nights

Aryn Kennedy, whose daughter attends Armstrong Middle School in the San Fernando Valley, recalls that “so many nights we spent an hour completing tedious, poorly designed math worksheets” on topics her daughter already understood.

“Within two or three weeks I was, like, ‘Cannot do this,’ ” said the 34-year old, whose husband works nights in a warehouse, making daycare pickups harder.

As the clocks go back and the darkness draws in, spare a thought for those living with the longest nights in the UK.

"Some of those posh people were my friends and I found everything they said hilarious, so I started making videos about things they'd say on nights out."

The executive observed that, during the collapse of Bear Stearns in March 2008, regulators and executives had several nights and a weekend to organize a bailout and sale of the beleaguered bank.