The Benefits Of Imaginary Friends

Friends can be at first a stranger, a sibling, or in my neighbor’s case a cousin. According my eleven year

Brain Bigelow, John La Gaipa and William Corsaro have both made important contributions into understanding how children interpret “friendship”. Bigelow and La Gaipa carried out one of the first studies from what was a very under researched area. Bill Corsaro, a key figure in childhood studies, was particularly successful in gaining access into young children's worlds which has helped shape a further picture of this somewhat intriguing definition. Brace and Byford (2012)

Compare and Contrast the approach to studying children’s friendships taken in the Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) study with that taken by William Corsaro.

Charmeen reported that her son is keen for friendship and this makes him vulnerable because everyone he meets is his new friend and he clings to people.

In the early 1970’s little was known regarding children’s friendships. Bigalow and La Gaipa (1975) assessed developmental differences by having grade school children write 480 essays on what they expected of their best friend that was not expected from other

Compare and contrast the approach to studying children’s friendships taken in the Bigelow and La Gaipa (1974) study with that taken by William Corsaro.

it was the imaginary friend you had as a child called something different every time you forgot what you named her the night before.

I have learned quite some lessons since I was eight years of age. See, I grew up with immense depression, anxiety, insomnia, and minor schizophrenia. Of course, I never knew that because I always thought it was something every child went through, the twist; however, I did not have "Imaginary friends", all-though everyone described those voices as them, they were demons to me. These "demons" patronized me days in and days out. Due to these "demons" I never got to sleep which resulted in hallucinations. These hallucinations concluded with me flailing around thinking I was about to get killed or hit by an oncoming car when there was no car in either direction of me.

Friends, for one, are around children for the majority of the day from a young age well until you graduate college. Yes, parents are around them too but not for as long of a time as other children are. In To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee makes a very good example with the characters Jem Finch, Scout Finch and Dill Harris. “That was the summer Dill came to us.” (p. 6)

Have you ever noticed how a younger child acts around his friend compared to his family? Through observation I noticed there is a huge difference. Whether it be topics of conversations, attitudes, or expressed emotions they all differ. It really made me wonder what went through a six year old’s mind.

In “Friends with Benefits: Do Face book Friends Provide the Same Support as Those in Real Life? By Kate

Omg! When I was five years old I had A imaginary friend his name was John smith but only I could see him. However, I managed to drive my family crazy by his presence especially my older brother as John smiths maned astatine occurred when he was around. My grandmother had the job of picking me up my brother and I unruly kids after school. It was started by making sure no one sat on John smith in the backseat this would escalate to a crying and screaming match some days my brother would have to sit up front due to invading John smiths space. This doesn't sound like much was very disrupted for anyone who came in contact with John smith. John smith had a sister that did not live with him and attended another school. I would make my grandmother

When I lived in that apartment I had an imaginary friend. His name was Murphy. Murphy and I would play and play. My mom told me that I said Murphy was lost in the woods and he couldn’t find his way out. I was told that I would beg mom

Please, let me be your Imaginary Friend I’ll be quiet, I promise, to send Only kisses, giggles and laughs. In the dark, when your scared. Just whisper my name and I’ll be there. When your sad, I can’t do much.

Family Friends are needed by many young children because they are family but just not blood-related. Having family friends that you can tell