1. Although you don't choose family members, in families there is unconditional love. It is an honest, lasting, and valuable love that you can only get when you really know someone. So, one of the reasons you should keep your family as your friends is that they know the real you and love you anyway. That is sometimes asking a lot.
2. There is value in the relationship. This is one of the reasons you should you're your family as your friends. Many people never find the true value that can come from friendships with your family. Because the relationships take no work to establish, as you are born into them, they are often taken for granted, and the true value of them is not realized until they are gone. So, remember that the next time you get in a fight and are about to say harsh things to each other. Stop and ask yourself how much saying what you are about to say will hurt the other person. How will it damage your relationship? Is it really worth saying? If it was the last thing you could ever say to them, would you say it? These are all important questions to ask yourself because there are times that it is easy to hurt the people you should be closest to.
3. You can't just lose the relationships. A big reason you should keep your family as your friends is that unlike other friends, when you dissolve a friendship it is not as easy to avoid or forget about the person. You are going to see these people at family functions. You are going to hear about them. You are still related, and thus still connected even if you no longer are friends. So, for this reason alone, the discomfort and awkward situations that can arise, keep your family as friends.

Now that you know why it is important to keep your family as friends, let's take a look at how to do it. The following are some good ways to create stronger friendships you're your family:

Remember important dates, such as birthdays, holidays, and your parents' anniversary, etc. If you do this and make an effort to not just recognize, but also celebrate these days, you will form stronger bonds, and create friendships.

Speak kindly. It is so easy to say the thing that hurts the most, because you know what that thing is. So, keep your family as your friends by not being too lose with your tongue, or too big of a tease.

Spend time together. It is hard to be friends with someone when you do not spend any time with them. So, if you want to be friends with someone, hang out with them.

Friends come and go, but if you treat them well, your family will be there always, so keep your family as your friends, you will never regret it.