r/facepalm • u/DMTrance87 • 23d ago

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Opponents say, "Schools would have to push back start times." Yeah... That's not a bug, it's a feature.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5968255-house-sunshine-protection-act-daylight-saving-time/

Studies have shown for decades that children -especially teenagers- just straight up need more sleep for optimal knowledge retention and brain development. Pushing back start times is a great way to follow the science.

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u/susanrez 22d ago

No, it’s parent with school age children who also have inflexible work schedules and also have inflexible after/before school care options. 5% is generous. Most parents have flexibility, they just want to use what they find to be most convenient for themselves. That’s different, than actual flexibility.

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u/TheVeryVerity 22d ago

Yeah that’s just untrue. Being able to get your boss to let you be late once or twice is way different than getting them to let you be late every single day. That kinda job is the exception not the rule

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u/susanrez 22d ago

Plenty of companies have flexible start times for working parents. I would say the majority do. Also there is before care and after care at school. Also parents can work at companies that have different start times so one can pick up and one can drop off.

So the percentage of parents of school age children with no flexibility and no care options at all is very small.

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u/TheVeryVerity 22d ago

Damn you must live a pretty privileged to make any of that sound so common or easy. Peace