Here’s How To Relish The Last Few Summers With Your Teens

We don’t own a pool. We don’t belong to a swim club. Nor, do we have a lakeside house or a view of the ocean. Besides the hammock under the Japanese maple, our backyard is devoid of any relief to the summer swelter. When our kids were younger, we’d buy kiddie pools and fun sprinklers, but now my teens are much too big for the pools and much too cool to jump over an octopus with water sprouting from its tentacles.

When seeking relief from the summer sun, my two teens huddle inside the air-cond...