Kids go nuts. It’s an inescapable fact that they’ll do things that, as parents, we would rather they didn’t. Plenty want to point the finger to society in general as the reason that little Johnny does bad things. After all, there’s all these bad things around, right?
Personally, I’m not so sure. I recently watched a documentary about the Amish tradition of Rumspringa, which translates to “running around”. It’s during this time that Amish teens basically go buck wild. They might drink. They might experiment with recreational drugs. They might engage in premarital sex. All the things that we see our own teens do.
And then, the vast majority choose to return to the church and adopt the Amish life. Continue reading Perhaps society isn’t the problem
