Editing Bruderhof Communities (section)

==Present day life==

Most communities have a nursery, [[kindergarten]], school, communal kitchen, laundry, various workshops, and offices. Bruderhof life is built around the family, though there are also many single members. Children are an important part of each community and participate in most communal gatherings. Disabled and elderly members are cared for within the community and participate in daily life and work as much as they are able.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/life-among-the-bruderhof/|title=Life Among The Bruderhof|work=The American Conservative|access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref>

The Bruderhof eats one meal together each day as a community.  Other meals are eaten in families. Singing is a very common form of worship in the community, and members often sing before meals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/bruderhof|title=Bruderhof Communities|website=SoundCloud|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> The Bruderhof do not prohibit the consumption of alcohol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/23/just-dont-call-it-a-cult-the-strangely-alluring-world-of-the-bruderhof|title=Just Don't call it a cult – the strangely alluring world of the Bruderhof|work=The Guardian|access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref>

Numerous guests visit the Bruderhof and all communities are open to guests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bruderhof.com/en/visit-us|title=Visit Us|website=Bruderhof|access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> The Bruderhof is estimated to have around 2,900 members worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jane|title=In face of pandemic, Bruderhof continues its caring mission|url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/05/18/in-face-of-pandemic-bruderhof-continues-its-caring-mission/111798438/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Times Herald-Record|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Technology ===
The Bruderhof has a reserved attitude to the use of technology.  Bruderhof families do not watch television or use the Internet within the home but do so outside of it, with many using smartphones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Andy |title=Teens are all obsessed with social media? Not so much. |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614939/teens-social-media-obsession-digital-detox/ |website=MIT Technology Review |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> Unlike the [[Amish]], they own and drive cars and run modern businesses and factories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/16389/in-search-of-the-good-life-a-day-with-the-radical-bruderhof|title=In search of the good life: a day with the radical Bruderhof|website=The Tablet|access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> They now run two main websites (bruderhof.com and plough.com) and several social media channels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheBruderhof|title=The Bruderhof (@TheBruderhof) {{!}} Twitter|publisher=Twitter|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/bruderhofcommunities/|title=Bruderhof (@bruderhofcommunities) • Instagram photos and videos|website=instagram.com|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> Some of their members run video blogs that document their life on the Bruderhof that are published online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/BruderhofCommunities|title=Bruderhof|via=YouTube|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

=== Education ===
The Bruderhof runs schools for the children on each community, up to the age of 18, when they are allowed to leave the community.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mount Academy |url=https://www.mountacademy.com |website=www.mountacademy.com |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In 2019 the Beech Grove School added two boarding houses to their school.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beech Grove School|url=https://www.beechgroveschool.co.uk/|access-date=February 24, 2021|website=www.beechgroveschool.co.uk|language=en-US}}</ref>