If you want to capitalize on this, I encourage teens to try to stay on the clock time and not use this as an excuse to stay up later. Thus, “falling back” tends to feel pretty great for your teenager as the world essentially moves closer to his or her natural sleep schedule. Unlike little kids, teenagers naturally tend to stay up later and struggle to get up in the morning. The sleep period has not moved, but the clock has. (Teenagers are a different story as they usually have problems with getting up late– thus they struggle with the beginning of DST, or “springing ahead.“) Thus, a child who is sleeping from 8 PM to 6 AM will now be on a 7 PM to 5 AM schedule. The reason is that little children tend to get up earlier than their parents would like them to. For those of us with little children who get up earlier, however, this can be painful. If you don’t have children and don’t work nights (medical residents on call that night– I feel for you as you will be on call for another hour), congratulations! You get an extra hour of sleep.

Why do you keep calling it daylight SAVING time? Although it sounds weird, “daylight savings time” is incorrect it is correct to say daylight saving time. But don’t be pedantic about correcting people.įalling Back is a Bummer if You Have Small Kids.

What happens when daylight saving time ends? The end of DST occurs when the clock is dialed back an hour, which we call “falling back”.

In 2016, it occurs between March 13th and November sixth.

When is daylight saving time? “Daylight Saving Time” (or DST) refers to the practice of advancing the clock an hour later for the summer months for an extra hour of daylight.

I always have to pause and think about these terms because they are pretty confusing.

“Daylight Saving Time” is Pretty Confusing

There is some evidence that DST is associated with adverse health and safety effects, but this is controversial Ezra Klein nicely outlined this in the Washington Post. This year, clocks in the United States will fall back by one hour at 2 AM on Sunday, November 7th. There is one part of it that I don’t look forward to as a parent of small children, and a sleep doctor: the end of Daylight Savings Time (DST) when the clock falls back by one hour. Those of use who live in New England often cite this season as the finest of the year, prior to the long nights and cold days of winter. Halloween costumes, fall foliage, carving Jack-O-Lanterns and enjoying the crisp bite of a fresh apple.

Where is it daytime right now