Many parents say they scramble each summer to sign up young children for outdoor activities, but extreme heat and wildfire smoke are increasingly making the outdoors dangerous, parents say.
Those parents say the changing conditions complicate decisions about camps, childcare and recreational programs. They say it is becoming harder to find safe options for kids when air quality or temperatures rise.
The original item included a photo credited to the YMCA of the North.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
