Does your child have an imaginary friend????

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Hi everyone


I think I might be posting in the wrong section, I didn't know where to post it actually

Well here I go, hope this makes sense, my head is not screwed on properly at the moment...


I have my younger sister here on holidays from Perth and she just caught my eldest DD who is 8 years old talking to herself. I myself haven't heard dd talking to herself until today. Apparently, my daughter told my sister that she has had an imaginary friend since she was 3. This is a big shock to me, I feel like I've done something wrong, maybe waiting too long in having another baby, I really blame myself.....I have to say, I am really freaked out about this......I have heard this can be quite normal, but I can't seem to see it that way. My sister says I'm freaking out because I watch to many horror movies etc....Maybe thats why.

My sister asked her what this imaginary friend looks like and dd said it has long hair and orange eyes....omg.....how scary does that sound! I know I should be calm about this and act like a good mother should act about this, but I didn't ever think this would happen to my children. I haven't spoken to anyone else in my family about this yet, so please forgive me if I sound terrible or out-of-control LOL. I'm sure in a few moments or so, I'll hit myself for overreacting...I'm just so scared about the thought of an imaginary friend with one of my own children.

My dd seems like a very happy 8 year old girl. Yes, she seems lonely sometimes as younger dd is still only a baby and we now live out rural, but she does go to school, has her own group of friends and has lots of animals here to play with on the property. I feel very guilty how I approached this situation at first with my dd. I did say to her not to be joking about this as mummy is scared about the orange eyes part. "How bad am I to say that to my darling 8 year old".....

I just wasn't thinking