5 Benefits to Adding Swingsets to Your Backyard

In modern America where technology puts a universe of possibilities at our fingertips, and sometimes multiple virtual universes, it's easy to over-complicate the means of keeping your child entertained. Every kid thinks they need all the latest gadgets and over-hyped video games, and with parents growing less stubborn, more distracted, and more complacent, they typically just get what they want. But I'd like to venture that the perfect addition to your child's life can be as simple and old school as the swingsets we loved when we were kids.

Remember when you were a kid. What did you hear the most from your parents? For me, it was either, "Why don't you kids go play outside?" Or, when we were getting in wrestling matches and climbing up the walls, "Take it outside!"When you think about it though, even though fresh air and sun is essential, what our parents really knew was that kids need to be active. All those video games, movies, sitting in the car, and even sitting at school is doing nothing for healthy physical growth�don't even get me started on diets.One thing I love about adding swingsets to your backyard is that suddenly your yard becomes the place to be. Most swingsets these days have all kinds of add-ons that turn them into a complete playground, so instead of running amuck all over town looking for something to do, the kids are in your backyard.A number of taster sessions at driving ranges and golf courses are also planned for September and October.* BIG HIT: Kevin Booth, handicap secretary for the Disabled Golf Society, with wife Cerise. Left: Amputee Keith Dolman at a society eventWooden swing set has different shapes and sizes and colors to meet your preference to fit in backyard design with nature looks. The wooden materials could be treated wood, cedar and redwood. Treated wood has to be chemically treated to prevent decay and insect damages while cedar and redwood with nature resistance to decay and insects are ideal materials for swing sets.He is now looking for local sponsors for this and future events and hopes to start a dialogue with other golf clubs in Kirklees which may be able to offer facilities."I have been inspired by people at these events and I am channelling all of my energies into the society."Kevin, who is a Town season ticket holder, has attended four of these events and they have given him a new lease of life. He counts the days to the next competition and has taken on the role of DGS handicap secretary. (His own handicap is now 18).One by one, as his ankle injury worsened, he had to give up these sports. Then he found a new passion: golf.He said: "My life changed a couple of years ago after the bad fall. I felt like I had gone from hero to zero."In fact we are looking for some good disabled golfers to join a team to take on Scotland at Slaley Hall in Northumberland in October. We need some true Northern grit.Here are 4 benefits to adding swingsets to your backyard for the ultimate in childhood entertainment.

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Author: James Druman