My soon to be 8 yr. old is so irresponsible.......................?

Of course he is irresponsible--he's eight. That is why eight year olds can't drive cars ROFL.

Give him small bits of things to be reponsible for---things to do that he will NOT be able to forget. Then gradually increase responsibility over the years.

V.imp: don't give him something he can't handle and then punish him because he messed up.

Set him up for success and you'll build a confident, responsible kid...set him up for failure by too much too soon and he'll never be confident and you'll have created a self-fulfilling prophecy about him being responsible.

8yo's are typically irresponsible. Your job is to slowly train him to be responsible--it doesn't just magically happen. Pick ONE thing you think he should be responsible for--actually, ideally, you'd pick it with him. Figure out a way together to track the responsibility. Understand that he will undoubtedly mess up at some point. So be it. Do you ALWAYS do as you should for your own responsibilities? Everybody messes up and kids far more so. When he seems ready for something else that should be his, then add another thing in.

He is only 8 years old, so he shouldn't have to worry too much about his responsibilities yet. However try to encourage him to complete simple chores such as setting the table, making their bed, or feeding a pet. Hope this helps!

I don't know one single 8 year old that is responsible. She will follow your lead though. Give her chores and take away privileges if she doesn't follow through. Responsibility is taught and has to be monitored

Maybe give him a pet or plant to take care of. Another idea is to give him a reward for remembering to do something. Remind him of the reward every time he forgets to do whatever is is you want. Keep in mind too he is 8, the brain isn't even fully developed yet so remembering everything may be difficult at first.

He is 8 year's old he is SUPPOSED to be irreresponsible, that is why it isn't legal for 8 year olds to live on their own. He isn't an adult. Stop expecting him to be an adult. If you didn't want to have a child then why the hell did you have one?

one way my aunt tried to teach her daughter to be more resosible is that she bought her a phone....a prepayed phone one thats not on a plan or anything just a simple cheep one...it like cost her 25 bucks....you can tell you kid that is only for emergeces only....and if they lose it they will not get a new one...the eight year old will love the phone and im sure he will try to keep the phone as long as posible....

well he's only 8

and second of all u can ask him if he wants to do extra activities and stuff that will be useful like piano or sports or something

and it'll teach him disepline at an early age.wwhich leads to being responsible lol