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Welcome to the Jill Biden National Marble Run and Hiking Trail… Brought to You by Pfizer and JPMorgan Chase… (June 3, 2023)

Welcome to the Jill Biden National Marble Run and Hiking Trail… Brought to You by Pfizer and JPMorgan Chase… (June 3, 2023)

On Day 5 of my trip to Switzerland, I think I discovered the most blatantly obvious difference between a free-economic state like Switzerland and whatever it is we now call the U.S. economy.

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Jun 03, 2023
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Saturday, June 3, 2023

Dear Old Friend,

I always told myself I wouldn’t be a “helicopter parent” – hovering over my child and making sure she didn’t get scrapes or bruises. But this morning, until I finally caught myself, I told my daughter to slow down, not run down the trails, and hold my hand while slowly descending rocky trail steps.

In Switzerland, they push their kids up and down the mountains by the age 3. Since everyone has liability insurance, everyone is on their own. It creates a real sense of personal responsibility.

It’s not a tortious society – so if a five-year-old trips off the unrailed pathway with a 30-foot slide… no one can sue the local park… I saw school kids climbing 45-foot-tall trees…

Amelia was a trooper… and I laid off. Fear of heights is my problem… I don’t need to make it hers. It was a good lesson.

There were other lessons… particularly about how the United States works.

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