Comments on: Night owl? Morning lark? It's in the genes. http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/04/29/night-owl-morning-lark-its-in-the-genes/ flexibility in raising kids Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah E. Ludwig http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/04/29/night-owl-morning-lark-its-in-the-genes/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Sarah E. Ludwig Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:21:09 +0000 http://parentingbytrialanderror.com/?p=584#comment-494 Wow, 4:30?? Every once in awhile I've just gone to bed shortly before that! I have to say that I have probably been as (silently) critical toward people who can't seem to stay awake past 9:00 p.m. as they've been toward my inability to think a coherent thought before 8:00 a.m. I've always thought larks were such party poopers because they couldn't stay awake long enough to enjoy the fun! However, it's no more fair of me to think that way than it is for them to think that somehow they're better than me for being their best in the mornings. Really, no matter how you look at it, being either extreme is just going to annoy people at some time or another. =) If only I were just "normal," like the majority of the population, and didn't have extremes either way. Thanks for the night-owl gene, Dad. =) Wow, 4:30?? Every once in awhile I’ve just gone to bed shortly before that!

I have to say that I have probably been as (silently) critical toward people who can’t seem to stay awake past 9:00 p.m. as they’ve been toward my inability to think a coherent thought before 8:00 a.m. I’ve always thought larks were such party poopers because they couldn’t stay awake long enough to enjoy the fun!

However, it’s no more fair of me to think that way than it is for them to think that somehow they’re better than me for being their best in the mornings. Really, no matter how you look at it, being either extreme is just going to annoy people at some time or another. =)

If only I were just “normal,” like the majority of the population, and didn’t have extremes either way.

Thanks for the night-owl gene, Dad.

=)

]]> By: Christine http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/04/29/night-owl-morning-lark-its-in-the-genes/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Christine Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:01:42 +0000 http://parentingbytrialanderror.com/?p=584#comment-493 This is fascinating, Sarah. Thanks for the post. I, personally, am a lark to an extreme (lately I've been getting up at 4:30!). This is how I am wired and how several members of my family are wired, and I know that it would be really, really unproductive for me to try to change that - my whole body would scream in protest. So I can't imagine asking the same of an owl. Funny, I always felt a bit of a social stigma because I was incapable of staying up late! And it's certainly not ideal with a husband who is a real owl himself. This is fascinating, Sarah. Thanks for the post.

I, personally, am a lark to an extreme (lately I’ve been getting up at 4:30!). This is how I am wired and how several members of my family are wired, and I know that it would be really, really unproductive for me to try to change that – my whole body would scream in protest. So I can’t imagine asking the same of an owl.

Funny, I always felt a bit of a social stigma because I was incapable of staying up late! And it’s certainly not ideal with a husband who is a real owl himself.

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