Lancaster County's Amish Youth: Breaking The Mold In A Modernizing World

Webfrom courtship to marriage.

Webwhen amish kids turn 16, they enter a period of life called rumspringa, when the community encourages them to experience what they call the world of the english.

Weba rite of passage for young people in some amish communities, rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict amish rules,.

Weban excerpt from rumspringa, a book on the amish tradition of allowing teens to experience life outside the amish community in order to decide if they want to.

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Weblucy walker’s 2002 documentary “the devil’s playground,” painted a vivid picture of amish adolescence—a particular period known as “rumspringa”—in elkhart.