Title: Describe how families manage resources.
Course: Individual Development (19260-18) > Section: Building the Family Unit

Description should include

- creating and managing a spending plan
- setting and achieving savings goals
- sharing and managing family resources (e.g., financial, human, time, transportation, paid time off)
- sharing household tasks
- seeking to improve employment situation
- working collaboratively to manage resources for the well-being of the family.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is a budget? What is a goal?
- How can an employment situation be improved?
- What are some sacrifices that parents make for their families?
- Why is it important for each family member to contribute resources to the family?

Communication

- Why must families communicate in order to stay within a budget?
- What is the importance of creating family goals?
- How can families share equally in household tasks?

Leadership

- What resources are available for those seeking employment?
- How is the willingness to sacrifice a key quality of a leader?
- What skills are demonstrated by setting and achieving savings goals?

Management

- What is the difference between creating and maintaining a budget?
- What are some consumer goods in which a family shares?
- What are the benefits of establishing and maintaining a household budget?