Utopian communities have been formed throughout the history of the United States. Often they have been situated on a farm, and every member contributed to the work of raising food for the community. In most cases, gender roles blurred so that both men and women worked in the fi elds and both cooked, cleaned, and engaged in child care. In the “hippie” communes of the 1960s and in an Israeli kibbutz, the children are raised primarily in a group rather than in a nuclear family. What effect do you think this kind of arrangement might have on the children, especially as they grow up to establish families of their own?