Help a frazzled parent

3togo
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:06:07 +0000

I am very much like the OP’s kid … and it the natural way I am … and it will never change. I have developed strategies to cope with the issue … and having a routine is HUGE for me. For example, at home my glasses, keys, and wallet go on the desk in the family room, the desk in our bedroom, or on the glasses, keys, wallet shelf on the bookcase in our bedroom … I know to look in those 3 places and this works about 95% of the time … the other 5% of the time is a disaster as I need to do a full house/car/cloths search to try to find them. Similarly I always double check my bag on the way out of the house to see if I have everything … I do this even if I packed 5 minutes before I’m leaving … I have NO ability to remember what I have packed or not packed.

When I coach as the kids leave my last line of every practice is … “Please make sure you have you ball, water bottle, sweats, bag, parent, siblings, dog, or whatever else you brought with you!” … everyone sort of rolls their eyes at me when I see this … and one kid looks down and then heads back to the gym/field to find their missing something.