Guess in which EU capital the quietest children live? Not long ago it used to be Berlin. The reason for kids’ quietness was neither their character nor their parents, but the law. The situation was changed only this month. “Children in the German capital Berlin are to be exempt from strict laws on noise pollution,” the BBC writes.
“Until now, only church bells, emergency sirens, snow-ploughs and tractors have fallen outside the stringent rules on excessive noise in Germany.” However, it’s still better to keep quiet at night and on Sundays.
Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but the topic of reducing kids’ talkativeness was also brought up last week at the website of a certain free educational game, one by the name of Driving Kids 
. “We don’t think that’s a game you can win,” commented the specialists in online children’s games.
Even if we weren’t the ones who inspired German politicians to make the change, we’re glad that kids in Berlin may meet spring 2010 with happy shouts, drums, jumps, and whistles, playing games and expressing their emotions more freely.
