Did you have an imaginary friend?

When you were little did you have a friend no one else could see? Many kids do. I had an imaginary sheepdog named Donawell. My sister had a friend called Kelly. One of my sons was an imaginary dog named Towhee.

If you had an imaginary friend – or if a child you know has one – what do you think about that? What do you think it means to a child to create a person no one else can see...

 And then, find out more about imaginary friends and imaginary worlds in the latest issue of The Sleepless Parent. If you didn’t get your copy, read it HERE.