In the Netherlands I would really hate to be on winter time in the summer (the period of the year that evening light after dinner is long enough to do outside activities becomes much shorter) and summer time in winter would be absurd. I hope they never change it.

Good point, my region is not as far from the equator as the Netherlands so those issues are not that noticeable.

You're not a slave to the clock, get up earlier in the Summer if you want. No one is stopping you. :-D

There is my work, my wife's work, and the two kids are in different schools. They'd all need to change. Also everything else.

There is a way to do that, it's called summer time.

Kids get out early... like 2PM. Unless you're a bank teller you can start an hour early. It will make you look like a harder worker +1.

Your kids will grow up quickly and you could change jobs over a year or two if it is particularly inflexible. Whatever your situation, it is a short period of your life that can and will change.

A time system doesn't have to solve everyone's problems, in fact it couldn't if it wanted to. Basically the point is to solve your own problems as you see fit, not push one solution onto everyone else.