Imaginary friends
By asyria51
@asyria51 (2861)
United States
July 20, 2012 8:24pm CST
My 3 year old daughter has imaginary friends, in fact she has two teams of them. She is an only child,but has a lot of interaction with other kids her age.
My concern with her imaginary friends is that she blames everything on them. It is becoming a really issue of honesty. How would you address the honesty part of it?
2 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 Jul 12
The time period in a child's life where they have imaginary friends is something that a child will go through regardless of whether or not they have had the opportunity to have interaction with other children or not. It is also true that when the child does something wrong, it is never the child's fault, it is always the fault of the imaginary friend.
What I remember the most about my son's imaginary friend is that we actually got to see him on many occasions. His name was Tommy and when we were outside on a sunny day, we could see him (he was my son's shadow).
@sherrybelle (707)
• United States
21 Jul 12
Teach her to be accountable for her actions. Tell her that you always want the truth from her and that she won't be in trouble if she'll tell you the truth.
Open the door for some very open and honest communication.
Keep in mind that her friends might be "imaginary" for you but they might seem very real to her. Consider the fact that she might have a metaphysical gift where she's being influenced by other entities.
If she is being influenced by her "friends" she might feel justified in blaming them for persuading her to do certain things.
