Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is your child all of a sudden playing with an imaginary friend? Parents whose children develop an invisible playmate might be ...

If your child has an imaginary friend, they’re not alone. It’s common for toddlers and young children to have pretend friends that they share experiences with. Imaginary friends can be other children, ...

You can’t help but smile when your 3-year-old tells you her pretend friend’s name is HaHa. “No kidding!” her mother laughs. Because they have no brothers or sisters to play with, people often assume ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ljupco Smokovski/Shutterstock Crabby crab is my four-year-old son Fisher’s imaginary friend. Crabby appeared on a holiday in ...

An earlier version of this story appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A Vox reader asks, “Why do children often have imaginary friends?” ...

You can’t help but smile when your 3-year-old tells you her pretend friend’s name is HaHa. “No kidding!” her mother laughs. Because they have no brothers or sisters to play with, people often assume ...

Psychologists first became interested in imaginary friends in the early 19th century because they feared they could be a sign of emotional unstability or psychological problems in children. But as ...

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