I just spent an hour and a half watching teenagers and little kids swimming in a pool I was visiting with the "mom" of the household and we were sitting by the pool in the shade, with a wonderful little breeze blowing. It was delightful! It took me back to the days when I had a pool and it was full of kids (and a very enthusiastic Irish Setter) and we took trips through darkest Africa on a floating lounge, always ending up under Schweitzer Falls (the slide).
These kids were having a grand time and they will sleep well tonight because they were able to expend all those child calories of physical and emotional energy and they were just having fun--without anything electronic or "entertaining" to draw their attention away from the sheer joy of the moment. Children need to play. It is essential to their nature and their learning capacity. Adults need to play as well. It is essential to remind us of our once-not-s0-long-ago childhood, our innocence and the pleasure we took in learning through play.
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A pool helps with the playing. I think I need one!
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