in de bekkies gieten en geen enkel kinderliedje voor ze zingen als ze huilend in de maxicosi zitten.
      In plaats daarvan hebben ze een automatisch schaapje wat 'pie-die-die pie-die-dieeee pied-die-dieeeDIEEEEDIEDIEDIEEEEEE!' pingelt.
      Er is echt een heleboel goeds over Nederland te zeggen hoor, maar we glijden steeds verder af richting de Amerikaanse taferelen, zeker als je bedenkt dat we een ontzettend rijk land zijn en we alle kansen wel hebben, maar niet pakken (of niet kunnen pakken.)
      Het kan wel, maar het gebeurd niet. GGZ krijgt minder geld, jeugdzorg krijgt minder geld, dat merk je dus.

  • @sevendam9070
    @sevendam9070 Před 4 lety +3

    Lot's of reasons why Dutch kids are happy. Conclusion of the anchorman. ''Aha, it's the chocolate sprinkles.''
    Not gonna lie.. Its true.

  • @tessknowles5119
    @tessknowles5119 Před 7 lety +3

    I totally agree with this. I was so happy when I lived in the Netherlands but since I've moved to England I have been stressed and unhappy!

  • @jordyv5290
    @jordyv5290 Před 7 lety +4

    So not very on-topic but i'd like to share this; The school of my 6 year old daugther has a rule that they can plan all their chores for that week themselfs. they deside what they do every day as long as they finish it. it doesnt only teach to plan stuff and gives the kids a little freedom of education but it also teaches her to -sometimes- first do the stuff you like to do the least, before doing all the things you like the most at school.

    • @jenster29
      @jenster29 Před 7 lety +1

      Jordy Veldhuizen yeah my kids have the same experience I was a little suspicious of it at first but now see the benefits. their goal now is to finish everything by Wednesday or Thursday so Friday is an easy laid back day.

  • @littlesailor1533
    @littlesailor1533 Před 7 lety +76

    I think the elementary schools are good but high school and elementary school is so different that I couldn't switch from that so I was put on a lower level than I could've easily done. I did nothing for 4 years went on to college and completely failed at it because of lack of motivation and bad mental health.

    • @marijes2006
      @marijes2006 Před 7 lety +4

      Little Sailor. Same

    • @cherubi3570
      @cherubi3570 Před 7 lety +4

      Little Sailor I had no homework or challenges in elementary and had no trouble going to VWO and adjusting to the level there. It depends on your school, pretty much. At my school you got helped well and really taugh to study well. We also had the chance to do homework in class and ask questions whenever we needed to. There isn't much pressure on us and we still manage to get good grades and get taught what we need to be taught. It all depends on yourself and your school, and the amount of pressure that is put on you. You can work better when you feel relaxed than when you feel stressed and pressured. School's fine.

    • @gerritjansen8214
      @gerritjansen8214 Před 7 lety +1

      dat is wel kut om te horen jammer

    • @TinaSound25
      @TinaSound25 Před 7 lety +1

      I'm your hope, I'm your angel I'm J-Hope Same. Ik had alleen de eerste drie jaar bijna geen huiswerk omdat ik alles op school al af had. In de vierde kreeg ik opeens van alle vakken huiswerk, maar was het nog te doen. Nu in de vijfde heb ik echt niet normaal veel huiswerk en helemaal geen vrije tijd meer! Had/heb jij dat ook?

    • @tessat1693
      @tessat1693 Před 7 lety +1

      diëlle Paas sorry maar je Engels is niet zo goed voor iemand die tto doet

  • @captainchaos3667
    @captainchaos3667 Před 5 lety +5

    One thing that struck me is that the kids explaining that they have no homework do so in flawless English... :)

  • @KT-tk6vi
    @KT-tk6vi Před 7 lety +7

    True. I only started getting homework in high school and not even for every subject

    • @wwiiholland4339
      @wwiiholland4339 Před 7 lety

      wut, ik wil nu metteen naar jouw school, ik heb zelfs voor gym soms huiswerk.

