I could have written your opening post myself! I swear boys are the worst when it comes to taking responsibility of things like this!! I think in 6th grade he still needs help. What I do is send the teacher an email just saying, Ian or Evan has a question to ask you, could you please make sure they speak to you today. I've already had conversations at the beginning of the year telling the teacher that I am trying to get my children to take more responsibility of their own problems but that I know they are still kids and get caught up in the day to day stuff and will forget (even if I remind them right before they walk through the door). Most of their teachers have been very receptive to this because it is teaching them how to take responsibility of their work and grades and that is what teachers in the end want I think instead of us parents doing all the work for them.
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