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Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break

NPR | By Ava Berger

Published July 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM MDT

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Come summer, parents rush to enroll their kids in outdoor activities. But what do you do when heavy rain, rising temperatures and wildfire smoke makes the outdoors dangerous.