>Something which I do respect them for is that they let their teenagers >go wild in the outside world before they make the decision to join the >Amish faith. It says a lot that most of their young do go back to >their families and way of life rather than choosing the material >world.
Hhm, I'm not sure it says all that much really. After all, any that don't come back are basically ostracized and have no further contact with their families. Given that, and the fact that they don't really have the skills to survive in the secular world, I would *expect* most of them to return. I'm not sure that letting teenagers freely experience drugs, alcohol, sex, etc. is necessarily a good idea, and certainly does lead to some problems. But it does seem to work for them for the most part. Here's an interesting article on the subject: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5455572 --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
