["I am so trying to find a creative way to make my son remember to take out the trash.  I'm wondering if it's just a man thing, a generational thing because I remember hearing my grandmother and my mom fuss about it.  Now it is my turn and I'm so over it."]
If your son is very young and you give him an allowance then tie it to that!
I am baffled as to why it's so difficult for teenage boys and adult men to remember to take out the trash.  I swear even if I remind my son all throughout the day and the morning of trash day.  He always seem to respond to hearing the trash man either approaching or passing the house.