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

NPR | By Ava Berger

Published July 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM EDT

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.

Ava Berger

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