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Do you have kids? Do you have to wake those kids up for school in the dark and wrestle with your own ability to wake up in the dark? Have you been to school boa
by seanalltogether 5y ago
Do you have kids? Do you have to wake those kids up for school in the dark and wrestle with your own ability to wake up in the dark? Have you been to school board meetings and listened to other parents who are extremely opinionated about every aspect of their children's schedules.
The simple answer is that while lots of people "want" the sun in the evening, there is a sizable group of people that "need" the sun in the morning.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThey could also shift when school schedules start to later in the morning.
- seanalltogether 5y agoBut that shifts work schedules to later in the morning, which pushes lunch and dinner schedules, and bedtime schedules, and then you're right back where you started.
- Apocryphon 5y agoIt wouldn't shift meal or bedtime schedules.
- gifnamething 5y agoThen we lose the conceit that we're doing it for the kids' benefit.
- m463 5y agoI think that is the answer. Keep kids away from traffic during darkness and let them have a little more darkness in the evening when they're inside and safe.
- thehappypm 5y agoIf your desire is to make sure that kids have light on both ends of the school commute, then adjust your time zone such that winter is optimal. Then just keep that time zone year round. Why bother moving the clocks?
- ilovesunlight 5y agoDaylight savings effectively shifts school 1 hour earlier relative to sunrise, which is the exact opposite of what is good for kids (who need more sleep than adults).
- dham 5y agoSchool just starts way too damn early. I remember school at like 8:30 in elementary school. My son starts at 7:20. He has to get up at like 6:00 because it takes so long to get him up.
- colinmhayes 5y agoI "need" the sun to not rise before 5 for a third of the year.