They're looked at as adults at 14 when we tend to look at our children as children until they're 22, when they get out of school. An officer goes into the school once a week to talk about the dangers of substance abuse. Kids write essays about what they've learned at the end of the semester. While accepted by the Amish community as a preventative measure, adjustment were made to accommodate them. Again Chief Dave Easton of the Middlefield Police Department.
Pride is a sin to the Amish, for a person to have too much pride.
And of course the D.A.R.E. program builds pride and self esteem. So they had to make some modifications in the program to make it acceptable to the Amish who helped work on the program. But it is successful. While no studies exist proving the D.A.R.E. program is working for Amish kids, Easton says fewer are being stopped in their buggies or being in the wrong place at the wrong time with alcohol and drugs. But one thing Amish teens, adults, and law enforcement agree on is that Amish teens are no different than their English counterparts when it comes to wanting to stay out late, and party out of sight.