Full moon and kids behaviour

[thisisasurvivor]

Call me mad
But

Two days before every single fulll moon my child's behaviour is out of control
Tantrums
Not wanting to get dressed

Lying on floor

Anyone else ever notice this
Two days before the full moon?

Been tracking it now for around 14 months 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Can confirm this is also a thing for ambulance and police services! I used to dread my full moon shifts

@Mala1992

Also more violent crime, more alcohol related accidents.

Labour wards are busier. Ovulation is more naturally aligned to full moon. Faster growth of hair (werewolves!).

None of this is true though

@Alsobeyondshit

Of course it is.

Otherwise we'd all have a shit time every full moon.

Which is obviously nonsense

Yeah, it's nonsense. Lots of studies have shown no link between behaviour and moon phase.

Doesn't have to be shit does it? Just a bit different?

@Alsobeyondshit

So every full moon you experience something a ' bit different '

And think everyone else does too?

Police friends say it is a thing. My mom worked in a psychiatric hospital said it was a thing. Wind I've not noticed but barometric pressure is apparently a thing

I work with kids and coach kids.
It's a thing. All teachers I know say it too. 'Kids have gone loopy'
'Oh god it's full moon'

www.bbc.com/future/article/20190731-is-the-moon-impacting-your-mood-and-wellbeing

At first I was amazed at all the people here agreeing with this theory. But then I thought of how many people believe that star signs are significant. I suppose it’s the same sort of thing. Total nonsense

@Candymay do you work with kids in any capacity? Or the police?

Wow, how interesting..so is this before a full moon or on the day/night of a full moon?
How do you know it’s about to be a full moon?
Why would it affect people with autism, out of interest?

@Hatehooveringsomuch There are lots of ways to know if a full moon is coming up.

Seems to be more generally remarked upon these days too - maybe more media reporting of eclipses, blue moons, super moons etc

Teacher here and I have had years of full moon fuckery in my classes too!

Plus the wind. Christ, the wind.

Interestingly, the thing I notice more is my dreams. Always very odd, vivid and I always remember them - 2-3 days around the full moon . Happens to my DD too!

Have found this interesting article (beautifully written too): aeon.co/essays/do-the-phases-of-the-moon-affect-human-behaviour

Yes, if it is windy, absolute animals!

Yes I do. 38 years working with children

its almost too worrying to think of grown police believing this. I know the police might not be intellectual but to think they might put a rise in crime down to the cycles of the moon is just embarrassing.

Yes I was told exactly the same when my mum was in a care home last year by two different team leaders. They dreaded each full moon apparently because some of the residents with severe dementia became extremely agitated and difficult to manage in the couple of days beforehand.

I used to live in a city centre and there was loads more trouble on a full moon.

I thought the higher incidence of crime was thought to be linked to how bright it is at night when there's a full moon.

The gravitational pull of the moon is just as strong when there's a new moon but I've never heard of reports of behaviour changes linked to a new moon.

Yes, the tides are affected when there's a full moon however even in our largest bodies of water outside of the ocean this change is almost immeasurable, so unlikely that us as human beings are genuinely affected.

I suspect there's a bit of confirmation bias involved, or lots of people just don't have blackout blinds so they/their kids don't sleep as well.

Used to work in an all girls secondary school…absolutely knew when there was a full moon every time!

whenever i get grief off of my ex husband, it ALWAYS falls at the full moon. Absolutely nuts. My gran used to always say it sends people crackers!

Definitely a thing! I see a change in my kids and dogs. It’s where the word ‘lunatic’ comes from apparently!

It does - it's just that the body of water is so small by comparison with say, the Atlantic, we can't see it.

I work in a school. I only heard this theory for the first time from a friend in work last year. She swore that the children's behaviour changed around the time of the full moon. Initially, I was doubtful but turns out that she was 100% correct.