| The Amish people have their own unique beliefs and | | | | become members of the church. As prosperity |
| unique way of handling troubled teens. Amish troubled | | | | increases, Amish youth become more self indulgent |
| teens are taught the benefits of hard work, the | | | | and lazy. Drugs and pornography enter these |
| importance of finishing tasks and assume responsibility | | | | controlled communities and have a negative impact on |
| at a young age. Work cures all is the basis of the | | | | some teenagers. Adolescents have more money and |
| Amish remedy for troubled teens. | | | | more leisure than their parents. Adolescents who work |
| The Amish are a group of Anabaptist Christians who | | | | outside the community are also subject to the |
| believe in simple communal living and hard work. Their | | | | negative influence of out of the community peers. |
| religion is based on coming to individual conclusions | | | | It is generally believed that small communal churches |
| based on the Bible. Self sufficiency, discipline and hard | | | | are harsh in their punishments to difficult adolescents, |
| work are the main principles of the Amish way of life. | | | | this is not strictly true. Amish elders work with troubled |
| Amish teenagers live within the Amish social circle and | | | | teenagers to help them see the error of their ways |
| learn to become well adjusted adolescents and adults. | | | | rather than deal out harsh punishments for negative |
| However, with the inroads made by the outside world | | | | behavior. Some Amish parents end their children away |
| into the Amish way of life, it is not unusual to find | | | | to other Amish communities to work so that the |
| troubled Amish teenagers who have negative habits | | | | negative behavior does not impact other children in the |
| and behavior. | | | | community. Some elders are designated as surrogate |
| As prosperity increases and Amish youth work | | | | guardians and disciplinarians to help rehabilitate |
| outside the community, Amish parents are unable to | | | | wayward Amish youth. The Amish have special |
| exercise control over them. One of the principles of | | | | mental facilities where troubled teenagers are treated |
| the Amish people is voluntary adult baptism and the | | | | through faith and psychological healing processes. |
| church has no control over adolescents until they | | | | |