mommune

plural mommunes

1. neologismuncommonA group of mothers, often with their children, that share a communal living space to support each other in parenting, household chores, and other aspects of daily life.First known use late 2000s

   "When it’s your weekend without the kids but you live in a mommune so this is how you spend it," Kristin said.

   2024 February 12, Roisin Chapman, “I’m divorced and live in a ‘mommune’ with other single mothers – we live it up together when the kids are away”, in The U.S. Sun, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2024

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   needs to form local "mommune" to share chidcare, dinnermaking, driving, etc. We could bake bread and share hand me downs and drink wine...

   2008 October 15, @CiaraBlume, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024

   And so, more by accident than design, the women hit on a new domestic set-up: the “mommune”, as it is termed in America.

   2018 September 29, Giulia Rhodes, “‘It was like a marriage, only better’: the single mothers who moved in together”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 May 2024

   Saltz thinks "mommunes" make a lot of sense, particularly financially for single mothers so they don't have to work extra jobs, can have backup when their child is sick and also give their kids sibling-like companions.

   2023 June 2, David Oliver, Callie Carmichael, Ariana Triggs, “'It takes a village': Are 'mommunes' the secret to single parenting?”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2024