Prepare an outline and discuss with your merit badge counselor what your family is and
how the actions of one member can affect the other members.
List 10 reasons why you are important to your family. Review these points 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 parent/guardians and your merit badge counselor, decide on and
carry out a project that you would do around the house that would benefit the family.
Submit a report to your merit badge counselor outlining how the project benefited the
family.
Plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of your family. After
carrying out 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 discussion.
After this discussion, plan and carry out a family discussion to include the following
subjects:
How to avoid the use of drugs and drug abuse
Understand the growing-up process, how the body changes and making responsible decisions
dealing with sex
