We live on a 'family compound' with my parents and siblings. It's made raising our daughter much easier.

We have our own house, but my husband and I live on the same property as my parents and siblings. Taylor Bunting My husband and I live in a separate house on the same property where my immediate family lives. In total, nine family members and three dogs live in the two houses on our "family compound." We love spending time with my close-knit family , and it's been great for our daughter, too. There's a popular saying that it takes a village to raise a child. I'd always understood the saying as a metaphor. But when my husband and I decided to build a house on the same property where my parents, younger siblings, and my brother's fiancé live, that adage became a lot more literal. Now, we're raising our daughter on our "family compound," with our village right next door.