    • @KT-tk6vi
      @KT-tk6vi Před 7 lety

      WWII Holland trust me. Dat wil Je niet. I mean middelbare is oké. Maar ik zat eerst op twee Engelse scholen toen op een Nederlandse (ik mocht groep 2 overslaan) daar werd ik heel erg gepest dus toen ging ik naar een andere daar werd ik ook heel erg gepest maar mijn leraar vond mij hoogbegaafd(niet) en ik mocht groep 8 overslaan. Nu zot ik op een 'leuke' school. Veel meer rassisten maar ik heb wel tenminste echte vrienden

    • @lunarity7405
      @lunarity7405 Před 4 lety

      Davina Moon ahah rip mij. Ik doe Gymnasium lekkah veel huiswerk

  • @lucvandriel2408
    @lucvandriel2408 Před 7 lety +9

    primary school is pretty chill, and then high school starts. 6 years, 9 hours a day and then u are expected to do homework, sports and work on the side since your parents generally don't give you anything. both parents usually work 40 hours a week so most children get brought up in daycare. we have the least amount of free time compared to all other European countries and a really high suicide rate amongst college and high school students due to the huge amount of pressure and almost no sleep. but this is in south Holland, I have been to other provinces and people seem to have a lot more free time and don't work as hard.

    • @ikrame8442
      @ikrame8442 Před 5 lety

      Hoogste percentage van moord is in Azie

    • @ikrame8442
      @ikrame8442 Před 5 lety

      En op welke school zitten u ik ben meestal 2/3 uur smiddags al thuis. Op een dag na want dan ben ik 4 klaar. Gaat het goed daar zo ?

  • @kimjungun4648
    @kimjungun4648 Před 6 lety +1

    In short ; treat your kids like you want to be treated yourself . They are people , just like you, and they need your support , you know, be like a support beam instead of a wrecking ball !

  • @eefjess6762
    @eefjess6762 Před 7 lety +1

    i live in the Netherlands, i'm 100 % dutch and i can tell you there is a lot of freedom here in growing up, we are allowed to have a bad school week and it is actually very nice to life here, well beside the weather.

  • @rubygamer2451
    @rubygamer2451 Před 7 lety +9

    WE ARE THE HAPPIEST BECAUSE WE HAVE FRIKANDELLEN. IM ALWAYS SO BORED IN OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE I CANT EAT FRIKANDELLEN.

  • @itscharlotte3449
    @itscharlotte3449 Před 7 lety +21

    I live in the netherlands And i'm so happyyyy This is soo true😃😃😃

  • @RinskeVink_
    @RinskeVink_ Před 7 lety +72

    Hahahhahhhaa lol driebergen in opgenomen! dat kind met die helm op was mn basisschool maatje😂

    • @ellavh6820
      @ellavh6820 Před 7 lety +2

      Rinsje xo cool! Ik woon daar vlakbij Haha!

    • @foxy5833
      @foxy5833 Před 7 lety +1

      Rinsje xo jaaaa ik woon ook dichtbij driebergen

    • @noonmovies1636
      @noonmovies1636 Před 7 lety +3

      Iedereen hier woont dicht bij driebergen, dus ik doe mee.

  • @mernisch8307
    @mernisch8307 Před 7 lety +2

    I live in a "suburb" of Amsterdam, and I can go everywhere on my bike. I think it's the freedom we have.

  • @supervegito9562
    @supervegito9562 Před 7 lety +2

    before i went to high school my life was happy. And when i went to high scool, my life twisted into despair

  • @YasjuhMsp
    @YasjuhMsp Před 6 lety +3

    Netherlands is such a beautiful country with a amazing culture!!

  • @dannydevito241
    @dannydevito241 Před 7 lety +27

    It's bc al of our parents are high and let us do everything

  • @mick8982
    @mick8982 Před 3 lety +5

    Step 1: shrink your country
    Step 2: make it flatt

    • @Nobody-yr7bh
      @Nobody-yr7bh Před 3 lety

      Step 3: build a dam

    • @Nobody-yr7bh
      @Nobody-yr7bh Před 3 lety

      @l̼̓ it’s not that corrupted look at other country’s we all life super nice so don’t say something you don’t have proof for

  • @dreamersjournal
    @dreamersjournal Před 7 lety +2

    When i moved from Amsterdam to Toronto, Canada as an 8 year old I was super unprepared with how to handle every day homework.

  • @artswithflora8899
    @artswithflora8899 Před 7 lety +2

    The kids at 2:17 speak better English than the teacher at 2:22... dayum I thought she was talking Dutch there for a sec...

  • @wisesoulw4768
    @wisesoulw4768 Před 3 lety +6

    En nu zit 80% van alle jongeren tegen een burn-out
    Sick gast!

  • @linasithlady7377
    @linasithlady7377 Před 7 lety +22

    "Aha, it's the chocolate sprinkles." Yeah, AND those 5 other reasons they just mentioned!
    Are you freaking kidding me???

