We finished our first night of Family Life merit badge requirements. We covered a lot of material together, including the importance of families and your son's role in strengthening yours. We touched on Expressing Love, Security, Acceptance and Respect, Mutual Trust, Good Relationship and Communication Skills, and Shared Roles and Responsibility within the home. It was a lot to cover, and the scouts were great at participating and sharing! We will talk about each of these over the next few months, working on this badge together.
Your scout came home with a Home Duty or Chore List. It is on card stock because you will need to complete it over the next 13 weeks (approx 3 months!) Please talk with your son about 6 chores he can do to help in your home,daily and weekly chores, and then expect that he will do them without being asked or coerced. Boys, remember the rope demonstration? We don't want to pull you along through this! This is your achievement. Parents, please sign this weekly to show your scout did them. This is a great opportunity to participate in managing your home together.
We will meet again the first week in December. At that point your scout should have completed 2-3 weeks of chores.
Thank you for being great families and supporting your scouts!
Lara Harker
