LANDSDOWNE, Pa. — In the back of her two-story brick colonial, in a small patio-sized add-on, Valarie Arms adjusts a valve on her miniature indoor pool and watches a churning current shoot out like a ...

For two years now, families with kids like mine have been looking forward to a normal summer. Growing up, nothing typified that for me more than long, lazy days spent at the neighborhood swimming pool ...

AN ELEGANT compromise between a yard-usurping swimming pool and a Nemo-themed kiddies’ inflatable, the plunge pool has surged in popularity. According to Heather Goerzen, managing editor of design ...

Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board. As a young child in New Orleans, Raychelle Ross fell into one of the city’s many canals and nearly drowned. Years later, as Hurricane Katrina bore down on ...