Family Life Merit Badge

Troop 782 is working on the Eagle required  Family Life Merit Badge. There are an number of things that the boys need to do at home with their families to complete this award. I addition to doing and tracking there house old chores for 90 days the need to lead some family meetings and organize some service projects. Here are the requirement as listed on the BSA merit badge Wiki:

1. 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.
2. 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:
   

   a. The objective or goal of the project

   b. How individual members of your family participated

   c. The results of the project



3. Do the following:
   

   a. Discuss with your merit badge counselor how to plan and carry out a family meeting.

   b. After this discussion, plan and carry out a family meeting to include the following subjects:

   1. Avoiding substance abuse

   2. Understanding the growing-up process and how the body changes, and making responsible decisions dealing with sex

   3. Personal and family finances

   4. A crisis situation within your family

   5. The effect of technology on your family

   Discussion of each of these subjects will very likely carry over to more than one family meeting.

Please work with your some to complete these requirements during April and May.