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title: ""To help her get back on her feet last year, two family friends…"
date: 2023-07-04
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# "To help her get back on her feet last year, two family friends…

*July 4, 2023 · Facebook*

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\"To help her get back on her feet last year, two family friends invited Ms. Batykefer and her now 4-year-old daughter to stay in their four-bedroom home in Jacksonville, Fla., area. Then Ms. Batykefer's best friend, Tessa Gilder, also went through a divorce and came to stay in the house, bringing along her two children, now ages 5 and 1.\
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Almost overnight, they had organically formed a commune for single mothers: a "mommune."\
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All over the world, women are joining forces under one roof, sharing the load of child care and household bills through the age-old power of sisterhood.\
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Two blonde women stand at a kitchen bar with two young girls seated on bar stools between them. In the corner, another blonde woman sits with a small boy.\
Living in a mommune, said Kristin Batykefer, far left, has made it easy to find an extra pair of hands to help.Credit\...Agnes Lopez for The New York Times\
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When she came down with a headache, sore throat and body aches that knocked her flat, the other women in her house cooked her homemade soup and cookies and shepherded the children to a nearby park so she could rest. "Support system like no other," Ms. Batykefer wrote on an TikTok post that has been viewed more than 1 million times. "Shoulda moved into a mommune a long time ago."\"\
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