stocking a desk with apackage of 10 pencils of various colors and 10 erasers of various shapes and colors, a package of loose leaf paper, package of 20 color pencils and markers, 5 pens (at least 2 blue) 2 rulers and a cheep calculator cures the "I can't find ..."

Homework before after school snack and or dinner cures the forgot to brush my teeth.

Your taking a bath during childs homework time so they better use the bathroom before you get in cures the bathroom break problems

LOL for just as many problems my son would come up with I would find a cure for. Its amazing how fast he got is work done when more computer time and game boy time was added into the routine. good luck and take care.