[1]. Findings taken from the following sources: Jared R. Anderson and William J. Doherty, “Democratic Community Initiatives: The Case of Overscheduled Children,” Family Relations, vol. 54 (Dec. 2005): 655; http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/family_meals_matter%E2%80%94staying_connected; http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2010-04-15-1Afamilytime15_CV_N.htm; and http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/recent_findings_content.asp?intGlobalId=61&intTypeId=2.
[2]. Erik Wesner, Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
[3]. Cheryl Harner, Weedpicker’s Journal: Cheryl’s Flora and Fliers (blog), http://www.flora-quest.com/blogpage.html.
[4]. Bruce Glick, “Christmas Bird Counts in Ohio’s Amish Country,” American Birds, http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/pdf/AB_107_04-glick.pdf.
[5]. Bruce Glick, “Christmas Bird Counts in Ohio’s Amish Country,” The 107th Christmas Bird Count: American Birds, National Audobon Society, vol. 61, 2006–2007, 29; http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/pdf/AB_107_04-glick.pdf.
[6]. Sheba R. Wheeler, “College 101 for Parents: The Balancing Art of Being Involved and Letting Go,” Denver Post, August 11, 2010, http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_15661354.
[7]. “2009 College Graduates Moving Back Home in Larger Numbers,” CollegeGrad.com, July 22, 2009, http://www.collegegrad.com/press/2009_college_graduates_moving_back_home_in_larger_numbers.shtml.
[8]. Sharon Jayson, “It’s Time to Grow Up—Later,” USA Today, September 30, 2004, http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2004-09-30-extended-adolescence_x.htm.
[9]. “New Marriage and Divorce Statistics Released,” Barna Group, March 31, 2008, http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/15-familykids/42-new-marriage-and-divorce-statistics-released.
[10]. Personal email correspondence with Erik Wesner.
[11]. “The Barna Group reported in 2006 that 61 percent of young adults who had attended church as teenagers were now spiritually disengaged, not participating in worship or spiritual disciplines. A year later, LifeWay Research released similar findings, that seven in ten Protestants ages 18–30 who had worshiped regularly in high school stopped attending church by age 23.” Leslie Leyland Fields, “The Myth of the Perfect Parent,” Christianity Today, January 8, 2010, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/january/12.22.html.