    • @deJessias
      @deJessias Před 7 lety +6

      That was a joke.

    • @linasithlady7377
      @linasithlady7377 Před 7 lety +1

      I know, I hate how bad it is... :)

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      The Americans heard the chocolate-sprinkles and couldn't hear anything else anymore...just chocolate...chocolate..they eat chocolate..TO THE FRIDGE!

  • @messeduphina566
    @messeduphina566 Před 7 lety +33

    How do I move to Netherlands?

    • @tjeerdroukens5110
      @tjeerdroukens5110 Před 7 lety +5

      Messed Up Hina everybody can, even immigrants from seria

    • @maxdebruin4193
      @maxdebruin4193 Před 7 lety +10

      Tjeerd Roukens refugees* from Syria.

    • @Saartje05
      @Saartje05 Před 7 lety +6

      Er is een ENORM verschil tussen immigranten en vluchtelingen. En het is 'Syria', niet Seria...

    • @Saartje05
      @Saartje05 Před 7 lety +6

      mooi'n keal Oh ben je er zo eentje.

    • @mooinkeal2726
      @mooinkeal2726 Před 7 lety +8

      dat kan ik ook aan jou vragen sneeuwvlokje ;)

  • @wimschoenmakers5463
    @wimschoenmakers5463 Před 6 lety +1

    I'am sixty years old and Dutch, and still a happy kid. That's the secret!

  • @arjanvroom8363
    @arjanvroom8363 Před 7 lety +2

    I'm a dutch kid and this video makes me happy, no wonder the Netherlands are on number 1 :D

  • @JodBless
    @JodBless Před 3 lety +3

    I do believe most Dutch children have a great life before they go to highschool, but everything changes as soon as we reach the age of 12🙃

  • @thomasjansen5921
    @thomasjansen5921 Před 6 lety +42

    Must be wrong
    Maybe a misplaced comma?
    Inaccurate measurements?
    (Dutch guy here)

    • @satan875
      @satan875 Před 6 lety +5

      Verdomme Thomas

    • @basdenhollander8856
      @basdenhollander8856 Před 6 lety +1

      probs dutch scientist conducting the study

    • @Martysarts
      @Martysarts Před 6 lety +1

      Aboard Games een trump vrij land is niet positief. Ik heb liever trump als premier dan mark rutte

    • @Maverick21491
      @Maverick21491 Před 6 lety +1

      Ongelovige Thomas....altijd weer die Thomas...zucht.. :)

    • @thomasjansen5921
      @thomasjansen5921 Před 6 lety

      Satan ahahaha

  • @Succeshero-yw1rl
    @Succeshero-yw1rl Před 6 lety +3

    Like the way he says ‘ mama or papa dagggg haha

  • @HetGamendeKoekje
    @HetGamendeKoekje Před 6 lety +2

    I swear to god we don’t really have a choice to go on the bike, our parents just don’t want to bring us to school.

  • @user-mw4wl5zl1z
    @user-mw4wl5zl1z Před 3 lety +2

    Yes we didn’t get homework from an early age but we only got a year to get used to daily homework that takes 3+ hours to make, that was really hard to get used to

    • @hsmileyface8308
      @hsmileyface8308 Před 3 lety +1

      Je zit gewoon een niveau te hoog, ik heb P havo gezeten en ik stak geen vinger uit

  • @LauravMullekom
    @LauravMullekom Před 7 lety +5

    Am I happy? Yeah
    Do I need to cycle every day to school? Yeah
    Am I bad in English? Yeah

  • @shadanim
    @shadanim Před 7 lety +101

    wE HAVE NO TRUMP

    • @obamart
      @obamart Před 7 lety +10

      L I L A we have Trump 3.0
      (Geert Wilders)

    • @shadanim
      @shadanim Před 7 lety

      Mandvis why 3.0

    • @Faithalone-ef7rs
      @Faithalone-ef7rs Před 7 lety +10

      Trump is nog altijd 100x slimmer dan al die kartelpolitici waarmee wij zitten opgescheept.

    • @Succeshero-yw1rl
      @Succeshero-yw1rl Před 6 lety +6

      We have GEERT WILDERS!!! Ah yeah! They share the same kind of hair!

