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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my mom is a teacher and I'm also a parent so I've seen and heard your frustration from both ends.

It's not unusual for parents, at a certain point, to put responsibility for those basic things on their kids and expect them to live with the consequences.  If my child showed up in your classroom without a pen, I wouldn't expect you to provide one.  I'd expect that my child would need to borrow from a friend, or hope there wasn't a pop quiz since she'd be getting a zero that day.

My house and my child's desk have no shortage of supplies needed for school.  I no longer on a daily basis ask "Do you have pens? Did you pack your notebook? Do you have your lunch money?"  Somewhere around middle or early high school, I believe it's time for kids to learn self-responsibility and consequences for those actions or inactions.  I'll help her come up with strategies for remembering, but am not going to do it for her.

I know it makes your life more challenging, but please don't facilitate my child's irresponsibility by handing her pends and paper and what-not.  
Thank you for caring so much, the fact that you are frustrated means you are a teacher that cares, and I appreciate that.[/quote]

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