"Swimming Pool Kids" is a viral meme featuring a vintage photo of a mother happily playing with a young girl in a pool, while another drowning-looking child in the foreground stares blankly and hilariously at the camera with a strained expression. Originating as a humorous real-life family photo, it is widely used as a comparative meme template. Users typically label the mother and the happy child to represent favored things, successful people, or prioritized situations, while the struggling child in the foreground represents neglected individuals, ignored issues, or less-favored options, highlighting extreme disparities in attention or treatment.