Merit Badge Requirements
Name:__________________________ NOTE: Completed 90 Day Chart of Family Chores required
Requirement 1
What is a Family? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How can the actions of one member affect other members? _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Requirement 2
10 Reasons I am important to my family are:
1) ________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________
3) ________________________________________________
4) ________________________________________________
5) ________________________________________________
6) ________________________________________________
7) ________________________________________________
8) ________________________________________________
9) ________________________________________________
10) _______________________________________________
I have reviewed these with my parents (Parents signature) _______________________ Date:______________
Requirement 3 - Due at the December17 meeting (chores need not all be daily chores)
My project, around the house, that will benefit my family is:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
How my project benefited the family: __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Requirement 5 (Parent’s acknowledging signature required)
My project that includes family participation is:______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The objective/goal of the project is: _________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The number of family members that participated was: _________________________________________________________________
The results of the project were: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature of parent or guardian to signify that all family projects were completed:___________________________
Date:__________________
Requirement 6 – (parents acknowledging signature required)
Things I discussed with my counselor about how to plan and carry out a family council were:____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
During family council we discussed “How to avoid the use of drugs and drug abuse”. Here are some of the ideas and thoughts:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
During family council, we discussed the growing-up process, how the body changes, and making responsible decisions dealing with
sex.
During family council, we discussed our family finances. I learned: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Signature of parent or guardian to signify that all family discussions were completed:___________________________
Date:__________________
