Have you ever had an imaginary friend? I think we all did as kids... but I'm not sure too many of us have had visible scary ...

“Imaginary friends are not the only beings that we trust and love very much as children, but forget as adults. I don’t remember the faces or names of my kindergarten and elementary school ...

Not only because horror movies are often too scary for me, but also because, for the better part of my adult life, I’ve researched and studied the way children invent imaginary friends and there ...

Earlier research states as many as 65 percent of children up to age 7 had an imaginary friend. It’s not uncommon for children to create imaginary friends or companions — someone they can talk ...

Amory: Always in pairs. Madison: Always in pairs. Ben: One day, along came a new imaginary friend…not part of a pair. Kellum first started visiting Madison when she was 3 years old.

“They’re here to help me when I’m not feeling good and to talk to me when I'm lonely and Emily doesn’t want to play,” Sasha says, “and to go to space with me.” Imaginary friends are ...

And not just typically developing children have them, those with Down Syndrome and children diagnosed with autism also enjoy playing with fantasy friends. Children make up imaginary friends for ...

“Every time you ask a child if they have an imaginary friend and they say yes, you have to prepare yourself not to laugh or give leading questions, because you don’t know what’s going to come next,” ...

Having an imaginary friend is not evidence that a child is troubled. However, imaginary friends can be a source of comfort when a child is experiencing difficulties. There are many case studies of ...