Are you ready to spring ahead this weekend? DST can mean trouble if you have a late riser at home

Daylight savings time begins on Sunday, March 12th. This was a bummer before I had kids, as it meant losing an hour of sleep. I would feel pretty cruddy for about a week afterwards.

Then, my kids were early risers, so I liked it. Why? The beginning of DST shifts their apparent wake time a bit earlier. So a kid who was waking up at 5:30 AM was getting up at 6:30 AM literally overnight. (A “later” bedtime was the cost of this but I’m not a morning lark, so it was a fair trade-off).

However, I think it will be painful again as I now have a teen and a tween in my house. It’s hard if if someone in your house (be it an older child, teenager, or ahem yourself) struggles to get up in the morning. If you know someone who is already struggling to get up in the morning, here’s an article I wrote on avoiding trouble when “springing ahead”.​

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Craig
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