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[quote=Anonymous]DS just turned 9. I feel like multiple times daily I have to remind for every single thing. I have dropped most supervision but have to check later visually. He does have a checklist of items to take to school set up right by his backpack cubby. He doesn’t always check it.

Daily reminders are things like:

-clean up the room you were just in
-turn the lights out
-unpack your backpack (he usually does, but details are lost, like remember to put your lunch box in the dishwasher. Don’t leave the water bottle in the bag - take it out, dump water out, and put by sink so I can wash it). 
-hang coat, don’t dump
- pick up dirty clothes and wet towel from bedroom and bathroom
-did you brush your teeth and floss? (Mostly he already has and I don’t have to remind). 
-clear your place at the table. No, not on the counter. Scrape it and put in dishwasher 
-take a hat and gloves

Are these unreasonable to put on a 9 year old for daily tasks? If I didn’t say these, he’d go to school without his water bottle and hat in 15 degree weather, breakfast dishes piled by the sink, Pjs all over his room, and the lights on in every room of the house. And that’s just the morning. I don’t make him make his bed. 
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