I am trying! Sometimes the potential mess is definitely a detractor, but I don't want to be doing his laundry or cooking all his meals when he's 20! I was just watching the reboot of One day at a Time on Netflix the other day (a pretty progressive and cool show in many ways) and the teenage kids were complaining because their lunches weren't packed for them. Kids, I started packing my own lunch (with help) when I was in first grade! It was my problem if it wasn't packed! Alas... kids :-)