Are you looking for a way to add some spice to your family life and keep everyone entertained? Before your run out and buy the newest video-game platform on the market or buy that new movie that is going to wear out its welcome in about a week after your son has played it 7 times in a row. Consider something different.
Even in the confines of crowded San Antonio, swing sets, monkey bars, and slides can create a home experience that improves your family life. Here are 5 ways setting up a little playground can improve your family life.
1. Healthy Activity
I cannot stress how important outdoor activity is for your child, especially in a big city like San Antonio. Swing sets alone is enough reason to get your kids outside without having to drag them all the way outside of the city or send them dodging through traffic on their bicycles. Moving around in the fresh air and sunshine, this is what being a kid is all about.
2. It Can Be Added On
This is the type of thing you can always be making better a little at a time. A nice activity area can be expanded on until you have the best backyard in all of San Antonio. Swing sets might start it off, but a little at a time you can add more and more. Throw in a trampoline. A basketball hoop. A slide. A pool someday would be nice.
3. Never Loses Appeal
Even if you keep it at the minimum, playgrounds don't lose appeal. Unlike that brand new movie that is going to burn everyone out or the video game that everyone will be demanding be replaced by the next best thing when the year is out, an outdoor play set will never lose its appeal? Well, until the kids grow out of it, of course. But that's going to be a while.
4. Save Money
In this economy, saving money is on everyone's mind, and once your play set is installed, you've now got a default activity you can resort to when there is no money to go on trips or head to the mall or to the movies. Once it is set up, it isn't going anywhere, and that means a lot of entertainment money saved in the future.
5. Save Time
Another valuable resource to parents is time. We'd love to pack up the kids and head to the mountains every time the whim struck, but unfortunately, that takes a lot of time out of our busy lives.
You should still take trips every once in a while, but if you don't have time to get out of San Antonio, swing sets in back yards are a convenient way to step outdoors and enjoy the sun and air with your family and never go beyond the fence.
