Children also wore traditional costumes in the Black Forest. However, in those days, childhood here was not an easy one, as the offspring had to actively help out on the family farm at a young age.

Children eventually inherited the estate. However, the farm was not divided up when it was inherited. This was done to ensure that the farm could continue unimpaired and that the cattle were not taken to another farm. This affected the succession should there be more than one child. The farm was bequeathed either to the youngest son or the eldest daughter. Other children had to marry in order to be taken to another farm. If they were unsuccessful, they were left as servants or maids on their own estates.

The traditional costumes for children can be admired in the Trachtenmuseum in Haslach. Here, more than a hundred traditional costumes are exhibited on life-size dolls, as well as everyday objects of the peasants of the Black Forest. Incidentally, the museum is housed in the old Capuchin monastery, which is the last remaining Capuchin complex in southern Germany.