Family Organizer Calendar
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Family Organizer
2009 Pocket Wall Calendar
A
great calendar to help keep track of each family member's coming
and goings. Includes appointment reminder stickers, emergency and
medical directory, inspiring quotes and pockets for bills, invitations
and flyers. Keep your family on track, on time and well organized
with a master calendar designed specifically for busy families.
2009
Family Facts On-the-Go Organizer & Planner Calendar - Created
by professional organizer Pam Socolow. Contains 16 months of weekly
calendars to help you keep your family on schedule.
Included are
more than twney forms to help you organize your family data, inlcuding
forms for car pool schedules, insurance information, contact lists
and more. Comes in six ring, waterproof binder.
Family Organizational
Tips
According
to a report
published in USA Today, in the U.S. women report they
do an average of 70.6% of the housework, while men report they do
an average of 37.3 %. (The numbers don't add up to 100% because
the data was self reported.)
To
try to make things as equitable in your household, you may find
it useful to have a family meeting and create a chore chart, with
household chores divided fairly to among each household member based
on age, ability and available free time.
To
start, list the chores that need to be done in your household on
a regular basis and the hours each chore requires each day or week.
Then have a family meeting to negotiate who is going to do what
each week. Put this information in a spreadsheet, print it out and
put it some place where everyone can refer to it, either on the
fridge or a central bulletin board.
This
way the work gets divided fairly among family members and mom doesn't
get left doing an unfair portion of the housework. The chart should
include everyone in the household, parents, kids and any other people
living in the house who should be pitching in.
Base
chores on age and ability. Even small children should be included.
They can do simple tasks such as:
- Giving pets
water
- Tearing
up lettuce for a salad
- Dusting
- Making their
own bed
- Picking
up their own toys
Grade schoolers
can:
Make their own
beds and keep their rooms picked up
- Take care
of pets
- Vacuum
- Clean
- Wash dishes
Older teens
can do all of the above plus more complex chores such as:
- Starting
dinner or making simple meals for the whole family
- Washing
their own clothes (good experience for college life!)
- Running
errands
- Mow the lawn
Having a regular
schedule of chores makes it easier on everyone if they know each
day the chores they are expected to do. It also shows children what
is involved in running a household and what they need to do to provide
their fair share of work.
Resources:
1.
Eisenberg, Ronnie, and Kate Kelly. Overwhelmed Person's Guide
to Time Management. New York: Plume, 1997.
2. Godfrey, Neale S., and Tad Richards. Mom, Inc. : Taking Your
Work Skills Home. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
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