The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...

Rumspringa ends with marriage. Apart from introducing young men and women to one another, this period is an important time when Amish youth need to decide if they will be baptized and join the ...

In a stealth move designed to head off potential critics, UPN and New Line Television have quietly wrapped production on a reality show mixing Amish youth with their urban counterparts.

“That surprised me.” At the same time, some in the community suggest that rowdy behavior has long been a little-known indulgence among Amish youth. “Drinking has been a problem for 100 years ...

(CNN) — The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild ...

We didn't have Rumspringa — where the Amish youth go out and sow their wild oats, drugs, alcohol, sex, that kind of thing. That's a reality in some communities, but we had no parts of that where ...

Prime activities include dating, socializing with peers, testing traditional Amish boundaries (for some youth), and deciding if they will join the church or leave the community. Because most youth ...

ROCHESTER — It is perhaps not surprising the fascination that exists for Eddie Swartzentruber’s story, a one-time Amish youth who fled his Harmony-based religious community to live a new life ...

Rumspringa is actually a much more general — and generally more tame — term for an important time of discernment in an Amish youth’s life.