"Communal" being in this case "government".

"the democrats should be beating down their door, promising to wash their cars, watch their kids"

Not necessarily. it may be an arrangement that springs up locally.

When I was much younger my parents belonged to a "play group", where parents would take turns baby sitting each others children. Simple printed cards were "paid" each visit and could be redeemed upon other visits. It worked out pretty well and we kids all got to play together. One astonishing outcome: I'm still good friends with someone I met before I have any conscious memory. Kind of cool, right?

Except when you consider the poor state of our inner city public schools.