To have a village, you have to be a villager. And Abby and Colin are great villagers. So they would do that for Jason and Olivia who live down the street, who are our friends. So the idea is if you're going to need help, you also have to be a helper. We don't always have the capacity. We don't always have the time,

but sometimes we do. And honestly, it feels really good to help your friends. I'm Amy.

And I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. But your life

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Today, our episode is going to be all about parenting in a village. And this is not a new concept.

You guys have heard of this. But for Abby and I, it's a part of

our everyday lives. As you guys know, we don't have any family members that live within an hour.

So in our families, we really have to rely on friends and other families to be able to do the

things that we want to do. I was telling Abby,

right before we hit record, we have to put ourselves in the shoes of when we first started doing

this because now it's been a couple years. You know, our oldest kids are almost 10. So we've been at this for a while, but I understand if this isn't

something that you have done before or utilized yet, it is a little bit intimidating and it is a

little bit scary to think about like, okay, how does this work? So let's start with just the

need for it.

Like I said, we don't have family nearby.

And we each have three kids.

And we have three kids that are in three different sports and activities.

Like they're all in different grades.

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