We admire the quiet roads, handmade goods and strong communities. But are we overlooking the harms? This week, we explore the complicated ethics of Amish life.

“I didn’t feel like I had the freedom to have a career or live life how I would have wanted.” Alisha claimed that being raised within the Amish community meant she was expected to get ...

While we are familiar with their distinctive clothing and commitment to simplicity, there is much more to the Amish lifestyle ...

Swartzentruber was a teenager when she started to rebel against the traditionalist Amish lifestyle upheld by her parents, seven brothers, four sisters and the rest of their community. She and her ...

this kind of deep commitment to nuclear and extended family is an important part of how we think about life." Amish education designed to sustain simple life Amish children grow up with ...

Martha Ross, who now makes TikTok videos about the Amish experience, says she doesn't miss anything about the lifestyle — except her family Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at ...

Lovina Hershberger left her Amish community in Iowa in 2021, just days after her 18th birthday. She left behind her parents and 11 younger siblings in favor of a modern lifestyle. With the help of ...

The Amish are often portrayed as paragons of simplicity, faith and hard work — living peacefully in the countryside, growing food without chemicals and raising barns as a ...

Naomi Swartzentruber escaped her Amish community at age 17 after rebelling against the lifestyle's restrictive values throughout her teen years. Two years later, she started dancing in strip clubs ...

Now a viral TikTok creator, Lovina Hershberger tells PEOPLE she didn't touch a phone until she left her rigid, restrictive community at age 18 ...