Daylight saving time ends soon. Tips for parents of early risers – National [Video]

With the end of daylight saving time approaching, many look forward to the blissful extra hour of sleep. But for parents of early risers, “falling back” can mean waking up even earlier, as kids adjust to their new schedule, turning those extra z’s into a daily struggle.

Daylight saving time will end on Nov. 3 at 2 a.m. local time, prompting most Canadians to turn their clocks back an hour. However, the Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, and some regions of British Columbia and Quebec will remain on standard time.

This schedule change has the potential to impact not only parents’ sleep but also a child’s overall mood, focus and learning throughout the day, explained Dr. Anya McLaren, a pediatric respirologist and sleep medicine physician at McMaster University in Hamilton.

“For young children who have early wake times sometimes, anywhere between 6 a.m. or 7 a.m., when we go into we transition from daylight savings times to standard time, that …