Healthy Alternatives for Children

Answer 1

More children today are becoming conditioned to watching entertaining television for specific age groups than enjoying the great outdoors. Few things compare in memory as the experiences learned on the swing set in the back yard. The wonderland of the swing set can provide hours of enjoyment that actually provide health benefits unseen to the child’s eye.

Many playgrounds today have a version or form of a swing set. The more robust and sturdy heavy wooden planks with galvanized pipe and strong chains can hold even the largest of us older children at heart. The wide rubber seating and extra room between swings allows the larger than life child to swing to their hearts content.

Varieties of outdoor swing sets include swings, play houses, and other forms of physical entertainment not available in the older play sets. Some of these newer versions offer lifetime warranties on the wood, which makes the investment cross multiple generations. Though investing in an outdoor swing set is not on the top of mind for payback, these swing sets yield returns unseen by the typical investor. Hours of fun by children and adults, and the side benefit of improved health, are priceless. Ask any stay at home mom or dad who has to entertain children a portion of the day. Outdoor swing sets are better than most babysitters.

Accessories available on most swing sets are baby seats, interchangeable rubber seating, adjustable chains coated in a sturdy polymer to protect little fingers and even rope or tire swings. The addition of various forms of play houses, tubular slides and even rock climbing walls are all expansions of the outdoor swing set model.

Outdoor swing sets will be the center of attention at most playgrounds. In the back yard or the city park, a swing set is a much needed accessory to expand enjoyment and allow children the opportunity to explore, dream and expand their horizons. Just don’t tell them as they play for hours on end the benefits to their body and mind. As children are encouraged to go outside and play on the swing set, their health will improve, their desire to stay indoors to watch age specific programming will lessen, and their friendships will expand. Warning: a backyard outdoor swing set will make your backyard the meeting place for all the local children.