Imaginary friend, to be worried?

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DS whos 4 has an imaginary friend, he used to visit quite often, DS would often say his friend was here and his friend would be sitting at the breakfast table or on the sofa (bit creepy lol). I never really deeped it until my DH said should we be worried (refering to DROP DEAD FRED the movie) i said no its normal for kids of his age, but should we be worried? I mean he used to be a frequent visitor but now its just once every so often.
Hes never been afraid of his imaginary friend, he has said on fridays hes naughty though 😆 DS has a very wild imagination, he can play for hours by himself where as my DD couldnt, i think she had one but only briefly (shes 11 now).

Worried about what? If they aren’t scared… what is the worry?

I really wouldn't be worried. My mum is in her 70s and still remembers her imaginary friend from her childhood! Some kids do just have a more vivid imagination than others!

Lots of kids go through this. He's 4 and his sister is 11. He is using his imagination to provide himself with a companion

That sounds quite normal for 4 - he probably got it from bluey or something, kids cartoons encourge imaginary friends i think

Bless him - maybe he'll grow up to be a playwright 🙂 x

Entirely normal. Nothing to worry about

DD had one, what a pain in the arse he was. We couldn’t send him home because he forgot where he lived so we had to walk about looking for his house.
He also had very specific food requirements. I don’t miss him.

@Username0110
Maybe I’m wrong but the way you say “ he used to visit quite often” and “used to be a frequent visitor” sounds to me like you believe in ghosts and you are scared that your son is seeing a ghost, rather than an imaginary friend.

There have always been little children who had imaginary friends and I’d guess that 4 is quite a normal age for one.

I used to have an imaginary friend that I played with often. I think it’s quite normal.

Thst's very normal, my kid had Bunley who would turn up randomly until he was 8 or 9. I had Ugga who lived in the trigpoints with holes in then and would sometimes be in the right one to pop out and say hello when we did long hikes!

It’s perfectly normal isn’t it? I had 2 imaginary friends when I was little, they were small fairy size, they used to come on holiday with us and everything 😆 I can’t remember the last time I ‘saw’ them though probably about age 8.

My DS had an imaginary friend called Kate. She was well behaved but I was embarrassed when I had to push her on the swings 😊

I agree, all perfectly normal. I was told
my older sister had several but they all became less frequent after me and younger sibling arrived.
I had one too and all my toys had personalities and talked to me. I was a very imaginative child. We are both very normal (and boring) now!

I had an imaginary blue ostrich called Dave who was responsible for all of my crimes. Only child.

My mum used to feel very silly holding the car door open for ages for my sisters ‘friend’ and the huge family of rabbits that all went everywhere with them! 😂

I had an imaginary friend called Janet. She disappeared when I started school.

it’s quite normal and nothing to worry about

What i meant was he used to be around constantly but now just every so often. Funny you should say that, of topic my grandad past away about a year ago, the next morning i picked DS up because he wanted a cuddle whilst i was looking out of the window, we have a pear tree at the bottom of the garden, DS said 'why is grandad there' 🥰.
Thanks guys! I shall look after his mate 'jake' for as long as he needs 😆😆

Pretty normal... out oldest had an imaginary friend and once got really upset aged 4 because apparently they were coming for a playdate but then they didn't turn up according to DC and they were distraught. Put us in a tricky position as we weren't sure how to explain they'd been stood up by their imaginary friend!

The funny thing was, when they started school one of their best friends was a girl with the same name as imaginary friend, who looked like how DC had described her as well! We joked DC had manifested their best friend.

My DD around the age of 2-3 had a whole fleet of ‘racing car friends’ as her imaginary friends. Completely normal.

Wait, ...do children 'see' their imaginary friends, or (as I thought) are they just sort of pretending they are there?!