If your teen hasn’t made this a habit, then do your best to get what he/she needs before his/her class without a big fuss. But do make it clear to your teen that he/she needs to give more notice the next time, then set a consequence for the next time. This will help your teen know what your expectations are.
If your teen has made this a habit, discuss ways to prevent it from happening again, follow through with the pre-set consequence, then do your best to get what he/she needs before his/her class. Auto-rewind, repeat. Sometimes it really does take a teen three or four times to have things sink in.
To prevent you from having to run to the store for your teen's emergency school items, you can have a small store of items ready for your teen’s use. The supplies most needed by a teen in high school or middle school are:
- #2 pencils
- folders
- 1-inch binders
- blue and red pens
- report covers(plastic)
- graph paper
- poster board
- colored pencils
- book covers
- highlighters
- college rule notepaper.
