The Amish became popular after a movie was made about them, which gave them tourists, but also a lot of nuisance.
They help each other with everything, like barn raising. So they work as their own insurance.
The Amish schools teach about a life of community-welfare, goodness and wisdom, rather than technological knowledge, competitiveness and intellect.
In The Amish community there are traditional gender roles, which make things easier for them.
The Amish don’t have a church, they practice their religion from home to home, where a new family will host every Sunday.
The young will have a time called “Rumspringa” where they can live in the outside world for awhile, while they choose to be Amish or English, if they choose English they will be shunned, and no one from the earlier community will talk to them.
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