Comments on: Imaginary Friend http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/ Just another Myswiftblog Blogs weblog Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Writing Frontier http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Writing Frontier Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:39:47 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-39 Thanks for the nice story. I have one here for you and your readers as well that deals with child play today vs. when we were kids. Hope you enjoy. You can see it at http://writingfrontier.com/2008/09/08/childs-play/ Take care. Thanks for the nice story. I have one here for you and your readers as well that deals with child play today vs. when we were kids. Hope you enjoy. You can see it at

http://writingfrontier.com/2008/09/08/childs-play/

Take care.

]]> By: Lawyer Mom http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Lawyer Mom Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:43:38 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-38 Go with it, totally. Set a place at the table for it. An imaginary friend is a huge indicator your child is gifted (although I had one named Scream, so there are exceptions). Go with it, totally. Set a place at the table for it. An imaginary friend is a huge indicator your child is gifted (although I had one named Scream, so there are exceptions).

]]> By: Janet http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Janet Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:55:36 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-37 Wow, That bring back memories, of when my 3 sons had imagination friends. They loved the power ranger so they would pretend they were on their own adventures. I would watch them for hours. LOL Kids are so wonderful Wow, That bring back memories, of when my 3 sons had imagination friends. They loved the power ranger so they would pretend they were on their own adventures. I would watch them for hours. LOL Kids are so wonderful

]]> By: kompostela http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-36 kompostela Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:53:46 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-36 I also had some imaginary friends in the childhood. I was very shy to tell about them my parents but when I became older I completely forgot about them. So I think that the best would be wait... I also had some imaginary friends in the childhood. I was very shy to tell about them my parents but when I became older I completely forgot about them. So I think that the best would be wait…

]]> By: Xun http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Xun Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:54:42 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-35 My daughter Emma has a million imaginary friends. Quickly made up and forgotten. So I guess it is not the same thing. Fun to see how this develops along. My daughter Emma has a million imaginary friends. Quickly made up and forgotten. So I guess it is not the same thing. Fun to see how this develops along.

]]> By: a law http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-34 a law Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:42:39 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-34 interesting article, I like your site. interesting article, I like your site.

]]> By: Christopher Garlington http://themommystories.com/07/imaginary-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Christopher Garlington Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:21:56 +0000 http://www.themommystories.com/?p=19#comment-33 When my daughter was little she had an imaginary friend. I had just finished reading Bruno Bettleheim's "The Uses of Enchantment," which talks a lot about the value of telling fairy tales to children--and not skipping the dark, weird, pre-Grimm ones. So I was really thinking about a child's imagination and the value of building on it, of expanding, and especially, of treating it with respect. I spoke directly to my daughter's imaginary friend as if she were sitting right in front of me. Rah would always correct me and tell me I was looking in the wrong place and I'd respect that too and say, "Well, it's hard for us grown-ups," because the imaginary friend isn't about having a friend or about making up unreal people. For a kid, it's about defining their place in the world. Weirdly enough, making up an imaginary friend is one of the ways a kid determines where they are, who they are, and where the limits of their imagination are. I had to respect that th imaginary friend was Rah's, not mine, and belonged in her world, not mine and so I had to remain polite and supportive but not be solicitous. When my daughter was little she had an imaginary friend. I had just finished reading Bruno Bettleheim’s “The Uses of Enchantment,” which talks a lot about the value of telling fairy tales to children–and not skipping the dark, weird, pre-Grimm ones. So I was really thinking about a child’s imagination and the value of building on it, of expanding, and especially, of treating it with respect.

I spoke directly to my daughter’s imaginary friend as if she were sitting right in front of me. Rah would always correct me and tell me I was looking in the wrong place and I’d respect that too and say, “Well, it’s hard for us grown-ups,” because the imaginary friend isn’t about having a friend or about making up unreal people. For a kid, it’s about defining their place in the world. Weirdly enough, making up an imaginary friend is one of the ways a kid determines where they are, who they are, and where the limits of their imagination are. I had to respect that th imaginary friend was Rah’s, not mine, and belonged in her world, not mine and so I had to remain polite and supportive but not be solicitous.

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