Comment by Nursie

I don't have kids, I'm not that careful with devices myself, and we have had instances of (for instance) laptops that have fallen off a table with usb c chargers plugged in, landing on the cable end, and not breaking the port.

I did break multiple micro-USB ports though, as did ham-fisted family members. USB C made that all go away.

I have friends with kids (with tech) who don't seem to have a ton of broken devices either. Clearly we have very different experiences.