{"id":415138,"date":"2022-03-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/daylight-savings-time-is-a-living-hell-for-parents\/"},"modified":"2022-03-12T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T14:00:00","slug":"daylight-savings-time-is-a-living-hell-for-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daylight-savings-time-is-a-living-hell-for-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"#Daylight savings time is a living hell for parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e24e496d6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e24e496d6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daylight-savings-time-is-a-living-hell-for-parents\/#%E2%80%9CDaylight_savings_time_is_a_living_hell_for_parents%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Daylight savings time is a living hell for parents&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDaylight_savings_time_is_a_living_hell_for_parents%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Daylight savings time is a living hell for parents&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Every year, on the second Sunday in March, mom of two Jennifer Sanger is jolted awake by her bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 4-year-old son yelling, \u201cThe sun is up and the moon is down. Wake up, Mommy.\u201d The time is an inhumane 6:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As she reluctantly rolls out of bed, already fearing having to awaken her groggy 6-year-old, Bexley, for school the next day, she thinks to herself: \u201cThere\u2019s not enough bourbon in the world to get me through this daylight saving hell,\u201d she told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sanger, a 35-year-old children\u2019s clothing designer from Columbus, Ohio, is just one of the many parents groaning about the time change. The clocks are set to spring forward this Sunday at 2 a.m., and parents have been dreading it \u2014 and the havoc it will wreak on kids\u2019 bedtimes, wake-ups and tantrum-filled attempts to make it to school on time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Sanger-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sanger and her husband Matt are just a few of the many parents who struggle to cope with sleep schedule disruptions brought on by Daylight Saving Time.\" class=\"wp-image-21501388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Sanger-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Sanger-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Sanger-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sanger and her husband Matt are just a few of the many parents who struggle to cope with sleep schedule disruptions brought on by Daylight Saving Time.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ashley Saunders-Mundy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis Sunday, please <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicmcc83\/status\/1502033678079201291?s=21\">remember the victims of daylight savings time<\/a> \u2014 parents who have to try to get their kids down at the right bedtime even though the f\u2013king sun is still up,\u201d one frustrated father lamented on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Others are questioning why we even have daylight saving time. \u201cPlease stop this nonsense,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmccce\/status\/1501709428994752517?s=21\">begged an equally exasperated mother<\/a> in a tweet. \u201cAs soon as my kids settle into their bedtime routine, daylight savings starts again and messes everything up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many are turning to social media not just to complain but also for tips and tricks to help little ones acclimate. The popular parenting experts @<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/biglittlefeelings\/?hl=en\">biglittlefeelings<\/a> posted an Instagram story earlier this week with some helpful guidance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heeeeere,\u201d the story declared before offering up suggestions, including a popular strategy in which parents gradually shift kids schedules up in 15-minute increments to prepare for the big shift.  <\/p>\n<p>But Upper West Side clinical social worker Kelly Nadel said moms and dads shouldn\u2019t try too hard to implement such coping mechanisms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents don\u2019t necessarily need to stress themselves out trying to get their kids to bed 15 minutes earlier or not allowing screen-time [on TVs, tablets or phone] an hour before their new bedtime,\u201d Nadel, 40, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, just go with it, take some deep breaths and remember that this, too, shall pass. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ryeson-Shana-Authors-Image-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Bull and her husband often joke about dropping Ryeson off with his grandparents and skipping town in order to avoid dealing with his unpredictable sleep schedule during Daylight Saving.  \" class=\"wp-image-21501469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ryeson-Shana-Authors-Image-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ryeson-Shana-Authors-Image-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ryeson-Shana-Authors-Image-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bull and her husband often joke about dropping Ryeson off with his grandparents and skipping town in order to avoid dealing with his unpredictable sleep schedule during Daylight Saving.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Loren Hansen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] not forever,\u201d she said. \u201cThe adjustment period is only about two or three weeks every year when your kids are little. Then, around the ages of 4 to 6, they\u2019ll gradually become less affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Shana Bull, 40, lamented that the 15-minute bedtime trick didn\u2019t work on her 6-year-old son, Ryeson, or the family pet, a 20-year-old Yorkie named Macy, who also struggles with the clocks changing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMacy gets mad when her walks, dinner or sleep aren\u2019t on schedule,\u201d said Bull. \u201cWith dogs it seems their internal clock runs a little faster, so she feels like she\u2019s losing two hours while we\u2019re only losing one. Either way, my whole house is chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ryeson, who has cystic fibrosis and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is likely to wake at 4 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want his tablet, he wants me or my husband, Jeff, to engage with him,\u201d said Bull, a children\u2019s book author who is based in California. \u201cSo one night I\u2019ll get up and be with him, and Jeff will take over the next night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s so bad, she\u2019s considering <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shanabull\/video\/7073167857143565614?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8OmtH5Or6dusQwIzhNC2I4RCdu9Z1%2FsmlV3%2F%2F23uNfYppLOELXr8YaUw5Ik%2F%2FVPAe9zAHUYszo58hpNbRGgA%3D&amp;_r=1&amp;checksum=d1937d47ff0a3428d5b90070d7f3b7893a28f99852e0307b3b858c95f68f113c&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAABBeR9kbHZNFjB0KIkcz3Q_ZJHcTyhXVjGpOHQZY3rMtk_h2kOdVhZLx1Vx2rk5K2&amp;share_app_id=1233&amp;share_item_id=7073167857143565614&amp;share_link_id=537B5ACE-E8BC-4CB4-8CB6-8A670A42C095&amp;social_sharing=v4&amp;source=h5_m&amp;timestamp=1647008899&amp;tt_from=copy&amp;u_code=dhi9b9aa136mm8&amp;user_id=6942565287775912965&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=copy\">making a run for it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We] actually went on a honeymoon to Mexico during daylight saving,\u201d she said. \u201cSo we sometimes joke about dropping the kid off at grandma\u2019s and running away to Mexico around this time of year.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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