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This 3 page paper examined Amish culture. Childrearing is discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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while one can see tremendous changes generationally, there are some cultures such as the Amish that see things stay the same. The Amish have managed to pass down a heritage
in such a way that their children resemble their grandparents in many ways. This is rather startling in a world that is used to witnessing transitions. How are the
Amish able to transmit cultural gems from one generation to the next? How do they hand down their beliefs, core values, and traditions in such a way that the practices
and beliefs stick? First, it should be said that unlike other cultures, the Amish are a self-contained society. The children learn and play with others of the same culture. Because
the Amish are set in their ways, the traditions are found very much where the children are. They are not exposed to media in the same way that other children
are, and so there is a saturation of values and traditions from the Amish in lieu of a smorgasbord of different ideas. On some level, the ability for the
Amish to maintain the culture is attributable to socialization. While some may claim there is a biological component, such a claim does not seem likely. Handel, Cahill and Elkin explain
that most people lose information about their biology and really only privy to information regarding five or six generations (265). Thus, ancestry is more complex than it appears on the
surface (Handel, Cahill and Elkin, 265). The reason why the Amish traditions are easily handed down likely has more to do with social elements than anything biological. Handel, Cahill and
Elkin look at assimilation and acculturation, the latter of which means that culture begins to erode (272). Assimilation is when the minority becomes a part of the mainstream society (Handel,
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