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From KQED.

The From KQVD in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.

Coming up on forum, would you raise your kids with your friends

to break the isolation of modern parenthood and get the child care 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. Listeners, have you tried some version of this or would like to? We want to hear from I'm Nina Kim. It's no secret that becoming a parent these days can strain 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.

Raina is a producer and editor for the NPR podcast Embedded, and her recent piece for the Atlantic

is called A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship. Welcome, Raina. So happy to talk to you. Yeah,

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