I grew up on a farm and Mom had a name for that time. She refused to change her clocks to - ‘crazy time.’ It has become clear to me in my latter years that this marked the time in society when crazy first took off and entered society’s mindset.
We now experience it today and every day in thousands of different ways. The arrogance of stopping time (Congress) or moving it around is the epitome of crazy.
Your mom was right.
You do not have to change your clocks and you can refuse to change your clocks, and you will suffer no legal penalty.
Those who do change their clocks are are sheep who follow along with any whim of the federal government.