The same people that currently care for kids when parents are at work. Pretty much no working parents has a schedule that lines up with their child's school schedule especially with half day Fridays and all the random days off.
Mine does. I drop my kid off at school for an 8:45am start and then am on CalgaryPuck by 9:00am sharp.
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I don’t know why we’re even having this discussion. It doesn’t even matter what people want. We’re just gonna do exactly what makes the most business sense and lines up with what the US does. What’s best for people or workers or their kids or safety is completely irrelevant to the discussion.
I don’t know why we’re even having any discussion. What’s the point. It changes nothing, what happens on any topic is going to happen and will always be irrelevant to the discussion.
I don’t know why we’re even having any discussion. What’s the point. It changes nothing, what happens on any topic is going to happen and will always be irrelevant to the discussion.
That’s completely untrue. Lots of things discussed here change what happens. Just not this one.
The same people that currently care for kids when parents are at work. Pretty much no working parents has a schedule that lines up with their child's school schedule especially with half day Fridays and all the random days off.
So school starts later, but they have to walk to school in the dark regardless because they're at school at 8:15am?
That doesn't solve the going to school in the dark problem.
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Kids walking in the dark is easily solved by adjusting the school schedule. Instead of roughly 8:15 to 2:30 the day can be 9:30 to 3:45. Kids have the added benefit of getting to sleep in a bit and walking in the winter sunshine.
Hah. My school is 8:40 to 3:40 so we get the worst of both worlds!
Get the damn kids some flashlights or something. Reflective stripes on their back packs and clothes. Those shoes with flashing lights in them.
If we're getting them flashlights, why are we changing school hours?
That said, I think my inconvenience is worth having kids not roaming the neighborhood in the dark, where not all streets have sidewalks, and expecting them to remember flashlights, reflective vests, etc when they can barely remember their boots in a snowstorm.
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If we're getting them flashlights, why are we changing school hours?
That said, I think my inconvenience is worth having kids not roaming the neighborhood in the dark, where not all streets have sidewalks, and expecting them to remember flashlights, reflective vests, etc when they can barely remember their boots in a snowstorm.
I'm just throwing out ideas to help the strugglers try to survive.
I'm just throwing out ideas to help the strugglers try to survive.
I get that. Kids waiting at the end of driveways, walking on streets with no sidewalk, playing waiting for the bus, crossing the streets... all in the dark.
Yeah, I just don't think we should shift an avenue of their safety to them away from drivers.
I'll admit, before kids I struggled. Although, even before kids I loved spring forward as I feel so much better with the added hour of daylight.
Melatonin is your friend. Pop one of those and go to bed early. It'll help with the struggle.
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