Silence restriction
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A disciplinary practice in which children were required not to speak to anyone but their adult shepherd for an extended period of time (measured in days at least).
This was sometimes accompanied by a sign to be worn indicating to others that the individual is under "silence restriction".
An example message is "Jesus is teaching me to be quiet".
In some cases silence restrictions lasted for weeks or months and in some programs classes of children where under this restriction en masse for months.
