I was talking about my communal upbringing. I grew up with four.families sharing , responsibility for raising children, feeding us and our familes. We all had keys to each others homes. We had large 6+ bedroom homes we had rooms that were ours with cloths in those homes. It was a communal upbringing. We had a large garden shared and also livestock every bit of a commune setting. Literally communal not just in words but practicality. Not all communalism is bad when every one pulls there weight it’s advantageous. I love my brothers and sisters to this.day we are still close the third.generation is being raised now. Most are still FLDS and wall a path with God every day.
“It was a communal upbringing.”
I read it as just a few very close neighbors.