t officially join the church until their late teens or early twenties, right before they get married. Amish practice a strict discipline in their belief system and raising a family (3). The Amish also stress the many important gifts from God, one of them, of course being children. They believe in large families and usually have six to ten children. The young girls help the mother with the cooking and cleaning and household chores. Young boys follow their father around and help them with the farm work and tough labor. As with teenagers in mainstream America, Amish teens tend to rebel. The parents know that this is natural and wait for the phase to pass, which will end when then child decides to join the church (43). Amish also believe in having their church services at each other's homes. Church is usually every other week, since preparing for about 200 members is a lot of work for the household to prepare fo
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