Not worried about the cars. I am sure Ms. Tessessella will adjust the clock without us reminding her. Mr. Tundra will not. He is an old dude, but he only gets to go to the dump or HD… 
The cats, however, is a whole different story. Can someone please come up with a programmable breed of cats?!
I always forget how to change the clock in the car so it has now become a tradition for my younger daughter to do it for me the first time she visits after the going on or off DST.
What I don’t quite understand is why it’s bad for kids to go to school in the dark, but perfectly ok for them to go to activities in the afternoon in the dark instead (going to or home from them). In our area, kids don’t stay in their houses simply because it gets dark - morning or evening.
I’d be ok sticking with one time year round, but I want it to be DST.
I think most kids are driven to after school activities. But when they go to school in the morning the majority either walk or wait at a bus stop.
We leave clear holiday lights swagged on the curtain rods of the living area all year and when it’s too grim outside, or too dark too early, we turn them on. Shorter days don’t bother me as much as when it’s so overcast we need lights on all day long.
Where we live (kind of rural part of northern New England), the best times for outdoor activity are in cooler weather. Ticks and humidity make the summers miserable to me. We live near a snowmobile trail and are able to walk along it once they’ve come through to break the path. The intrusive foliage has died back and muddy parts have frozen over, so we don’t have to cut short an otherwise nice walk. Some of the best visibility around here is moonlight on the snow; secondary daylight, I guess.
It’s a joke among my family and friends that physicians around here almost universally recommend Vitamin D supplements. Our practitioner has told me that he could either order up expensive lab work that many insurance companies balk at covering, or look outside for free.
I’d much prefer sticking to a single time standard; shorter days, the part I like, will come no matter what time things happen. The transition is a headache.
After school sports activities in the dark are hard. I didn’t want my kids in track to run on snowy streets without being able to see!
Well, it happened at my house. But I didn’t enable that crap. She got nuttin’.
I’ve been up for hours but it’s not even 10 yet.
I lucked out on the pet front. My new senior dog stays in her bed as long as I stay in mine.
My cat didn’t seem to care. He wakes up when I come downstairs.
I hate leaving work when it’s almost dark. I walk 3 1/2 miles every day for mental and physical health, and doing so after work is a joy…except I truly hate that it’s dark when I do (I love the view, it’s definitely pretty). When I was growing up we all had to be home when the streetlights came on, and it seems to be almost muscle memory now, as I feel like I “need” to be home when they come on.
I’ll take daylight all day every day.
My cat jumps on the bed and saunters across my body. Like…“hey. I’m just hanging out. No worries.” Eventually she settles down on top of my hip (I sleep on my side), purring as though she doesn’t have a care in the world. Then, when I don’t take the bait, she jumps off angrily, only to return about 10 minutes later. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Just a reminder that non-Daylight Savings Time is the “real” time and Daylight Savings Time is the “artificial” time. Here’s some more interesting information: http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
As for after school activities in the dark - I drive them. They only walk between the car and school. In the morning, they walk a couple blocks in the dark to the bus stop. I could drive them to school, but that is its own mess!
So if parents are driving to after school activities in the evening - because it’s dark - why would they not drive to the bus stop - because it’s dark???
Regarding traffic of people going to work - it’s busy in the morning (7-9am) if it’s dark and in the evening it’s just as busy as all those people go home from work!
Perhaps those people have had to leave for work already. I know I have to be at work before 7 am.
Well yes, my point being, we figure out how to make afterschool activities work in terms of rides, etc. if it’s dark - as parents, could we (in general) not also do this in the morning if it’s dark???
I just say that because that seems to be the most common reason I see for needing to “fall back” - to provide more light in the morning. (I’m not advocating for kids having to walk long distances to school in the dark!)
In the morning the school district shoulders responsibility for the safety of young children at bus stops. After school activities are voluntary, so the school district doesn’t have as much liability.
There were five young children killed in five different bus stop accidents last week across the country, and it was reported that daylight savings time could have been a contributing factor.
Many parents are on their way to work in the morning, and don’t have the liberty of driving their child to school.
^^ One of those accidents was in my town. I actually know someone related to the victim. 
I won’t argue the point anymore - because I don’t think my message of parent obstacles can happen at 7am or 5pm (either could be dark) and as parents we have to solve those obstacles - at 7am or 5pm.
Meanwhile…it was sadly pitch dark by 6pm tonight! Now setting a goal of waiting for Dec. 21ish when the days will start to get longer!!!
Everyone, do your best with the time change.
I like evening light as much as the next folk, but I still remember with a feeling of dread the year we didn’t switch the clocks back in the mid-seventies, and starting school, at 7 am, in pitch dark. The sun didn’t come up until well into second period.
I think this is why I have always hated chemistry!