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Living with the Amish - Ch4 - anyone else watching?

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Sidge · 24/11/2011 21:19

It's very interesting.

I find their sense of community admirable and am wondering how the British teenagers are going to cope!

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katkitya · 01/12/2011 22:03

Do they have their own hospitals/dentists etc?

Im liking tonights family as well.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 06/12/2011 12:12

lisad123, it was called World's Squarest Teenagers and is still available on the Channel 4 website.

franke · 08/12/2011 21:30

Is anyone still watching this? What's happened to the boy from Eton - they don't seem to be talking to him at all?

VivaLeBeaver · 08/12/2011 21:39

They focusing on James more tonight I think. Charlotte sounds like she wants to convert.

franke · 08/12/2011 21:47

I think Charlotte's a bit confused. She's a really sweet girl, clearly bright, but clueless.

They've focussed on each of the other boys since the series began, but not George.

I find them all very likeable.

VivaLeBeaver · 08/12/2011 23:24

Maybe more of George next week.

lisad123 · 08/12/2011 23:28

I think they picked some wonderful teens for this. I like all of them and they are all so respectful most of the time.

zukiecat · 11/12/2011 20:53

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lisad123 · 22/12/2011 23:07

Anyone watch tonight's? Was another good one i thought.
Personally I wouldn't used ivf either and think quite a few other religions are the same.

katkitya · 24/12/2011 00:06

Do they have their own doctors etc? given that they all have to leave school at 14 it wont be any of them, will it? Where did it say they cant have ivf?

lisad123 · 24/12/2011 08:54

It was in the first one. They said they had left it in gods hands

katkitya · 30/12/2011 20:05

Did anyone watch the last one? It was very interesting.

The girl that was showing the British teens around her strict family, wasnt she one of the teenagers that came over to Britain the first time round?

lisad123 · 30/12/2011 21:43

I watched it.
I never knew there were so many different versions of one religion?! I find it very odd that they all follow different rules ect, surely if its from the bible, its the same rules? Maybe thats just me.

I was very intresting, especially those that broke away but still lived the lifestyle in 80% of their lifes.
And oh those strict ones!! madness imo

I really liked the UK kids, i thought they were well choosen and not too "out there" and going to cause trouble and oh so respectful, their parents must be so proud.

katkitya · 30/12/2011 21:57

That poor lad who lives on his own in a bedsit? I feel so sorry for him. The others were very well to do. All nice but, I hope they stay in touch with him.

Im sure that Becky was one of the teenagers that came over here.

The Amish remind me very much of other religions in the most extreme, like orthodox Jewish almost. I cant say I care for the way they treat women.

Groovee · 30/12/2011 22:02

It was Becky from the teens who came the UK. There was a huge Amish community in Penn Yan in upstate NY when I worked there. Was interested in them at the time but they were very shy.

ByTheSea · 01/01/2012 12:43

DD1-12 and I really enjoyed the series, as we did the one when the Amish teenagers came to the UK. I like the gentleness of the Amish people. The British teens were all lovely and DD1 thought George was really cute.

missmehalia · 01/01/2012 12:59

Really enjoyed this (watched last two last night) and I was amazed at the resilience and maturity of the UK teens with some of the things that were said to them.. though I admire the Amish lifestyle values, I think it's extremely easy for the Amish to be very sanguine and calm. After all, the planet isn't big enough for us all to live as they do, here in the UK it's only the very privileged few who have access to that kind of land and the skills that go with running it. I really did expect their lifestyle to be far more hardline, but there were loads of signs of Western commercialism if you looked - plastic beakers for the littlies, electric washing machines, etc. Clearly they can choose their own level of involvement more these days. I kind of envied some things about their lifestyle, and thought their commitment to their children was fantastic. Not so easy to replicate if you were born in an inner city high rise. I didn't much care for some of the Amish intolerance for atheism, but this is probably to be expected! After all, the UK teens were the visitors. I thought they made a massive effort to fit in and see what they could learn.

DH and I had an interesting discussion about the gender differences and the impact it could have. We both thought the division of labour was pretty fair. However, I did think that what the men were doing received more recognition and had greater long term impact (e.g. building furniture/barn raising) - the women were doing all the more mundane, repetitious and/or support tasks.

Fascinating watching!

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