That is only part of my response. We seem to have fundamentally different understandings of living in a modern society: "Don't like getting up when it's dark?

That is only part of my response. We seem to have fundamentally different understandings of living in a modern society: "Don't like getting up when it's dark? Get up later. Yes, that requires participation if you depend on others' schedules." I do not understand how you could even type "if you depend on others schedules." Other than Christopher "Alexander Supertramp" McCandless I do not know anyone who does not depend on other people's schedules. The disconnect is not limited to this sub-thread, in another comment on this story you wrote that you did not understand how children could reduce scheduling flexibility...