said he can relate to ` fear a parent has when your four-year-old daughter comes up to you and says , `` daddy , i 'm having trouble breathing '' '
health scare resulted in a single trip to the emergency room for malia - who at the age of 16 now lives an active life , inhaler free .
but other children are n't so fortunate ; they they find themselves in and out the emergency room several times a year , he said .
white house says higher temperatures lead to increases in wildfires , which send allergy-causing particulates into the air that can lead to greater and more serious incidents of asthma .
new initiative aimed at slowing the pace of global warming puts front and center the personal cost of inaction .