North Texas children experience an increase in emergency heat-related illnesses

Krystal Jackson ensures her daughter Mia gets a balance of time in the great outdoors and out of the blazing heat. Walking the line, she said, is challenging.

“It’s very hard to balance that, especially when it doesn’t get dark until 8:30 at night,” Jackson said. “Her bedtime’s right around the corner.”

Jackson and her husband plan their 7-year-old’s outdoor activities in the morning or late in the evening. Additionally, they offer aquatic or water-based recreation so Mia can cool off. Over the past couple of days, she needed it, as temperatures reached 100 degrees or more…

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