Yes

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  by Carol Gioia

  Created on: October 15, 2007   Last Updated: August 09, 2008

  Can an imaginary friend be beneficial to a child, and more importantly, should the parents encourage

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  by Rebecca Mayglothling

  Created on: September 08, 2009

  Imagination is the key to learning. Early childhood educators are taught this slogan continuously, and

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  by Sandy Virtue

  Created on: March 08, 2011   Last Updated: March 28, 2011

  Should a child have an imaginary friend?   It does not bring any real harm for a child to have

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  by Susan Lower

  Created on: May 18, 2008

  Three years ago, my daughter introduced us to her friend Maya. We had moved to a new town, another state,

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  by Genenda Milloy

  Created on: February 20, 2008

  When I was in first grade, I had just moved to a new school for the third time in my short career as

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  by Alison Fernandes

  Created on: July 11, 2009   Last Updated: July 25, 2009

  Children who have imaginary friends appear to do so for a number of reasons. It is reasonable to suppose

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  by Brenda S Brown

  Created on: April 08, 2010   Last Updated: April 12, 2010

  I nicknamed them Creep and Cronin, but I have no idea what the names meant or where they originated,

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  by R.A. Scott

  Created on: August 12, 2008

  An imagination is a great thing to nurture in a child. The better the imagination the better the child

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  by Renee Morgan

  Created on: June 16, 2008   Last Updated: July 11, 2011

  I think imaginary friends are good for everyone and it is a good sign that the mind is working.

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  by Alishia Fox

  Created on: November 05, 2009   Last Updated: November 06, 2009

  Anyone who has seen "Drop Dead Fred", a classic 1980's comedy, about a grown woman who rediscovers her

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  by Mary Pat Withem

  Created on: February 19, 2009

  Your child has come to you to introduce you to their imaginary friend. What is your first reaction?

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  by Peggy Molloy

  Created on: May 18, 2008   Last Updated: January 02, 2011

  I do not remember from whence my "Little People" came but they were my finest companions for my childhood

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  by Sammy Stein

  Created on: July 09, 2009

  A fertile imagination is the key to sucessful thought processes, new ideas, concepts and innovations.

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  by roxanamm

  Created on: April 01, 2009   Last Updated: April 02, 2009

  Unlike other creatures on this world humans have a lot of imagination. This starts working since we

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  by Karen Curran

  Created on: June 08, 2008   Last Updated: October 04, 2009

  I feel that it is very natural thing for kids to have an imaginary friend. My daughter when she was

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  by Ruth Woodhouse

  Created on: May 21, 2008

  Children have always had imaginary friends. I feel sure this is a natural part of childhood. Not all

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  by Jill Ardary

  Created on: March 19, 2009   Last Updated: March 20, 2009

  Imagination, a child's mind is full of it. A bed will often become a car or an airplane, a train or

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  by Aria Quill

  Created on: August 31, 2008

  Most definitely imaginary friends are a wonderful part of childhood. Just imagine a childhood without

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  by Jeanette Harris

  Created on: September 27, 2008   Last Updated: October 02, 2008

  I remember when my mom and I, were watching this television show, or was it a movie on tv called {Drop

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  by Christine Bennett

  Created on: October 13, 2007

  I have to yes to this debate, because although we often say our children have imaginary friends are