Your brother is worried because his 4-year-old son has an imaginary playmate. What can you tell him about how common or uncommon imaginary playmates are during the preschool years and what is known about children who have imaginary playmates?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
Make-believe promotes cognitive development. Your brother needn't worry about the fact that his son has an imaginary playmate. They are quite common during the preschool years — about 2/3 of all preschoolers have imaginary companions. Moreover, having an imaginary playmate is associated with many positive characteristics. Children who have imaginary playmates tend to be more sociable and have more real friends than children who do not have imaginary playmates. And children who have an imaginary playmate are able to distinguish fantasy from reality just as well as children who do not have imaginary friends. So, your brother should enjoy his son's vivid imagination and realize that an imaginary friend at this age is perfectly normal.
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