Do your kids have an imaginary friend?

My daughter has never had an imaginary friend. She uses her imagination quite well but we have never had a person show up and join the house hold. There is nothing wrong with imaginary friends but be careful if things start to get out of hand. You might want to sit down and have a talk with you son and barney about playing nicely and not being bad. Tell Barney that if he messes up or does something wrong then you will have to ask him to leave. Also try getting your son into some more play groups with kids his age. Tell him that it's just for him and not for Barney and that he will see Barney when he gets home. When he's out playing, he'll forget about him and slowly wean away from it. Keep Barney at the house and let him know he is not aloud to join you when you go out. There's a balance between having it at home and going everywhere with him. It starts to get bad when Barney comes out with you. I've read up on Child Phsychology and that's what they suggest.

I did hear its normal, but still could not help but wonder about this issue. My son has an imaginary frend too, tweety, he is like a small brother for him, and he tends to like take care of him . i sometimes realise he is lonely and may b he really needs a sibling......

Imaginary friends mean that your child is building up his imagination. Istill have my imaginary friends,and I am a young adult. But that is down tomy childish imagination. Soon your son will have friends, but for the time being,having an imaginary friend will help him to grow up and learn about friendship. It helped me as a child (still it helps me.my imaginary friends dont scold melike real friends do haha) imaginary friends will help your child to grow up.

This is a normal part of childhood,an imaginery friend is the best friend there can be in the eyes of a child.So do not worry it is a phase that many kids go through,they also have a tendency to develop a little language of their own sometimes,thus cutting you out of the conversations,but childhood is a time of exploration,and there is no harm bieng done,soon enough he will have many real friends

My daughter has yet to have an imaginary friend which I find odd. I know I had one as a child. But she's still under 5, so maybe I'm reading to much into it.

i believe everybody have had any imaginary friend once and if it haven't it should try because is a normal thing to happens in your childhood and i believe this help the friends to learn how could they do some friends even if are they treating of someone from their heads. =p thanks, Scorpionok.

You and I have something in common, dear. We both have ourselves a four year old son. And by all means, yes. He has himself all kinds of imaginary friends and all kinds of creations every day. He never ceases to amaze me with the stories he makes up in his little head. I believe that these children are very smart and I tend to think it is a good thing that they are using their minds. He talks to his stuffed animals and also likes to name some of them. All just natural behavior!