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Everyone has said it so well here. Making your child responsible for himself is a difficult lesson, especially if you're the personality type that "fixes" things. This is actually enabling his behavior.
You have to set the expectations, prepare him to meet them, and then let him do it. He will. He'll figure it out, modify your method, or even do it his own way, but he'll do it. That's sometimes the hardest part. They may not go about it the way we want them to, but we have to remember that the end result is what we are after.
You want him to remember and be responsible. It doesn't matter if that happens with notes to himself, writing on the back of his hand or doing without something. As long as he learns to do it.
Hang in there. You are NOT alone!
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