by Cliff Vaughn | Jun 21, 2002 | Opinion
“The day you turn 16, your whole life changes.” So says an Amish teenager reflecting on rumspringa, a period lasting anywhere from ages 16-21 in which Amish youngsters are free to sample “English” culture—that is, non-Amish living. They smoke,...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jun 21, 2002 | News
“Heaven and hell for Amish people are as real as New York and Chicago,” said Lucy Walker, the director of a new documentary that airs tomorrow morning on Cinemax. “Devil’s Playground” chronicles rumspringa for Amish teenagers—a period...