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Everything is getting more expensive, rent, groceries, insurance.

And because California's excessive ride share insurance laws attract litigation

abused by billboard lawyers, costs are going up for everyone.

Bogus claims and inflated settlements drive up state-required insurance costs, which make

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fare dash insurance to learn more. From KQVD in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Would you raise your kids with your friends to break the isolation of modern parenthood and just get the childcare help or the emotional or even financial support you need.

Journalist Raina Cohen has reported on and lived the experience of parents choosing to live with or next door to their friends.

And she's written about what they've all gained, as well as the hurdles of communal living they've been willing to overcome.

Her recent Atlantic

piece is called A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship. We listen back to our conversation

from last month, right after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. It's no secret that becoming a parent these days constrain friendships. It's hard to spend time with friends when you're navigating the

demands of parenthood or needing to find and pay babysitters. And on the flip side, it's hard

for a non-parent

friend to lose the attention and closeness you once shared. Yet parenthood is probably the stage

in life when we need the support of our friends the most, says Raina Cohen, who has looked into

and experienced what happens when parents decide to live with or next door to their friends

and raise kids together.

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