Having children / treating them well / them treating you well when you are old is great imo , and when we eventually die , we know that there would be a deep legacy left to somebody.
Yes we do have friends. But I am saying in a sense to maximize legacy.
I don't want to say something offensive , but friends are mine in a , yes I know him personality kind of way , family relations on the other hand are formed through the strands of dna itself sooo , IDK.
This line of thinking feels a lot like utilitarian (like its okay to do somethng bad short term for good long term)