Your own place

Series: Making it on Your Own Series

Duration: 21

Year Published: 1979

Creator: BARR PRODUCTIONS ARTHUR

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses the situation of two young people, on their own for the first time in an apartment, to show that personal responsibility goes with personal freedom. Lessons are learned about paying rent and bills on time, cleaning house, shopping wisely, and getting along with each other., Depicts the adjustments two young men must make, with the help of their busybody landlord, as they learn to live together in their own apartment. Portrays the problems they encounter in finding an apartment, moving in, and learning the living and money management skills necessary for survival. Dramatizes roommate squabbles related to noise, cleaning, shopping, and paying bills. Stresses the knowledge, responsibility, and compromise skills necessary for independent living.

Complete Record: Uses the situation of two young people, on their own for the first time in an apartment, to show that personal responsibility goes with personal freedom. Lessons are learned about paying rent and bills on time, cleaning house, shopping wisely, and getting along with each other., Depicts the adjustments two young men must make, with the help of their busybody landlord, as they learn to live together in their own apartment. Portrays the problems they encounter in finding an apartment, moving in, and learning the living and money management skills necessary for survival. Dramatizes roommate squabbles related to noise, cleaning, shopping, and paying bills. Stresses the knowledge, responsibility, and compromise skills necessary for independent living., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.