[Diddle E. Squat]

But I am surprised that the staid Amish parents would permit this to go on for as long as this "traddition" apparently has.

Google the phrase 'sowing wild oats', 'rumschpringe', and 'Amish'. You'll be surprised.

[50sDad]

I recall that from some recess of my gray matter. It is funny the trouble that "social engineering" of any stripe runs into when confronted with human Id. Anybody remember "the Red Hour" in the old TOS Star Trek episode where Landru the computer ran a "perfect" society?