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The Traditional Family
& The Amish
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This economic function, the family and its members working as a unit within the supporting Amish community, creates a strong bond and gives each worker a clear and vital " place" through the work he performs.
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Indeed, Amish formal schooling stops at the eighth grade.
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Children see their parents working hard every day and children want to help. Children often try tasks they are too young to perform, or mimic their parents when they play. I once saw a four-year-old Amish boy cry when he could not go along and help father in the field.
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Each member of the family had a job, a position, a status.
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he man usually works on the farm, with the wife helping from time to time, if needed. The wife does the cooking, washing, cleaning, etc. Children grow up identifying with the parent of their sex.
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ome Amish do travel, making trips to visit Amish in other states, but also sometimes to museums, the zoo, or places of interest.
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The most popular leisure activity for the Amish seems to be visiting. This may include everyone from relatives and the sick to non-Amish friends
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