wp:paragraph --> Friends become increasingly important to health ... After all, unlike our family, we can choose our friends. “A few studies show that we often enjoy our time with friends ...

"I've met a lot of my friends from the internet ... as more and more subscribe to idea of "chosen family" -- ie: people who are there for you when your bio-family isn't. As actors in Hollywood ...

I learned to compensate for her limitations by seeking out other maternal figures: grade school teachers who offered me warm hugs; my friends ... of our friendships and chosen family, Sleadd ...

Since we spend so much time with our friends and they are essentially our chosen family, it can be difficult to realise you are growing apart from someone or that you aren’t as close as you used ...

And it seems she was spot-on, since a new study highlights that friends are a more important source of support than family to ... friendships become increasingly valuable to our health and ...

You don’t choose your family. But you do choose your friends – and very often our friends become something of a chosen family to most of us. So it only makes sense to celebrate the festive ...