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Merit Badge Information & Opportunities
Rank Advancement and Merit Badge Requirement Changes for
2011
National Merit
Badge Information
San Gabriel
Valley District Information
Helpful Resource for Merit Badges -
Meritbadge.org
September Merit Badge - FAMILY LIFE
Counselor: Mr.
Hentges
You need
to be a 2nd class scout and approved by Mr. Sutton. Please request a
Blue Card from Mr. Sutton or Mr. DeBolt at the regular troop
meetings. This merit badge is EAGLE
REQUIRED. It takes three months to complete (see requirement 3 below)
Download Family Life Merit
Badge Workbook
- 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
Discussion of each of these
subjects will very likely carry over to more than one family
meeting.
- 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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