No- You Don’t Get to Stay Up Longer

With Daylight Savings ending this morning, we turned all the clocks back. The boy immediately set to trying to twist it to his advantage. That’s what happens when a 7-year old becomes an “expert” at telling time.

“So, really, it won’t be 8 o’clock until it’s 9, so we can stay up until 9 now, right?”

I guess I have to give him credit for grasping the monkeying around of the time. I then explained that, no, it really is 8 o’clock now. Everyone’s clocks have been adjusted, so there’s no “understanding” that everything is off by an hour.

He stuck to his guns, insisting that 9 o’clock is really 8 o’clock.

I finally trumped him when I noted that sure, fine, time is off by an hour today from normal; but, after today, there aren’t anymore adjustments, so 8 o’clock really is 8 o’clock after today. Besides which, he’s still going to bed at the new 8 o’clock today.

He finally relented. It was about time.