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Phase 1 - Background Information
Using the link' imaginary friends: should you be concerned' answer these questions

• Imaginary Friends: Should You Be Concerned
• imaginary friend movie

Phase 2 - Roles
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CHILD:

• wikipedia: imaginary friends
• the psycological development of children with imaginary friends
• childrens imaginary friends

Use the link: Wikipedia:Imaginary Friends To Answer These Questions.
1. When do Imaginary friends appear In A childs life?
2. What Are Imaginary friends?
3. Why do kids feel The need to have these special friends?
4. What are some things that can cause children to have these friends?

Use the link: The Psycological Development Of Children With Imaginary Friends To Answer These Questions.
1. Why do some children have Imaginary Friends and others dont?
2. What do Imaginary Friends do?
3. Do you think that It Is dangerous for children to have imaginary friends?
4. Do you think parents should be concerned?

Use the link: Childrens Imaginary Friends To Answer These Questions.
1. Should parents go along with the whole Imaginary Friends situation?
2. When do you that Children get over There Friends?
3. Why do you Think Children blame things on their Imaginary Friends?
4. Do you think children are aware that they have imaginary frends?

PARENT:

• how to make a child forget about their imaginary friends?
• parenting.org
• raising chilldren

Using the link: How to make a Child forget about their Imaginary Friends to answer your questions.
1.How do you think that you should tell your Child that he is Imaginary and not real
2.Do you think that video games, movies, and television stimulate the childs brain to create these Imaginary friends
3. Is It more likely for an only child to have Imaginary Friends than A child with siblings.
4.Do you think that children that have alot of friends and that play sports can have imaginary friends?

Using the link: Parenting.org answer these following questions.
1.Some people think that having an Imaginary Friend Is a negative thing but some people think that by having an Imaginary Friend that they are opening their mind do you agree?
2. Why do you think children might blame their Imaginary Friends when they have done something wrong?
3.Why do you think childrens feelings get hurt when you tell them that their friend is not real?
4. Which approach do you find better to play along with it or just be strait up with your child?

use the link: raising children to answer these questions
1. Do you think that because your child has an Imaginary Friend that He or She will spend less time comunicating with you?
2. If so how should you handle this in a way that you wont hurt your childs feelings?
3. Do you agree with the statement that children who have iImaginary Friends is because of child development?
4. What do you do if your child spills her milk and she blames it on her friend?

SOCIETY:

• will other people think im weird?
• open up to the world of imaginary friends
• imaginary friends and kids

Use these link: will other peoplethink im weird? to answer the following questions.
1. Does the fact that a child has an Imaginary Friend change the way that friends and family look at them?
2. What is the main cause having an imaginary friends?
3. At what Age do children tend to grow up and leave their friends behind?
4. What do you think other children think about a class mate with an Imaginary Friend?

Using the link: open up to the world of imaginary friends answer these question.
1. Why do you think that people make such a big deal over special friends when facts say that everyone has had one at some point?
2. How do you think kids his or her age will act around them?
3. Do you think that the child will act the same way with his friend as if he was alone?
4.Can a child with Imaginary Friends be popular?

Using the link: Imaginary Friends and kids answer these following questions.
1. Do you think that kids that are open with letting people know about their Imaginary Friends will be name called and made fun off?
2. With this in mind would it affect them later in life?
3. If this does occur what would be the best thing to do?
4. What would you think about a child with an Imaginary Friend?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

• are imaginary companions good for kids?
• ghost or imaginary friend?
• family education

Using the link: Imaginary good for kids? answer the following questions.
1.In this article Psycologists talk alot about children having wonder years when do these years start?
2. When do these years end and how do you give them their space without ignoring them?
3. What is your biggest fear about your child having an Imaginary Friend and how do you over come it?
4. Do you think that having a Imaginary Friend can cause a problem with multiple personalities in the future?

Use these link: Family education to answer the following questions.
1. Psycologists say that if a child has not had an Imaginary Friends that maybe you should make one for them by before they grow up do you agree?
2. What do you think is the reason for this?
3. Do you think that there is a good chance that maybe an Imaginary Friend is a Ghost?
4. Is having an Imaginary Friend a work of Imagiantion or an actual lonelyness problem?

Using the link:Family Education answer these questions.
1. Why do you think that children isolate themselves when they are with their so called friend?
2. Are children aware that their friend is imaginary?
3. Do you think that you should give your child hints or just let him grow out of it?
4. Is it possible for a child to not grow out of their imaginary friend?

Phase 3 - Reaching Consensus
1. survey
Have you ever had an imaginary friend?
yes or no

Do you think having an imaginary friend is a bad thing?
yes or no

Have your kids ever had an imaginary friend?
yes or no

Would you be friends with some one who has an imaginary friend?
yes or no

Do you think that imaginary friends are somehow better than real friends?
yes or no

Do you think that it is ok for children to have imaginary friends?
yes or no

Do you believe in imaginery friends?
yes or no

Is having an imaginary friend a good thing?
yes or no?

Would you judge a child because they have an imaginary friend?
yes or no

Have you ever met someone that has an Imaginery friend as An adult?
yes or no


2. interview a therapist compare results

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Conclusion

Having no friends is lonely theres nobody to talk to and its hard to see everyone playing and im in the corner so I made my own friend some one that wont leave me that is always there to listen. He is always there I just call on his name and he appears hes great and his name is Adriene. We have lots of fun and we have alot in common and he is never sad sometimes i wish everyone else could be like him and apprecite who I am.

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