Family Life
Overview
Sometimes successfully operating as part of a family is tough, complex, and confusing. This honor provides you with some basic skill for navigating family life successfully – and it’s part of earning your Ranger IA too!
Investiture Achievement Connection: This Honor is related to the Investiture Achievement requirements for RANGER Making Friends which require completion of Requirements #1, #5, and #10 of this Honor. The RANGER Advanced Ribbon requires completion of this Honor.
Requirements
1. Explain the roles of the father, mother, sister, and brother as given in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy.
2. What is the difference between self-respect and pride? Write a paragraph about some of the things that make you feel good about your family. Include the things you are proud of and your family’s good qualities and accomplishments.
3. Do one of the following in your home for one week:
- a. Dust and keep the floors clean
- b. Wash the clothes
- c. Wash the dishes
- d. Properly dispose of garbage
4. Care for the younger members of your family or a neighbor’s family for at least a couple of hours.
5. Make a list of some of the things your family spends money on. Explain your responsibility to the finances of your family.
6. Make a list of family activities that you think your family would enjoy.
7. How would you make a family worship meaningful for preschoolers, juniors, and teens? Plan and conduct a family worship for one of these age groups.
8. Know what to do in the following circumstances in your home:
- a. Accident
- b. Bad storm
- c. Financial crisis
- d. Fire
- e. Loss of a relative
9. Plan and conduct a fire drill in your home.
10. List five ways you can show concern for or interest in your neighbors.
11. Study the recreational activities of your family. What improvements, if any, can be made?
1. Describe the attitudes that the members of the family should have toward one another as described in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.
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a. Bible: Read Ephesians 5:21-6:4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Peter 3:1-7. What do these verses tell us the attitude each member of the family should have toward the others?
• Husband and Wife
• Husband
• Wife
• Parents
• Children -
b. Spirit of Prophecy: Read Adventist Home, Chapter 17. List 5 ideas or principles regarding family life that you learned from this chapter.
2. Discuss some of the things that make you feel good about your family. Include the things you are proud of and your family’s good qualities and accomplishments.
3. Do a chore in your home for one week. Log your accomplishments.
4. Care for the younger members of your family or a neighbor’s family for at least a couple of hours. Share what you learned from this experience.
5. Make a list of some of the things your family spends money on. Explain your responsibility towards the finances of your family.
6. Make a list of family activities that you think your family would enjoy.
7. How would you make a family worship meaningful for preschoolers, juniors, and/or teens? Plan and conduct a family worship for one of these age groups. Share in a few words the worship activity you conducted.
8. Make a list of the family traditions that have come down from either your father’s side or your mother’s side of the family and which you practice in your own home. Make a separate list of traditions that are unique to your family.
9. Make a list of several of the recreational activities your family currently participates in, including some that are appropriate for the Sabbath. Evaluate what improvements, if any, can be made.
10. List five ways you can show concern for or interest in your neighbors.
11. Write a prayer for your family. Be sure to include each family member. Share the prayer with your family at an appropriate time.
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
See also
- RangerReference
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