One day, my 4-year-old son announced that he had a new friend named Jaggery. “Interesting name,” I thought to myself, wondering whether Jaggery was a new boy at school.
Turns out that Jaggery is a sparkly blue dragon who lives next door to us and loves nothing more than munching on little girls and broccoli!
My son goes into great detail when talking about his dragon friend and describes his adventures on a daily basis.
There may be a phase in your child’s life when his imaginary friend is his best friend!
Personally, I’m not too worried about my kid’s imaginary friend, but I know there are many parents out there whose kids have imaginary friends, too, and might be a bit concerned about it.
So we asked clinical psychologist Rachael Tan for her expert opinion on the subject of a kid’s imaginary friend.
To find out what Rachael had to say, go to the next page…
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