This competency-based secondary learning guide on managing home and work responsibilities is part of a series that are adaptations of guides developed for adult consumer and homemaking education programs. The guides provide students with experiences that help them learn to do the following: make decisions; use creative approaches to solve problems; establish personal goals; communicate effectively; and apply management skills to situations faced as an individual, family member, student, and worker. Each learning guide includes the following sections: a general introduction and guidelines for using the material; a checklist for users for advance planning; introduction to the guide; specified competencies, with student outcomes/evaluations, definitions, key ideas, teacher strategies/methods, suggested student activities, sample assessments, and supplementary resources. Four competencies are addressed: (1) identify problems in managing home and work life; (2) discuss values and goals in terms of adjusting expectations, redefining roles, and sharing responsibilities; (3) apply work simplification techniques and time management strategies in the performance of household tasks; and (4) describe techniques for reducing stress. Twenty-eight supplements contain information and activity sheets on the following: problem solving, decision making, self-sufficiency, managing guilt, interpersonal communication, values and goals, work simplification and time management, adjusting standards, organizational skills, home responsibilities for children, and stress. A bibliography contains 22 references. (KC)