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1. Family Life
Merit Badge Workbook
This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet.
This Workbook can help you organize your thoughts as you prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor.
You still must satisfy your counselor that you can demonstrate each skill and have learned the information.
You should use the work space provided for each requirement to keep track of which requirements have been completed,
and to make notes for discussing the item with your counselor, not for providing full and complete answers.
If a requirement says that you must take an action using words such as "discuss", "show",
"tell", "explain", "demonstrate", "identify", etc, that is what you must do.
Merit Badge Counselors may not require the use of this or any similar workbooks.
No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in Boy Scout Requirements (Pub. 33216 – SKU 637685).
The requirements were last issued or revised in 2015 • This workbook was updated in June 2018.
Scout’sName: ________________________________________ Unit: ________________________________________
Counselor’sName:_____________________________________ Counselor’sPhoneNo.: _________________________
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1. Preparean outlineonwhat a familyis anddiscussthis with your merit badgecounselor.
Tellwhyfamiliesareimportantto individualsandto society.
Individuals:
Society.

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Discusshowthe actionsof onemembercanaffectothermembers.
2. List several reasonswhy you are importanttoyour familyanddiscussthis with your parents or guardiansandwithyour merit
badgecounselor.
3. Preparea list of your regularhomedutiesor chores(at least five) anddo them for 90 days. Keepa recordof howoften you
do eachof them.
Chore1
Chore2
Chore3
Chore4
Chore5
Chore6
(See the sample Home Chore Chart at the end of this workbook.)
Discusswithyour counselortheeffectyour choreshadon your family.

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4. With the approval of your parents or guardiansandyour meritbadgecounselor,decideonandcarryout a projectthat you
woulddo aroundthehomethat wouldbenefit your family.
Submita report to your meritbadgecounseloroutlininghowtheprojectbenefitedyour family.
5.  Planand carryout a projectthat involves the participationofyour family.
After completingtheproject,discussthefollowingwithyour meritbadgecounselor:
a. Theobjectiveorgoalof the project
b. Howindividualmembersofyour familyparticipated

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c. Theresultsof the project
6. Do the following:
a. Discusswithyour meritbadgecounselorhowtoplanand carryout a familymeeting.
b. After this discussion,planandcarryout a family meeting*toincludethefollowingsubjects:
1. Avoiding substanceabuse,includingtobacco,alcohol,anddrugs,allof whichnegativelyaffect your healthandwell-
being.
 Tobacco:
 Alcohol:
 Drugs:
*Thisconversationmaytake placewithonlyoneor both of your parents or guardians.

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2. Understandingthegrowing-upprocessandhowthebodychanges,andmakingresponsibledecisionsdealingwith
sex
3. Howyour choresinrequirement3contributedtoyour role in the family
4. Personalandfamilyfinances
5. A crisissituationwithinyour family

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6. Theeffectof technologyon your family
7. Goodetiquetteand manners:
Discussionofeachof these subjectswillvery likelycarryover to morethan onefamilymeeting.
7. Discussthe followingwithyour counselor:
a. Your understandingofwhat makesaneffective father and why, andyour thoughts on the father’s role inthe family
What makesan effective father?
Why?

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Thefather’srolein the family:
b. Your understandingofthe responsibilitiesofa parent
When working on meritbadges,ScoutsandScoutersshould beawareofsomevital informationin thecurrenteditionof
theGuideto Advancement (BSApublication 33088).Importantexcerptsfromthatpublication can be downloaded from
http://usscouts.org/advance/docs/GTA-Excerpts-meritbadges.pdf.
You can download acompletecopyofthe Guideto Advancementfromhttp://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf.

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Sample Home Duty or Chore List
Duty 1 Duty 2
Duty 3 Duty 4
Duty 5 Duty 6
Week: Week: Week:
Day: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Duty 1 Duty 1 Duty 1
Duty 2 Duty 2 Duty 2
Duty 3 Duty 3 Duty 3
Duty 4 Duty 4 Duty 4
Duty 5 Duty 5 Duty 5
Duty 6 Duty 6 Duty 6
Week: Week: Week:
Day: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Duty 1 Duty 1 Duty 1
Duty 2 Duty 2 Duty 2
Duty 3 Duty 3 Duty 3
Duty 4 Duty 4 Duty 4
Duty 5 Duty 5 Duty 5
Duty 6 Duty 6 Duty 6
Week: Week: Week:
Day: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Duty 1 Duty 1 Duty 1
Duty 2 Duty 2 Duty 2
Duty 3 Duty 3 Duty 3
Duty 4 Duty 4 Duty 4
Duty 5 Duty 5 Duty 5
Duty 6 Duty 6 Duty 6
Week: Week: Week:
Day: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Duty 1 Duty 1 Duty 1
Duty 2 Duty 2 Duty 2
Duty 3 Duty 3 Duty 3
Duty 4 Duty 4 Duty 4
Duty 5 Duty 5 Duty 5
Duty 6 Duty 6 Duty 6
Week:
Enter the dates for the weeks across the top of each block.
Underthe day of the week the duty is performed, enter a check mark or X
next to the duty number. Each duty may not needto be doneeachday.
Your parentor guardianmay want to initialthis chart eachtime duties are
completed.
Day: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Duty 1
Duty 2
Duty 3
Duty 4
Duty 5
Duty 6