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January, 2010
Family Life Worksheet
Requirements for the Family Life merit badge:
- Prepare an outline on what a family is and discuss this with your merit badge counselor. Tell why families are important to individuals and to society. Discuss how the actions of one member can affect other members.
- List several reasons why you are important to your family and discuss this with your parents or guardians and with your merit badge counselor.
- Prepare a list of your regular home duties or chores (at least five) and do them for 90 days. Keep a record of how often you do each of them.
- With the approval of your parents or guardians and your merit badge counselor, decide on and carry out a project that you would do around the home that would benefit your family. Submit a report to your merit badge counselor outlining how the project benefited your family.
- Plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of your family. After completing the project, discuss the following with your merit badge. counselor:
- The objective or goal of the project
- How individual members of your family participated
- The results of the project
- Do the following:
- Discuss with your merit badge counselor how to plan and carry out a family meeting.
- After this discussion, plan and carry out a family meeting to include the following subjects:
- Avoiding substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, all of which negatively affect your health and well-being
- Understanding the growing-up process and how the body changes, and making responsible decisions dealing with sex
- Personal and family finances
- A crisis situation within your family
- The effect of technology on your family
- Discuss the following with your counselor:
- Your understanding of what makes an effective father and why, and your thoughts on the father's role in the family
- Your understanding of the responsibilities of a parent.
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Apr 29, 2014 - Christine
When my older boy went through Scouts, we owned our home so his project for Family Life #4 was relatively easy to come up with. Now my youngest is going through the Troop and we rent our home (since July) and we're having some difficulty finding a project to fulfill the requirement. We are unable to paint, plant gardens or change the yard, or anything that might be considered a permanent change. Everything we've come up with has been shot down by the landlord. Any suggestions on possible projects would be very helpful and greatly appreciated.
Apr 29, 2014 - Scouter Paul@Christine - It doesn't need to be a project of a permanent nature.
Our library loans out "Energy Audit" kits which can be used to check how much electricity is being wasted by plugged in devices. Making a plan to minimize your family's electric, water, A/C, heating waste could be a useful project.
Clean out your garage or storage area.
Sort and pack old toys and clothes to make more room and donate to an organization.
Improve security or safety with window alarms, CO monitors, water leak sensors by the hot water heater, brighter LED outdoor lights, non-slip surface on outdoor steps, ... and such.
May 02, 2014 - ChristineOur library loans out "Energy Audit" kits which can be used to check how much electricity is being wasted by plugged in devices. Making a plan to minimize your family's electric, water, A/C, heating waste could be a useful project.
Clean out your garage or storage area.
Sort and pack old toys and clothes to make more room and donate to an organization.
Improve security or safety with window alarms, CO monitors, water leak sensors by the hot water heater, brighter LED outdoor lights, non-slip surface on outdoor steps, ... and such.
Thank you very much! We actually did the spring cleaning of house, garage, and storage unit as the family project for requirement #5 during spring break. The energy audit and security/safety improvements are definite possibilities to suggest to him.
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