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

NPRSunday, July 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
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When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous?

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What happened

When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous?

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  1. NPR published: Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break

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