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Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee  (jubes) They are not unsocialized they are just only socialized with children of families that have the exact same beliefs. They had said on the show that they want the children to continue the way they are being raised. The had another family that they went out with on a group outing to ice skating...the dads grew up together etc. They were kind of hoping or rather guiding a relationship with their oldest son to the oldest daugther.
I have no problem with a family that prays together but I think that children need to be a part of the ever evolving world.
There is an atty that I work with who is Jewish. He has raised the children very religiously and all that stuff. They have gone to yeshiva etc. Now that the eldest who is turning 18 is getting ready to go to college (a main stream one) she is kind of floundering.
I think it's fine to raise them in your faith but when you limit them to only that world it will bite you in the behind in the end. That young girl is now having anxiety attacks about the whole main stream and about how things in the outside world will and might infringe on her way of being raised. |
That is true. I remember seeing an documentary one time about how the Amish live, i think it was on MTV or disc. channel, anyway it was about how when the kids turn 18 they have to choose if they will continue to live the Amish way or go away to college and live like a normal kid. If they choose to continue living the same they have to work with the family or something like that and marry with an Amish girl/boy and if they decide to go away they are disowned by their family and i think never see them again. They are not part of the fam anymore. In the doc. most of the kids went to party for 2 week straight in the city, etc and got drunk, tried drugs, slept with numerous partners even though it wasn't what they were brought up with, i think it was a big culture shock to them. Some stayed with their fam after that cause they had to choose and some moved away and lived a normal life and chose their religions or not. It was very interesting. Basically they are given freedom for like 2 weeks and chose which life to live after that.