'  ♪♪♪ >> MY FAMILY RECENTLY SPENT SOME TIME IN NORWAY AND MY PLAN WAS TO SEND A VIDEO POSTSCARRED, SOMETHING THAT BASICALLY SAID LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL OSLO IS IN THE SUMMER.
BUT THEN I GOT THERE AND I DECIDED I WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT THIS ROPES COURSE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ONE OF THESE ADVENTURE PLACES WITH TIGHT ROPES AND 0 LINES.
YOU CAN FIND IT JUST OUTSIDE THE SMALL TOWN OF OSC.
BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT AMAZED ME, WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THIS ROPES COURSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ANYTHING.
THERE'S NO iPAD WHERE YOU SCROLL PAST THE FINE PRINT, INITIAL, INITIAL, INITIAL, SIGN YOUR LIFE AWAY.
THEY JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK TUTORIAL AND LET YOU GO.
AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE COURSE, THERE AREN'T ANY EMPLOYEES HELPING YOU DO IT.
IT'S YOU, A CLIMBING HARNESS, GRAFT AND YOUR OWN SENSE OF SELF PRESERVATION.
NOW, I WILL ADMIT, I HESITATED BEFORE SHARING THIS VIDEO BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL BE THINKING I SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS TYPE OF RISK WITH MY CHILDREN.
BUT THEN I DECIDED I AM GOING TO SHARE IT BECAUSE I'VE COME TO DISAGREE.
>> YOU DID IT.
>> YOU SEE I'VE TAKEN ME KIDS A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THE RISK IS SUPPOSEDLY REDUCED, PLACES WHERE EVERY BUCKLE IS CHECKED AND EVERY CARABINER IS SECURED BY THE ON-STAFF EXPERT.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT WHEN KIDS ARE TOLD THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN CHARGE OF THEIR SAFETY, THEY TENDS TO ACT RECKLESSLY, THEY TENDS TO ACT LIKE CHILDREN.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY GENUINELY UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR OWN CHOICES ARE WHAT'S KEEPING THEM SAFE, THEY'RE FULLY CAPABLE OF SWITCHING TO ADULT MODE.
OTHERWISE SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IT NOW, TOO.
HERE'S MY 7-YEAR-OLD SON CAREFUL LEGAL MANAGING HIS OWN HARNESS AND HE KEPT THIS UP FOR ALMOST EIGHT HOURS.
THIS IS WHY I'M GRATEFUL NORWAY HASN'T ADOPTED OUR MINDSET OF IF I GET HURT, IT'S YOUR FAULTS.
BECAUSE I'VE CONVINCED MYSELF, THERE ARE CERTAIN IMPORTANT PORTION ATTENTION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN YOU CAN ONLY DEVELOP BY TAKING RISKS, AND THE REWARDS FOR TAKING THE RISKS FAR OUTWEIGH THE PHYSICAL DANGERS.
SO, THANK YOU, NORWAY.
OSLO IS BEAUTIFUL, IF ANYBODY ASKS FOR MY OPINION, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THEY HEAD OUT OF TOWN AND TRY ON A CLIMBING HARNESS.