Has anyone else ever dealt with this?
My 3-year old fights with his imaginary friend all of the time. He claims that his friend is not sharing toys. My son gets so upset that he starts yelling and crying. At first, we told our son to tell his friend to go home if he would not share. Then we tried ignoring the behavior. Now, I am wondering how normal it is for a child to always fight with his imaginary friend. As far as I can tell, the friend never plays nice.
My son's teacher thinks that maybe my son is angry because he has a younger brother (1 year old) and uses his imaginary friend to vent his frustrations. My son never plays with his imaginary friend at school and he gets along fine with his real-life friends.
2006-12-04 16:13:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I think your son's teacher might be dead on. Teachers have a lot of experience with this kind of thing, so I'd trust her word until you start feeling really uncomfortable with it. As long as he's not fighting with the rest of you, it's probably not unhealthy. Be glad he's not angry towards your younger son. This may be a good way for you to teach him to deal with anger, and without another child having to bear the brunt of it!
My daughter (2 1/2) has an imaginary butterfly that follows her everywhere, and she has long, detailed conversations with it. I don't worry, because I'm sure it's a phase. Kids are so imaginative.
Good luck with your son (and his friend!)
2006-12-04 16:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly, but have you ever considered the friend to not be so imaginary? Spirits are the same as us, old, young, happy and sad. Young and possibly stingy :) Sit with your son while he plays with his "friend" and talk with your son while he's behaving this way. See what happens. You should be able to distinguish the difference between your childs imagination and a tangible but not so visible, "friend". If you find it to be something more than frustration, Spirits respond to Love and patience very much like we do, esp if it's a little Spirit.
A thought to lightly consider :)
2006-12-04 16:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by Katrina 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your sons teacher sounds right on, If he were my son I would take him for a one time evaluation by a child theropist...just so you can get help on how to properly go about handling the situation.
2006-12-04 16:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that kid is going to be a producer, a movie maker someday......mayby a songe writer.....but he will not be a president...his to smart..lol.....sorry had to come back to edit....is he talkin to his toys and stuff? this is ok.....but if he is talking to himself now..thats not right....but im sure he is just talking to his toys, its a imagination...and is a good sign of production...but if hes is in the room talking to himself.and not doing anything.time for some help..lol...im sure hes not doing that, he will be ok........you may have a great child there...can he sighn his name yet, i want his autograph.....hey you never know
2006-12-04 16:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by jdog44442003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imaginary friends are normal. They'll go away sooner or later. I remember having my own imaginary friend, her name was sarah, she wasn't even a great friend from what I remember.
2006-12-04 16:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ღαмαиdα♥ღ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is so cool.
2006-12-04 16:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by sothisislife 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