Re: Do the Amish practice pedophilia?

I really don't think they do. They tend to be really conservative when it comes to sex and have their children enguage in courtship with one another through community gatherings and stuff when they're in their mid-teens. Then, of course, there's Rumspringa which I beleive also happens in the teenage years. This is when they're allowed to get a taste of what life is like outside of the community. This typically results in lots of drunken Amish teenagers, but only a small percent decide to leave and live outside the community after Rumspringa. The ones who stay will quickly rejoin the Amish lifestyle and marry.

It's not the outside world that influences them away from that kind of thinking and ideas, it's just the way they've always been.