    • @puffcatco
      @puffcatco Před 5 lety +1

      we do have wilders

  • @NaomiNLA
    @NaomiNLA Před 7 lety +17

    maar ik ben nogsteeds depressief

    • @jennifervanos5212
      @jennifervanos5212 Před 7 lety +6

      Naomi depressie is een mentale stoornis, dit gaat over kinderen zonder. dus je comment gaat helemaal nergens over

    • @samuelvimes7686
      @samuelvimes7686 Před 5 lety

      Tieners kunnen vaak depressief zien. Niet echt uitzonderlijk

  • @pim1234
    @pim1234 Před 3 lety +1

    I was a happy Dutch kid in the 60's and 70's ... still am !

  • @CuriosusSum
    @CuriosusSum Před 5 lety +1

    If children can get around on their bike independently from the age of ten, then parents enjoy much more freedom too!

  • @rosaliegrummel7818
    @rosaliegrummel7818 Před 3 lety +11

    G E K O L O N I S E E R D

  • @stefansuijkerbuijk4305
    @stefansuijkerbuijk4305 Před 3 lety +3

    If you make a CZcams video about the Dutch, the Dutch WILL find it and they WILL comment. :)

  • @jessicaas869
    @jessicaas869 Před 3 lety +3

    POV: this was in your recommend

  • @robinpratama8897
    @robinpratama8897 Před 2 lety +1

    NL Dad: Have good time son!
    Meanwhile...
    US Dad: Are you winning son?
    Meanwhile...
    Chinese Dad: NO A+++ NO HOME!!!!

  • @elenkorkmaz4075
    @elenkorkmaz4075 Před 3 lety

    I moved to Netherlands 2 years ago. And I can tell that this is true. No pressure. Dutch teens have not seen what real depression is lol.

    • @elenkorkmaz4075
      @elenkorkmaz4075 Před 3 lety

      @l̼̓ Wtf? Search it up it’s one of the happiest and richest countries. As I said I moved to Netherlands and you people don’t understand how much people all around the world wanna live like you. You literally don’t know what difficult is.

    • @thechiel3004
      @thechiel3004 Před 3 lety

      @l̼̓ Nederland is een van de meest welvarende landen in de wereld. Als ge het daar al slecht vindt...

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      @@thechiel3004 Hetzelfde geldt voor Amerika.

  • @maexinecreationsreview8891

    I would like to learn Dutch as well

    • @wwiiholland4339
      @wwiiholland4339 Před 7 lety +3

      believe me, you won't

    • @ldblokland463
      @ldblokland463 Před 6 lety

      Good luck

    • @Bread-jw4vz
      @Bread-jw4vz Před 6 lety +1

      Maexine CreationsReview its REALLY hard coming from a dutch boy so many rules exceptions and stuff goodluck with that 😊

    • @sharmarliesbrinkman5741
      @sharmarliesbrinkman5741 Před 6 lety +2

      Maexine CreationsReview Dutch is one of the hardest languages with grammar and if you want to speak Dutch, first thing first, can say the g in the back of your throat😊i'm Dutch so I know

    • @puffcatco
      @puffcatco Před 5 lety +2

      You should :D
      good luck from the netherlands 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

  • @ernstatema4638
    @ernstatema4638 Před 3 lety +6

    And then we grow old and have mental problems because of the performance drive of society...

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před rokem

      Which is because of the Americanisation and we used to not-have-that!

  • @SuDoesThings
    @SuDoesThings Před 7 lety +1

    Yes, I come from The Netherlands and I'm everyday happy.

  • @nv_johan8711
    @nv_johan8711 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm Dutch and it's pretty dope here.

  • @DutchManticore
    @DutchManticore Před 7 lety +7

    29 hour average workweek?
    Mama-pappa-dag.
    I wonder which part of the Netherlands you visited. And...that woman who says it hast affected her career is a liar.
    The Netherlands isnt some magical fairyland where the consequences of reality have been magically averted.

    • @DutchManticore
      @DutchManticore Před 7 lety

      Kimchi Jonghyunah Daar doelen ze niet op. Mothersday en Fathersday hebben ze daar ook.
      Google even op "pappadag". Dat is een vrije dag die je zogenaamd zo maar even op kunt nemen om met je kinderen te zijn. Dat is echt iets anders

    • @DutchManticore
      @DutchManticore Před 7 lety

      Kimchi Jonghyunah Precies. Vandaar dat ik t ontken ook dat t hier normaal is!

    • @DutchManticore
      @DutchManticore Před 7 lety

      Beautiful Magic Neen. Dat is contextueel erg duidelijk.