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It is very common that in the stage of 2 or 3 years of age, some imaginary beings, friends, or heroes appear and invade the day-to-day of children. Many children begin to develop a parallel fantasy world to the reality in which they live. If your child is going through this stage, don't panic or worry, because that is absolutely normal.
The universe of superheroes, monsters, ghosts, fairies and other friends will help your child to grow and develop their emotions and creativity. It will help you express your fears, your joys, your concerns and your deepest desires. Children are aware of the real world, but at these ages they still have a hard time assimilating and accepting it as it is. For this reason they create a world where everything is possible, allowed and solved. Is the stage of magical thinking of the kids. The imaginary friend can be a teddy bear, a soldier, things, animals, etc. They are friends who come to life, to talk, play and fight with the children. Through the imaginary friend the children:
- They release their positive and negative feelings
- They project their conflicts, fears and phobias in front of new situations, such as having to abandon the diaper, go to kindergarten or kindergarten, to change houses, or to have to face a different challenge or reality.
- They gain more self-confidence. In his "logic", if his imaginary friend manages to defeat evil, he is also capable of doing it.
- They will feel stronger, and capable. And that will help your self-esteem.
- They will better control their emotions.
- They better understand the other person's point of view, in this case, that of their imaginary friend.
- They develop social skills.
Although the world and your child's imaginary friend may seem funny, you should not participate, nor stimulate, nor repress children to keep playing and chatting with your friend. If your child has an imaginary friend, it is advisable that you observe him discreetly, more than anything to remove any emerging need or desire from his conversations with the friend, and to know if his friend is good or bad. This observation will help you get to know your child better. Never scold him for this imagination. That can hurt him to such an extent that he will avoid chatting with his friend in front of you. Control the time your child is with his friend daily.
Your child should also have time to play with other children, and with their parents. Parents of children with imaginary friends should also increase vigilance towards the child while playing with their friend. They should be more careful with windows and objects that offer some risk. The boy may wish to fly like superman, and the girl may believe that she can fly with an umbrella, to imitate Mary Poppins.
When children enter this world of fantasy and imagination, parents will only have reason to worry if their child grabs onto the imaginary friend to such an extent that keep you from fulfilling your tasks and commitments everyday, or see that your child no longer wants to have real friends to play and socialize with. Also, if you notice that the son has become withdrawn or has acquired aggressive behavior because of a violent imaginary friend, they should seek help and support from a specialist. Situations like that could generate other problems. For the rest, there are no reasons to be alarmed. The child does not suffer from mental problems, nor does he live supernatural situations. The child is healthy. In the same way that imaginary friends arrive, they leave and disappear with time. It is a stage that usually ends around 7 or 8 years of age, when the child has highly developed language, logic, memory and intelligence functions.
Many observations have been made on the phenomenon of the imaginary friend. Some say that only children, who only live with adults, are the most likely to have imaginary friends, and use them to fill this social gap. Others affirm that the phenomenon occurs normally in the most sensitive children, with greater imagination and fantasy. And there are those who say that children who have imaginary friends in childhood will be able to become artists in adulthood. Each child is a world, and you had to live it to know it.
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