This brief explores how care and support are distributed between siblings and friends, emphasizing that childcare tends to come more from family while everyday practical help is more often provided by friends.

The article highlights why social relationships matter in psychology, showing how kinship and friendship influence the allocation of different types of help, and how proximity and social closeness shape everyday support networks.

Article Title: Blood is thicker than water for childcare, but friends win at everyday practical help

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/blood-is-thicker-than-water-for-childcare-but-friends-win-at-everyday-practical-help/

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