From Wikipedia:
… average of seven children per family. Amish rules allow marrying only between members of the Amish Church. They typically operate their own one-room schools and discontinue formal education at grade eight, at age 13⁄14. Almost no Amish go to high school and college. the educational authorities allow the Amish to educate their children in their own ways. Desertion from the Amish community is not a long-term trend, and was more of a problem in the early colonial years.
… average of seven children per family.
Amish rules allow marrying only between members of the Amish Church.
They typically operate their own one-room schools and discontinue formal education at grade eight, at age 13⁄14.
Almost no Amish go to high school and college.
the educational authorities allow the Amish to educate their children in their own ways.
Desertion from the Amish community is not a long-term trend, and was more of a problem in the early colonial years.
Rumspringa notwithstanding, the Amish way of life has several built-in features that repel modern influences without needing physical fences to do so.
the Amish way of life has several built-in features that repel modern influences
Well, of course. That’s how a culture survives without being melted down in a pot. In a certain sense, that’s what makes it “conservative”.
From Wikipedia:
Rumspringa notwithstanding, the Amish way of life has several built-in features that repel modern influences without needing physical fences to do so.
Well, of course. That’s how a culture survives without being melted down in a pot. In a certain sense, that’s what makes it “conservative”.