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[quote=Anonymous]My mom decided I was playing too much with my imaginary friend around that age and decided to break that habit for me. She did it in an embarrassing (and cruel imo) way, and while I don’t remember the interaction, I remember feeling ashamed whenever I wanted to do imaginary play after that. She loved telling that story of how she finally got me to quit playing with my imaginary friend into my adulthood, and even told my kids. One of them asked why she was mean to me and didn’t want me to have an imaginary friend, so she mostly stopped telling the story after that.

If it’s interfering with his daily life, it might be a problem or become one eventually, but at that age kids do a lot of quirky stuff. If it’s interfering with schoolwork, it’s probably because he’s bored with whatever they’re doing. I bet whatever is going on in his head is more fun than a craft or worksheet. There’s so much time in his life to buckle down and do work, I’d be reluctant to make an issue of it in preschool.

If you do decide to try to limit or put an end to his imaginary friend, be gentle about it. [/quote]

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