Do you have links to research or other credible sources that establish kids who have plentiful friends don't also have imaginary friends?
Your statement intuitively feels false to me, and I would like you to defend it.
Your statement intuitively feels false to me, and I would like you to defend it.
On the subject level…
Have you ever seen a troop of monkeys hanging out? They definitely aren’t operating as modern atomic families, and we’re pretty closely related.
Geez, it was only several generations ago that multigenerational family cohabitation was common. And from my personal experience, growing up in a small town and hang out with other kids at will was great.
This shouldn’t have bothered me so much but, since when the burden of proof is on those who question the validity of a statement?
That would mean everything I say must be taken as valid unless you can prove them wrong. In some cases you would have to prove the absence of things which is impossible. And if I have the loudest megaphone, my “facts” would dominate.
I don’t think you would prefer that to everyone being responsible for providing proof of validity for their statements.
Anyway, only because something feels intuitive, it doesn’t make it true. In this instance the original claim seems to contradict the article which states imaginary friends are not the result of loneliness but the process by which children explore the complexities of real relationships… i.e. a form of subconscious thought experiment.