Meanings
- uncountableThe maintaining and strengthening of familial ties.
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Kinkeeping, in most of the related research, has been defined as keeping in touch with family members and/or keeping family members in touch with one another. Occasionally, kinkeeping has been more broadly defined to include providing tangible assistance to family members (e.g. helping with tasks such as household chores), but this definition seems to broad.
2009, Harry T. Reis, Susan Sprecher, editors, Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 949
Origin
From kin + keeping. Coined by sociologist Carolyn Rosenthal in 1985.
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