question to duers with older teenage kids

[Beer Snob-50]

how are your kids regarding remembering to do things?
mine are horredeous at this and i am just looking to see if this is a common teenage occurance.

[MissMillie]

1. I'm still waiting for this phase to be over

and my son is 21.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Honestly, I do not think they learn to remember things on their own

Until they are on their own and HAVE to learn.

[Beer Snob-50]

3. it is driving their mother mad

my oldest one has always been like this and now that he is away at school he is being held to a higher standard and he is just not doing it.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Yikes

That is when natural consequences have to come in. He does not handle his responsibilities, he does not get tuition money, he has to get a job to pay for school, etc.

[Bake]

5. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, they suck at it.

Bake

[AlCzervik]

6. things she must do she always seems to forget, things she wants to do, she always

remembers those.

[mcctatas]

7. I find it to be 'selective memory'

for example, I can ask my eldest monster to put away her laundry 5 times and she will always reply "Geez, sorry I forgot", but if I make a passing remark that references something she might enjoy, she remembers it for years and nags me about doing it. My mother calls this phenomena "payback" :grr:

[trof]

8. Hence the phrase "If your head wasn't attached to your body..."

I sympathize.
;-)