Health and happiness. Who couldn’t use more of those things? Well, if there’s a single item you could add to your home’s backyard that would promote those all-important intangibles, it would, undoubtedly, be an in-ground swimming pool. One of the major ways that a swimming pool can improve the happiness quotient in your life is because it can directly affect your relationships. Splashing and laughing with those you love is definitely a great reason to invest in a backyard swimming pool. Perhaps you’ve never considered how a pool could impact your family and community relationships? Well, then, let’s take a look at how they could be connected.

Let’s. Stay. Home.

Depending on your personality and your current life stage — as well as those of your family members — those words may bring either smiles or sighs. But here’s the thing: if you have a backyard swimming pool, everyone in your tribe will be more likely to see staying home as a good thing, a fun thing, a happy thing. They’ll probably be more likely to invite friends over, too. Who knows?! You might even get a little respite from a season or two of lugging stadium chairs around to various kids’ activities.

When your yard has a swimming pool, you’ll easily be able to trade in your role of chauffeur with that of host or hostess, and even that will be a simple task. No decorating, no activity planning — just open up the pool, and you have an instant pool party on your hands!

Real. Quality. Time.

What’s your family time usually like? (Besides running kids to various activities, ah hem.) Is it screen time? Whether you’re sitting together in front of the TV or everyone is in the same room staring at individual phones or tablets, we all know that’s not real family time. You know the drill: you tell the kids to put down their gadgets, and they groan. Well, with a swimming pool, you’ll get to skip the arguments and go straight to having fun. Together. Boom.

Great. Staycation. Potential.

Before you had a pool, the idea of staying home instead of going someplace on vacation might have seemed like a bit of a bummer. But once you have a pool? It’s totally different. No more of the best memories being reserved for when you go other places — your family will find that good old Dorothy Gale was right: the best stuff really can be found no further than your own backyard.

Easy. Good. Nights.

If there’s a downside to summer, it’s that deceptive sunshine continuing well into the evening hours. As parents, that means kids fight their bedtimes. Well, one way to help them get tired enough to actually welcome bedtime is to exert their energy in your swimming pool. Not only is swimming an excellent exercise (more about that below), but it also requires your body to exert added energy to go maintain a stable body temperature, adding to that good tired feeling you have when you’ve spent time in the pool.

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