I hope it will help to all parents. by: Hanifa Macarimbang Abas, RSW

1. HOME
MANAGEMENT

2. THE SEVEN IMPORTANT HOME
MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO TEACH
YOUR CHILD
All of us bring up children knowing that one day they will
take off independently. We want our children to be able to
take care for themselves and their surroundings when it is
time to be on their own.

3. 1. GOOD CLEANING
HABITS
It is always better to spend 3 to 5 mins
on regular cleaning rather than spending
an hour at the end of a long day due to
pile up. Initially it may be difficult to adopt
this practice but as the benefits are
plenty it is good to start this habit.
Remove clutter and waste things .You
will get more space and less of dust
accumulation. The place will be clear
and facilitate better thinking.
Every article should have a place and if
there are too many not in use articles
dispose it off. You can sell it as scrap or
donate to some needy person.

4. CLEANING AND CHORES
• Daily house cleaning schedule
• Weekly cleaning schedule
• House cleaning checklist
• Weekly checklist for house cleaning
• Kitchen cleaning checklist
• Bathroom cleaning checklist
• Housekeeping checklist to get ready for guests
• Spring cleaning checklist
• Fall cleaning checklist
• Weekly laundry schedule
• How often to wash clothing and household items in your home
• Stain removal guide
• Chore charts
• Task list template for tracking odd jobs and household chores

5. CAR AND HOME MAINTENANCE
• Car maintenance schedule
• Vehicle inspection checklist
• Vehicle maintenance log (also includes mileage log)
• Home maintenance checklist
• Home storage inventory
• Household inventory (and why you should create a
household inventory)

6. HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Emergency contact list
• Medical information for family members
• Emergency supplies list
• Home safety checklist
• Fire safety checklist
• First aid checklist
• Prescription drug records
• Health insurance information
• Pet health records
• Home security checklist

7. 2. LAUNDRY SKILLS
Laundry skill is essential when you plan to stay
away from home. Your child should be prepared
to face a situation like button dropping out from
shirt. Children should be trained to wash their
undergarments as they are growing. You need to
train them on folding the laundry clothes, sewing
a button on a shirt / jeans truly because mommy
will not be always around the children

8. 3. TIME MANAGEMENT
Successful home management is about
planning and execution. All of us are
blessed with 24 hrs in a day. Time lost
now is lost forever. Therefore train your
kid to utilize time effectively. Make a
schedule for the kids , involve them
during preparation such that they own the
new time table. These skills in managing
time will help them as they are growing
up, during higher studies and in their
career as well. Such children value time
and make the most of the allocated times.
But first you should role model the quality
of being masterful with time.

9. SCHEDULES AND ROUTINES
• Daily schedules, for both adults and children
• Checklists for various tasks, such as morning and bedtime
routines for children
• Weekly schedules
• Family calendar
• To do list

10. 4. BASIC MONEY
MANAGEMENT
Basic money management skills is
a must. Parents should make
children realize that money is
required to buy all stuff and money
is earned with hard work ,
therefore needs to be spent wisely.
As they grow up, it becomes very
essential to teach them about
saving money and planning for
future expenses.

11. FINANCES
• Household budget
• Bills to pay
• Checkbook register
• Passwords for online accounts
• List of credit cards, banks and accounts

12. LEGAL INFORMATION AND
DOCUMENTS
• Insurance information
• Tax paperwork
• Contents of safety deposit box
• Warranty information
• Vehicle records
• Family records, such as birth certificates, marriage
certificates, wills, etc.
• Property ownership documents, such as deeds, leases,
stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, etc.
• Contracts

13. 5. HOW TO COOK AND
PLAN A MENU
Learning to cook is not a home
management skill, it is basically survival
skill. By learning to cook, the child
becomes associated with other essential
skills like menu planning, budgeting,
time management and overall creating
healthy eating habits. These qualities
lasts for a lifetime.
Menu planning saves a lot of time and
money too. It is generally said that “A
family that prays together, stays
together”. Likewise a family that cooks
and eats together is definitely teaching
their child the values of life, spending
time with family is important and there is
lot of value attached.

14. FOOD, DRINK AND OTHER
ERRANDS
• Grocery shopping list
• Grocery price list
• Seasonal food calendar chart
• Coupon organizer
• Meal planning template
• Menu planning ideas forms
• Recipe organizer
• Pantry inventory
• Freezer inventory
• Errands and shopping list

15. 6. TEAM WORK
Team work is a great home
management skill to teach
because no one is capable of
running a household without
help. Teach the kids to do their
part of cleaning and arranging at
home in order to keep the house
clean and organized. Assign a
few activities to each family
member, no matter how basic, to
ensure everyone contributes
their role in the home
functioning.

16. FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• Goal statement for your family
• Contact information and address book
• Personal information page for each family member
• Clothing sizes for each family member
• Lists of books to read, DVDs to watch

17. 7. RELAX ON
PERFECTION
Most of us get discouraged when things are
messy and go out of control in the
environment. Teach your child not to give
up easily, but have a fighting spirit and face
life and situations bravely as it comes. Do
not be stringent about perfection and do not
police around. Children, spouse and elders
may not appreciate your military standards
and may feel like being at home. Relax on
certain matters that involve perfection,
make your family enjoy the time you are all
together.
You have gone through the seven essential
Home Management skills to teach your
child and you need to educate them with
proper examples and role modeling.
Motivate the kids to do good and practice
the skills in life.

18. HOLIDAY AND OTHER
CELEBRATION PLANNING
• How to make a holiday planner
• Holiday calendars (for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas)
• Thanksgiving planner, for your meals and traditions (including
Thanksgiving grocery and shopping list, a written out menu, a
countdown schedule for the day of cooking, plus a checklist for the
whole month)
• Christmas meals, and traditions (including Christmas grocery list, and a
written out menu)
• Christmas budgeting form
• Planning for other parties and celebrations
• Christmas wish list and gift list
• Seasonal greeting card and Christmas card list
• List of birthdays and anniversaries
• Gift suggestion list
• Gift tracker (to track gifts received to write thank you notes)