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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many darn kill-joys here.  If you can afford it, get a pool, make sure it's fenced, teach your kids to swim and supervise the hell out of them.  But then I'm one of those strange eccentric moms who believe that trampolines are cool (we have one), the odd dose of fast food will not going to turn baby into a fatty, and, once a week, teaching to jelly snakes to swim in the bath before being eaten is good for a laugh.  We grew up in a lovely place with a pool and it didn't draw kids there.  What did draw kids there was that my mom was always welcoming and inclusive (in a slightly matriarchal way), always had extra food for dinner for hangers-on (when we were older), listened without judging, stuck to her rules and was wonderfully empathetic.  And she never tried to be our age or our friend - I mean that in the nicest possible way.  Lots of my friends still visit her and my dad when they are around because my parents were so much part of the fabric of their adolescent lives.

I guess what I'm saying is that the pool is unlikely to be the attraction.  It's your family that will define whether people want to be in your space.  You cannot buy or create the spirit of inclusion - it's you that matter.

And to the complete COW who would never let her child go on a play-date to a place with a pool.  I hope she is saving for therapy as we speak.

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I wish you were my neighbor. And that you had a pool.

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