Home Economics

deals with the economics and management of the home and community

Home Economic (HE)

First to champion the economics of running a house

Catherine Beecher

Founder of Modern Home Economics

Catherine Beecher

HE started here after the American Revolution

United States

started the HE movement

Ellen Swallow Richards

HE class was started and was named as OEKOLOGY or the Science of Right Living or Euthenics

1911 in Toronto

HE in the Philippines to her who founded the Philippine Home Economics Association in 1948

Dr. Helena Zoila Tirona Benitez

the administrative aspect of a family; planning, assessing, and evaluating

Home Management

bears the main responsibility of home management and the KEY PERSON OF THE FAMILY

Home Manager

• shoulder & manages various responsibilities

• meet the demand of her father & mother in law maintaining a good relationship

• take care of physical & mental health of her children

• prime responsibility to make her children well educated and good natured

To maintain good relationship among the members of the family

• take the right decision in choosing resources

• make balance between the demands and resources

• proper planning for limited resources

To create an attitude of equal sharing among the family members

• distribute all the tasks of the family among the family members properly

• supervise their work accordingly

To make proper distribution of household works among family members

• make a proper purchasing fulfilling the basic req such as foods, clothing and lodging etc

• make some savings for future

To make a balance between income and expenditure

• make an arrangement of first-aid at home

• in touch with a physician and should keep medicines in right place

• make proper arrangement of fire extinguisher & drainage system & dumping of the refuse

To ensure peace and security of the family

• responsible for executing, controlling, implementing, and evaluating all the household activities

To follow the home management process for fulfilling the demands of the family

Give the Social Responsibilities and Duties

• associate the family members with various of social organization

• teach social customs & manners

• encourage the family members in attending social development activities

• encourage the participation of the family members in the national programs

• help become aware of various national activities

to provide clean and decent home to its member

Residence

married couple lives with the husband’s FATHER’S FAMILY

Patrilocal Residency

couple moves to live were the wife grew up

Matrilocal Residency

couple moves to find their own(new) house

Neological Residency

couple moves to live with husband’s mother’s brother (uncle ng husband)

Avunculocal Residence

• Male had the sole duty to earn a living

• Female total responsibility for d2d care

• coming together & sharing responsibility

Division of Labor

• mother take absolute care

• father provides &teach

Reproduction & bringing up children

• bridge between generations

• cultural pattern

Socialization

• family holds the properties & ownership

Economic function

• status in society

• protect from insult

• regulating marital acts, political, relegion, sex relations (incest,taboos)

Social Care

wise use of family resources

Family budgeting

In budgeting, —- of the incomes goes to family expenses, —- for savings/investments, —- for emergency purpose

70-20-10 principle

things that you buy or pay for

Expenses

obliged to pay regularly

Fixed Expenses

vary in cost depending on the family’s current needs

Variable or Flexible Expenses

special expenses not listed in your budget and differ from one person to another (GSIS, SSS, Pag-ibig)

Expenses that are paid for you by your employer

expenses of unexpected events

Emergeny Expenses

removes dust particles specifically from carpets surfaces and upholstered furniture

Vacuum cleaner

electrical appliances that is used to clean and maintain non-carpeted floors, such as hardwood, marble, tile or linoleum

Floor polisher

used in picking up dirt and some particle in the carpet

Carpet Sweeper

intended for dry foam shampooing of carpets

Carpet extractor

used to remove excessive water from the surface or corner especially glass surfaces

Floor and window squeegees