Springing ahead... less is more?

Children everywhere (including in my household) will be waking their parents up approximately one hour earlier/later/differently than their parents had wanted them to this daylight savings Sunday morning. The upsides and downsides of springing ahead are numerous as a parent, pediatrician, medical educator, and child health advocate.

One less hour to sleep.
One less hour of screen time.
One less hour of being on call.

And one more hour of daylight to:

1. exercise outside: walk, hop, skip, jump rope, run, and throw, bat, dribble, or kick a ball
2. read out on a field, patch of grass, park bench
   
3. experience seasonal allergies
   
4. eat dinner outside (and get a mosquito bite)
   
5. teach, study, learn (and blog, update, tweet)
   
6. get in a traffic accident - please be careful, stay alert
7. check your home smoke alarms and change the batteries
8. hug your family members
9. advocate for children locally
   
10. advocate for children globally