Pretend playmates
Saturday February 5, 2005
Does your child have an imaginary friend? Children with special needs may hang on to their invisible pals beyond a developmentally typical age, although psychologists are now upping the age at which imaginary playmates are safe and healthy. Is your child's pretend friend a cute companion, an embarrassment, or like something out of "Hide and Seek"? Take our poll and join the discussion.
Comments
I have been for a number of years interested in imaginary friends ever since a friends child introduced me to several of hers and we had a tea party. I never had one but realised these are an integral part of a lot of children’s lives. I asked around and received numerous accounts of these and set about taking note of them for a study and or book. Having searched the internet a lot I have come up with numerous places where these stories are retold but not in one single source. So in the latter part of last year I set about making my own website. Its a little cheesy and when I get round to it will look a lot better, but has a section where people can enter there stories and I can post them up. I thought there would be a lot of interest but so far not much, strange considering the amount of info dedicated to such phenomenon on the web. So if you do have a story and would like it posted on a sole source and indeed read others stories please feel free to visit. www.imaginaryplaymates.com.
thanks
andrew
Andrew Carson