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Turning clocks back is terrible for kids. A week of schooling is next to lost. Source: wife is a teacher. Effect on adults is less pronounced, but it still put
by mantas 6y ago
Turning clocks back is terrible for kids. A week of schooling is next to lost. Source: wife is a teacher.
Effect on adults is less pronounced, but it still puts a strain on us to shift our schedule by an hour.
... yet for what? Original reasons why this practice was started barely apply today. Light bulbs are efficient and we waste much more electricity in other ways. Let alone that many offices are lit up all day anyway.
- vishnugupta 6y ago> Turning clocks back is terrible for kids. A week of schooling is next to lost. FWIW, my kids (~8yo, ~5yo) didn't even notice the time shift in the Netherlands let alone be affected by it. For adults, (me and my wife), it was a mild surprise. We first suspected that clock had gone bonkers only for me to realise the DST change. We were moving to a DST country from a non-DST one so the net effect for us was amusing, at best. Otherwise I don't remember any disruption to our schedule at all. Maybe it's a big enough of disruption in the North America?
- jay_kyburz 6y agoYes, I've noticed my kids start time shifting themselves leading up to daylight savings. Similar ages.
- toyg 6y agoPreteens are bombproof, they will adapt to anything. The problem is teenagers and up.
- bluefirebrand 6y ago> Maybe it's a big enough of disruption in the North America? It's a huge disruption everywhere. www.businessinsider.com/daylight-saving-time-is-deadly-2018-3
- goodcanadian 6y agoThe "original reasons" barely applied when the practice was started. It was meant to save energy, but study after study has shown that, on average, it makes little or no difference.
- watwut 6y ago> Turning clocks back is terrible for kids. A week of schooling is next to lost. Source: wife is a teacher. That is some serious overstatement. I have kids.