Five Activities That Replace TV and Internet in an Amish Home. They read! The average Amish home, out of the hundreds we are familiar with, has a large selection of books and ‘family friendly’ magazines. These are mostly Christian themed but we observed a good variety of classics and informational texts.

'Barefoot and Pregnant' really isn't good for you... Especially in the last three months of your pregnancy, "barefoot and pregnant" is not a good combination. During the final trimester of pregnancy your ligaments, which are the elastic bands holding your bones together, start to soften. 

I don’t know about you, but as for me, one of the toughest things to do is to move from one house to another. It is a time when many hands truly do make light work while, at the same time, several people get to see just how much ‘stuff’ has accumulated in every closet and corner of the house…

Do you know what a 'Circle Letter' is??? The Amish tend to have very large families because they believe a large family is a divine blessing. As the Amish grow older and marry, it is likely that in order to find enough land to farm and jobs for that many new church members, many of your siblings will be scattered around the country.