Home > States > Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) > Chapter 122. Home Economics Education > (c) Knowledge and skills.

§122.2. Skills for Living.

Source: The provisions of this §122.2 adopted to be effective September 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 5031.

(c) Knowledge and skills.

  • (1) Family relationships and personal development. The student explains how family relationships affect personal development. The student is expected to:
    1. explain the role of the family in meeting needs of family members;
    2. describe rights, responsibilities, and expectations of family members;
    3. propose strategies for promoting satisfying relationships with siblings;
    4. explain how positive family relationships contribute to personal effectiveness in other settings; and
    5. explain the interdependence of family members across the life span.
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  • (2) Family relationships and personal development. The student relates personal development to choices in life. The student is expected to:
    1. identify factors influencing personal development;
    2. propose ways to promote positive self-image;
    3. relate personality traits to positive interpersonal relationships;
    4. determine personal strengths and abilities as they relate to choices in life; and
    5. demonstrate practices of effective leaders and team members.
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  • (3) Family relationships and personal development. The student implements strategies that promote positive parent-child relationships across the life span. The student is expected to:
    1. describe the responsibilities of parenting;
    2. summarize the impact of parenthood on individuals and families;
    3. explain factors influencing parent-child relationships;
    4. identify changes in the parent-child relationship at different stages in the family life cycle;
    5. describe the effects of societal and cultural patterns on parenting roles; and
    6. analyze concepts and skills related to parent-child relationships across the life span.
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  • (4) Family relationships and personal development. The student demonstrates behaviors that contribute to satisfying interpersonal relationships. The student is expected to:
    1. describe strategies that promote satisfying relationships among friends;
    2. determine personal characteristics that promote positive peer relationships;
    3. explain how diversity impacts interpersonal relationships; and
    4. propose effective responses to inappropriate behavior in interpersonal relationships.
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  • (5) Family relationships and personal development. The student applies principles of effective communication. The student is expected to:
    1. describe characteristics of effective communication;
    2. demonstrate techniques for resolving conflicts, including assertiveness techniques and refusal skills;
    3. explain how cultural background influences patterns of communication; and
    4. practice communication skills appropriate for various relationships and occasions.
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  • (6) Family relationships and personal development. The student describes child care practices that promote development. The student is expected to:
    1. summarize developmental principles, factors, and appropriate activities influencing the growth and development of children;
    2. simulate emergency situations requiring first aid;
    3. identify safety practices that are important when caring for children;
    4. apply appropriate child care practices to babysitting and caregiving;
    5. discuss causes, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and
    6. identify resources available for the protection of children.
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  • (7) Personal management. The student analyzes the relationship between decision making and acceptance of responsibility. The student is expected to:
    1. implement the decision-making process;
    2. describe the role of acceptance of responsibility in making decisions;
    3. summarize the effects of personal priorities and other influences on decisions; and
    4. predict personal, family, and societal implications of various decisions.
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  • (8) Personal management. The student utilizes effective consumer practices promoting money management and goal setting. The student is expected to:
    1. describe practices that facilitate goal setting;
    2. identify resources involved in decision making;
    3. explain the importance of planning in the achievement of short-term and long-term goals;
    4. utilize the decision-making process and goal setting to guide spending; and
    5. apply consumer practices facilitating the best use of available funds.
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  • (9) Personal management. The student describes management practices facilitating individuals assuming multiple roles. The student is expected to:
    1. describe multiple roles of teens and their family members in society; and
    2. describe management skills needed to effectively manage multiple roles.
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  • (10) Personal management. The student exhibits good nutrition and health practices that promote personal well-being and achievement across the life span. The student is expected to:
    1. identify practices that promote physical and mental health;
    2. explain dietary needs of individuals across the life span;
    3. describe eating disorders, their causes, and prevention;
    4. apply principles of good nutrition;
    5. identify sources of stress, including peer pressure;
    6. propose strategies and available resources for stress management; and
    7. relate the role of proper nutrition to well-being and achievement.
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  • (11) Personal management. The student practices principles of good grooming and positive personal habits. The student is expected to:
    1. practice good grooming habits;
    2. summarize principles of clothing selection to meet needs and wants;
    3. demonstrate clothing-care procedures;
    4. determine consumer practices for effective management of the clothing budget; and
    5. analyze the role of grooming and apparel practices in personal effectiveness.
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  • (12) Planning for the future. The student describes occupational opportunities in home economics and other career concentrations. The student is expected to:
    1. identify a variety of career options, including full-time homemaker;
    2. determine skills and educational requirements for identified careers;
    3. compare personal strengths, abilities, and goals to occupational requirements;
    4. explain how technology impacts family life and careers; and
    5. relate demands and rewards of identified careers to personal and family life.
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  • (13) Planning for the future. The student evaluates personal goals in relation to planning for the future. The student is expected to:
    1. explain the impact of short-term and long-term goals in planning for the future;
    2. apply effective verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic communication skills;
    3. apply effective study skills that promote academic achievement;
    4. identify resources that assist in educational planning;
    5. analyze the impact of career goals on personal behavior and educational decisions; and
    6. summarize the relationship between goal achievement, decision making, planning, and management.
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