Shadow does more than protect children's skin.

Children flocked to the two redesigned the site last year to check the shiny, stainless-steel climbing domes. But they responded with more than squeal with delight. On sunny days climbing the dome quickly got hotter than a frying pan. Children scalded her hand, prompting park officials set up a tent over the dome in the

and remove the dome noise inches highlights an issue that causes many parents as hot as the metal slide: the lack of shade at most places that children spend the summer. At stake is much more than a change in comfort. While children are always dealing with the summer sun, research now shows the growing risk of the most serious form of skin cancer. And the sun is greatest during childhood. Shadow does more than protect children's skin. A growing number of supporters say it can also help children become more active. While one third of children are obese or overweight movement is growing to provide more shade at playgrounds, parks and swimming pools, in order to reduce the risk of developing cancer of the future and contribute to the exercise, said one of the founders of the network nature of children, non-profit that encourages kids to get outside. PHOTO: "It's just under the surface, but the momentum is increasing," says Colleen Doyle, the American Cancer Society. "To really increase the traffic as it is, it's going to take parents speaking up."

Throughout the U.S., communities are working to make greener fields of a school play, with lots treating levaquin side effects of trees, shrubs and natural shade, Louv says . In Northern California, the grassroots group called the Canopy is planting 1,000 trees over the next four years in city schools, says development director Elliot Wright.