Ok.... mama brag moment.
Thing1 has tasks to complete pretty much daily. He failed to do his today. So I pulled up downstairs to do it under supervision and he was VERY teen-truculent and put upon about it. OBVIOUSLY it was MY FAULT he didn't do it before I got home.
Right.
So I supervised and he did the thing and then I showed him the text-trail where I kept redirecting him over and over throughout the day.
"Ok, so... I'm stupid and.... yeah. Ok. You're right. I should have read it and done what it said and asked if I didn't understand. Sorry, mom."