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Family Life
Official Requirements & Fillable Workbook · 2026 Edition
Family Life is an Eagle-required badge focusing on fostering healthy, supportive, and communicative family relationships. You will explore what makes a family vital to society, reflect on your personal role within your household, maintain a 90-day record of at least five regular home chores, plan and execute both an individual home project and a collaborative family project, facilitate structured family meetings addressing real-world challenges, finances, and etiquette, and reflect on effective parenting.
Key Requirements Covered:
- Family Meetings & Communication
- 90-Day Chore Tracking & Accountability
- Home Improvement Project Leadership
- Family Values, Parenting & Financial Health
7Printable Pages
7Requirements
2026Reqs Revised
What is on the worksheet: Family Life Requirements
Every requirement for the Family Life merit badge, word for word as published, with room to write under each one on the printed worksheet.
1Family Outline and Societal Importance
Prepare an outline on what a family is and discuss this with your counselor. Tell why families are important to individuals and to society. Discuss how the actions of one member can affect other members.
2Personal Role and Value in the Family
List several reasons why you are important to your family and discuss this with your parent or guardian and with your counselor.
390-Day Home Chore and Duty Log
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. Discuss with your counselor the effect your chores had on your family.
4Individual Home Improvement Project
With the approval of your parent or guardian and your counselor, decide on and carry out an individual project that you would do around the home that would benefit your family. After completion, discuss the objective or goal and the results of the project with your family and then your counselor.
5Family Project
Plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of your family. After completing the project, discuss the following with your counselor:
- a The objective or goal of the project
- b How individual members of your family participated
- c The results of the project
6Family Meetings
Do the following:
- a Discuss with your counselor how to plan and carry out a family meeting.
- b Prepare a meeting agenda that includes the following topics, review it with your parent or guardian, and then carry out one or more family meetings:
7Effective Parenting and Caregiving
Discuss with your counselor your understanding of what makes an effective parent or guardian and why, and your thoughts on the parent or guardian's role and responsibilities in the family.
Two dates, two different things
Requirements Revision vs. Worksheet Date
Scouting America last revised the Family Life requirements in 2026. That is the badge, not this sheet — an older year does not mean the worksheet is out of date.
Verbatim Fidelity & Verification
This worksheet was checked against https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/family-life/ in Aug 2026 and reproduces the requirements word for word. Both dates are printed on the sheet, so a copy in a binder can always be placed in time.
Requirement text is © Scouting America, reproduced verbatim. The worksheet layout and design are original to this project.
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