NJ:

Their older kids need to be able to get out and socialize with other people. It does no good to keep them close to home. I'm not suggesting they're into faith healing, but they need to give their older kids their freedoms or else they won't flourish as adults when they're independent.

I guess by, "middle America," I meant it geographically. I should have used, "Bible Belt." Who from Europe or anywhere else in the world sees these places or meets these people on vacation? They don't.